Harpenden Preparatory School, a member of the Asquith Court Schools Group, is a co-educational day school founded in 1933.
A wide curriculum is available to all our pupils from the age of two, and our main aim is to develop the potential of each child to the full.
The Nursery and Pre-school caters for children from the age of two, offering morning or afternoon schedules, school days or full days to suit the needs of both children and their parents. The parents of under fives may also choose between a term-based or year round option, as the Nursery and Pre-school closes only for a week at Christmas, a week at Easter and Bank Holidays. Individual records for each child show their personal, social and academic development. Children may move into the Main School in the September following their fourth birthday. Early morning and evening facilities (8.00 am - 6.00 pm) are available to children up to 5+ to meet the needs of today's working wife and mother. A recent OFSTED inspection of the Nursery and the Pre-School facilities resulted in a very positive report.
In the Main School, in addition to the required National Curriculum subjects, French is taught from the age of four, and specialist teaching in Science, Design and Technology and the humanities is provided from 7+. Our teaching methods are well proven, mixing traditional with practical and investigative methods. The school is equipped with multi-media computers for the teaching of IT and the support of curriculum subjects. Class sizes are small to enable staff to keep each child's skills and needs in view and catered for. Thus there is equal care for children of all abilities.
Transfer from the school is at 11+, and advice is given to parents on the choice of schools available to them. We aim to send confident and capable children, thoroughly prepared and grounded, on to the next important stage of their education.
