STAFFING - 16 full time and 6 part time staff, all of whom are fully qualified, teach the 14 classes. Specialist peripatetic staff provide expert tuition in Music and Sport.
LOCATION - The school, which stands in its own 34 acres of woods and parkland on the edge of the Peak District National Park, is within easy reach of Nottingham, Derby, Chesterfield and Sheffield and is close to the motorway network.
FACILITIES - The facilities include modern well-equipped classrooms and science laboratories, IT and DT centres, an art room with integral pottery, a photographic dark room, a multi-purpose hall with integral stage and theatre facilities as well as a purpose-built indoor climbing wall, a private chapel, a 9 hole golf course, tennis courts, a heated swimming pool, games pitches and a professionally mapped orienteering course.
AIMS - To prepare children for entrance to independent senior schools, whether by Common Entrance or Scholarship. (In the last five years a total of 32 scholarships have been won for academic excellence, art, DT, sport and all-round contribution.)
To occupy children productively in order to broaden their horizons across a wide spectrum of academic, practical and sporting activities. To this end, each child's personal progress and welfare is monitored by both pastoral and academic staff.
To help children to understand the importance that the school attaches to family values and to the need for each individual to make a valuable contribution during their school career and beyond.
CURRICULUM - By the time a child is 13, their timetable will have included: English, Maths, Science, French, German, History, Geography, Religious Studies, Design Technology, Information Technology, Music, Drama, Art, Physical Education. Classics is available as an optional subject during the last two years.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES - Sports include Rugby and Association Football, Hockey, Cricket, Tennis, Swimming, Athletics, Netball, Rounders and Golf. Children follow a programme of other activities which include Outdoor Pursuits, Cookery, Dance, Squash and Pottery. Drama and Music are a regular feature of each term's calendar. There is a flourishing Wind Band, Orchestra, String Group, Recorder Group, Chapel Choir and Concert Choir.
