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Admissions Procedure |
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Nursery |
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Children come into the Nursery at the beginning of any term or after half term, provided that they are 2 and a half or over and that they are dry. We assume that all children will continue on from the Nursery into our Pre-Prep and provide places accordingly. |
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Pre-Prep and Main School |
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Our main entry into the school is in September. There is no entrance
examination but we do like to assess all children (except those coming
into Reception) before they are accepted into the school. This allows
us to be sure that the school can provide the education that your child
needs, that the balance of ability within the school is maintained, and
so that he or she can be correctly placed in the school. |
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The School Day |
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School is open at 8.30am and begins at 8.45 for pupils, although some make arrangements to come earlier for breakfast. Nursery and Pre-Prep children finish at 3.30pm and Main School children may leave at 4.30, though many stay later for after school care, prep and voluntary after school activities. |
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Parental Involvement |
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Parents are always made most welcome at the school. We believe in partnership with you. There is a thriving parents' association which organises a number of most successful social events and raises substantial sums for the benefit of the school. We hope very much that parents will feel themselves to be a vital part of our school community. |
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| Nursery Sessions and Fees | |||
The Nursery opens from 8.30 am onwards |
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Part Day |
Term's charge for 1 day each week |
Term's charge for 5 full days each week |
| Mornings with snack |
0900-1200 |
£170.00 |
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| Mornings with snack and lunch |
0900-1330 |
£260.00 |
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| Afternoons with snack and lunch |
1200-1530 |
£195.00 |
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Afternoons with snack |
1330-1530 |
£130.00 |
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Full Day |
0900-1530 |
£325.00 |
£1505.00 |
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Minimum of two days or part days per week |
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(Nursery children can be looked after before and after the school day) |
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| Pre-Prep and Main School | ||||
| Pre-Prep | Reception |
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£1600.00 |
per term |
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Year 1 |
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£1985.00 |
per term |
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Year 2 |
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£2370.00 |
per term |
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| Main School |
Junior Day |
Years 3 and 4 |
£3010.00 |
per term |
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Senior Day |
Years 5 to 8 |
£3295.00 |
per term |
The Senior Day fee is held for Years 7 and 8 at the rate prevailing when the pupil enters Year 7 |
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Boarding |
Weekly |
4 nights per week |
£750.00 |
per term |
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3 nights per week |
£615.00 |
per term |
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2 nights per week |
£442.00 |
per term |
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1 night per week |
£270.00 |
per term |
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Temporary |
per night |
£29.50 |
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After School Care in "the Keep" |
First 50 hours per term (including tea for those staying to 6pm) |
£3.50 |
per hour |
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£2.70 |
per hour |
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Pre-school Care |
from 7.45am (including breakfast) |
£2.20 |
per day |
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Individual Music Tuition |
30 minute lessons by private arrangement with the visiting music teachers. Instruments are also available for hire. |
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| Learning Support Tuition Charge |
Band A |
£815.00 |
per term |
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Band B |
£443.00 |
per term |
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Band C |
£258.00 |
per term |
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Band D |
£172.00 |
per term |
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Pre-Prep |
£18.70 |
per hour |
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Fees are normally reviewed annually in September to take effect the following January. |
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The Registration fee is £75.00. A Deposit
of £300.00 is required on confirmation. |
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For those coming into the Nursery the deposit
is required in two stages: |
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Entry Requirements: Assessment
Scholarships - The school offers a number of Academic, Music, Drama
and Sports scholarships.
Academic scholarships of up to half the tuition fees for an exceptional scholar are awarded to children who demonstrate that they will be capable of winning substantial scholarships to their next school, all-round ability enhancing the likelihood of an award being given. Successful candidates will also be children who are likely to make an outstanding contribution to the general life of the School in and out of the classroom.
Music Scholarships are awarded to children promising musical ability who will make a substantial contribution to the musical life of the School.
Drama Scholarships are awarded to children who have an outstanding talent and who will make a substantial contribution to drama within the School.
Sports Scholarships are awarded to children who are likely to make an outstanding personal and all-round or specialist sporting contribution to the life of the School.
Scholarships are open to children already at Great Walstead and to external candidates, but not to children already in other IAPS schools. Application should be made by the second week in January for children who will become aged between 8 and 12 (for Academic and Music Scholarships) and aged between 9 and 12 (for Sports Scholarships) and aged 12 or 13 (for Drama scholarships) inclusive during the following academic year (beginning on 1st September) when the award will become effective. In the case of external candidates, a report will be required from the child's current school. Occasionally scholarships may be taken out at other times.
Bursaries
Children of old pupils qualify for an OGW bursary and discretionary bursaries
may be available for children whose parents are Ministers of Religion or Teachers
or in special circumstances of need.
Extended Care |
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Our aim is to provide extended care and a range of activities
to meet the needs of today's busy parents. What we offer is designed to
be flexible. Charges will vary according to your needs; please discuss
yor individual requirements with the School. |
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We offer extended care by arrangement each day of term time. These sessions are supervised by experienced staff and activities and dubs are available for an extra charge. |
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| Pre-School |
Your child may arrive at School at 745am and will have |
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| Nursery and Pre-Prep |
Care is available in "The Keep" until 6.OOpm. This includes a snack at 3.30pm and tea at 5.15pm. |
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| Juniors |
Care in the Keep is available from 4.30pm for Year 3 until 6.OOpm Monday to Friday. This includes a snack at 4.30pm and tea at 5.15pm in the Keep. Children in Year 4 go to prep at 4.45pm and are supervised by a member of staff from the end of prep until tea at 6.OOpm. |
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Seniors |
Care is available from the end of Prep until 8.OOpm Monday to Thursday. This includes a snack at 4.30pm and tea at 6.OOpm. |
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Fridays: - The School closes at 6.OOpm. |
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The school runs a substantial programme of after school coaching in, for example, activities as diverse as fencing, golf, chess and drama. Some activities may be programmed for Saturday mornings. Participation in these activities is entirely voluntary and is subject to the availability of places. |
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| Boarding | |||
| Weekly boarding |
from Monday morning until Friday afternoon. |
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| Flexible boarding |
from Monday morning until Friday afternoon. |
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For working parents, care is also available from 8.30am to 6.OOpm for children during most weeks of half-terms and holidays. The cost will be in line with the cost of Pre- and After-School Care. |
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The School arranges for activity days to take place during holidays. Parents are notified of dates and costs during the preceding term. These activity days are designed to provide stimulating sport, art, craft and other activities for particular age groups and are only open to children from the School. |
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HJ Lowries BA (Bristol) - Headmaster
C J Burch BA (Hons) (London) PGCE(UEA) - Deputy Head and Joint Head of Boarding
P R Kelly BA (Leeds) PGCE - Acting Director of Studies. Pastoral Head of Boys,
Head of Classics
Mrs G Willis B Ed (London) Cert SpLD (OCR) - Pastoral Head of Girls, Junior
Form Teacher, French
JA Skillicorn BA (Hons) (Brighton), CertEd (Zimbabwe) - Head of Junior School,
Junior Form Teacher
Mrs HJ Gilbert CertEd (Goldsmith's College, University of London) - Head of
Pre-Prep. Pre-Prep Form Teacher
Mrs GA Pinchbeck CertEd (Phillippa Fawcett Teacher Training College) BA (Hons)
(Brighton) - Head of Nursery
Mrs I Andronov CertEd (Southampton) DipSpLD (DI) AMBDA = Learning Support
Mrs FM Atherton - Junior School Assistant
Mrs CH Bacon BSc(Swansea) PGCE (Brighton) - Pre-Prep Form Teacher
JCJ Baker - Classroom Assistant, sports coach
TM Benham BA(Hons) (Open University) - Sports Coach, Grounds
Mrs JN Berman BA(Hors) (Newcastle) PGCE(Brighton) - Head of Girls' Games, PE
Mrs AK Bowd BEd (Hons) (Brighton) - Pre-Prep Form Teacher, Drama
Mrs MN Collington - PSHE. Housekeeper
Mrs EF Cook - Nursery Assistant and Keep
Miss JM Cottingham BA(Hons)(UWE) PGCE(Brighton) - Nursery Teacher
Mrs AJ Dennis - Nursery Assistant
Miss LA Drew - Assistant Houseparent
SC Duddy BA(Hons) (Southampton) PGCE(Loughborough) - Head of History, Head of
Scripture
Miss EH Eggleston - Assistant Club Coach (gymnastics) - Gap Student
Mrs JA Elcome BEd(Kingston) DipSpLD (RSA) - Head of Learning Support
JM Evans BA (Hons) (Brighton) - Geography, Classroom Assistant. Sports
Mrs HM Friend Cert SpLD (RSA) - Learning Support
Mrs MG Funnell MA (London) Adv Dip (London) Cert Ed (Cambridge) - History Junior
Form Teacher
Miss ER Gander BA(Joint Hons)(Kent) PGCE (London) - Form Teacher, English, Learning
Support Assistant
AN Gash - Head of Grounds, Sports Coach
Mrs EJ Gordon BEd(Mus) (Canterbury Christ Church College) - Music
Mrs LR Gough BEd(Hons) (Sussex) CertEd (Sheffield) - Pre-Prep Form Teacher
Mrs JE Grist CertEd (York) - English, Geography, Science
Ms AY Guilmant BA(Hons) (Brighton), Certificate of Education - Design Technology
Mrs C Hawkins CertEd (Birmingham) - Maths
Mrs TR Hentsch BEd (Froebel Institute, London) - Junior Form Teacher, Swimming
Mrs CA Holford BEd (Bath College of Higher Education) Cert SpLD (OCR) - Home
Economics
Mrs DA Honey BA(Hons) (Kingston University), PGCE (Edge Hill University College)
- Pre-Prep Form Teacher
Mrs E Hough BSc (Hons) (Open University) - Pre-Prep Assistant
Dr RF Hughes BA(Hons) (Coventry) MSc (Brighton), PhD (Sussex) - Library
Mrs NA Hughes-Marshall (NNEB) - Nursery Assistant
Ms YL Ireland BA(Hons) (North East London) PG Dip (Brighton) - Head of Art
Mrs PA Jenkins - Learning Support Assistant
Miss A Karasiewicz BA(Poland) - Nursery Assistant
RJ Kay BA(Hons) (Brighton) Cert Ed (St Pauls Cheltenham) - Head of Science
Mrs MD Kay The Oxford Certificate in Care and Education of under Ss - Nursery
Assistant and Keep
Mrs L Kemp BSc (OU) PGCE (Paisley) - Head of Maths
Mrs HP Key CertEd (Brighton) - Pottery T King Gap Student
Mrs RJK Leggett BA(Hons) (York) - Classroom Assistant, Music Administration
Mrs PB Lindfield - Pre-Prep Assistant
Mrs SJ Mackewn BA(Hons) (Southampton), PGCE DipSpLD (DI) AMBDA - Learning Support
Mrs JE McKinnell-Merrett LLAM (LAMDA) - Drama, Junior School Assistant
Mrs SM Maidment CertEd(Durham) - Pre-Prep Form Teacher
Mrs C Marriott-Smalley CertEd(St Mary's and St Paul's Cheltenham) - Pre-Prep
Teacher
Mrs B Nurse - Pre-Prep Assistant
Mrs SA Parrington LLB (Hull) - Pre-Prep Assistant
Mrs GA Partis - Pre-Prep Assistant
Mrs PM Purton MA, BMus(Hons) (Surrey) - Director of Music
MF Pymm BA (Brighton) QTS (Brighton) Dip Sports Psychology - Head of Sport,
Form Teacher
Mrs JF Pymm NNEB - Nursery Nurse
Mrs KE Roberts - Pre-Prep Assistant
Mrs S Rowe - Pre-Prep Assistant
Mrs EJ Scotland B Mus (Hons) (Cardiff) PGCE (Chichester) Junior Form Teacher
Mr CDT Searson BA(Hons) QTS (Warwick) - Head of English, Curriculum Co-ordinator
Mrs HALT Searson BA(Hons) (Exeter) PGCE (Bath Spa) - Junior Form Teacher
Mrs KM Sexton BA(Hons) QTS (Chichester Institute), - Pre-Prep Form Teacher
Mrs PM Shaw Teaching Cert (Froebel Institute, Roehampton), Dip SpLD (RSA) -
Learning Support
Mrs ME Slater - Pre-Prep Assistant
Miss C Smeeth BEd (Stockwell College of Education) - Pre-Prep Form Teacher
Mrs SM Stakim BEd (Hons) (Chichester Institute) - Pre-Prep Form Teacher
Mrs JM Strange CertSpLD (RSA) - Learning Support and Pre-Prep Support Teacher
Mrs K Sumner BA(Hons) (Chichester Institute) Cert in Early Years (PLA) - Nursery
Assistant
Mme M-C Suss Licenciee en Langues (Universite de Valenciennes) PGCE (Open University)
- Head of French
Mrs JA Sutherland BEd (Bedford College of PE) - Head of ICT, Head of Geography
Girls' Games
Mrs CJ Taylor - Pre-Prep Assistant
Mrs JP Waters CertEd(Chester) - Scripture
Mrs G Worthington CertEd(London) CertSpLD(RSA) - Learning Support
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Administration
SJ Collington - Bursar
Mrs PL Burch BA(Hons) (Reading) -joint Head of Boarding
Mrs FJ Clutton RGN - Matron
Mrs SC Hall MA(Cantab) PGCE(Oxon) - Assistant Bursar
Mrs CA Clarke BA(Hons) (Keele) - Headmaster's Secretary
Mrs JE Howard BA(Hons) (London) JSDC - Registrar
Mrs LV Cumming - School Secretary
Ms SB Collins - Receptionist
Mrs VIA Carter - Administrative Assistant
Mr JL Bugg - Head of Maintenance
Mrs HR Kent - Caterer
Mrs AR Ward - Clothes Shop
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Board of Governors
MJ Olliff-Lee
Governor since 1995. Chairman of Governors since November 2004. After twenty-four
years in the financial markets in the City of London, is now retired.
Two children through the School.
Mrs BE Sewell BSc
Governor since 1992. Educated at Great Walstead. Younger daughter of RJ Mowll,
the School's founder. Former teacher of Mathematics at Leighton Park,
a Quaker School.
The Revd Canon GT Rideout BA MTh
Governor since 1999. Rural Dean of Eastbourne. Two children through the School.
RG Plumb BA MBA ASA
Governor since 1999. Associate of the Society of Actuaries and partner of William
Mercer (consultants). Two children currently at the school.
Mrs J Lee LLB
Governor since 2003. Local Solicitor. One child currently at the school.
Professor AJ Nunn MSc
Governor since 2000. Engaged in the statistics of medical research. A child
through the school, grandchild currently at the school.
Mrs ME Ireland BSc, DipEd
Governor since 2000. Biology teacher and Housemistress at Ardingly College for
a number of years, is now Deputy Head at Christ's Hospital.
Mrs SE Crichton
Governor since 1985. Former Director of Sussex company. Present Company Secretary
of Great Walstead Ltd. Two children through the school.
A Wallace LLB (Hons) Barrister-at-Law
Governor since 2004. Boarder at Great Walstead 1974-1979. Criminal Barrister.
Married with three children.
SJ Mayes BA (Hons)
Governor since 2004. OGW and former teacher at Great Walstead. Now involved
in independent school development and working for Harrow School.
Clerk to the Governors
Dr GEG Camping