Why Highfield School is Proud to be a Prep School
Highfield Headmaster Phillip Evitt extols the virtues of preparing children for senior school in age-old debate and explains why the school is so proud to be a prep school.Â
It?s an educational debate that has raged for generations ? and it?s one that shows no signs of dying down anytime soon.The big question is, and seemingly always will be, whether there is more value in a preparatory education or learning at an all-through school.
For anyone unfamiliar with the workings of independent schools, a typical preparatory school quite literally prepares its children for entry into private secondary schools aged around 13, while all-through schools teach children in one place up to the age of 16 or 18 before they move onto higher education.
So which approach is preferred" And which is more effective" Well, the answer to those burning question is that it?s purely subjective, that parents and prospective parents will ponder myriad factors before deciding on the immediate future of their children where their schooling is concerned.
Opportunities to grow both academically and personally, curricular and extra-curricular facilities, class sizes, reputation of the school, pastoral care and quality of teaching are naturally among the many and varied considerations when choosing a school.
At Highfield and Brookham Schools in Liphook, which offers nursery, pre-prep and prep schooling in glorious grounds of 175 acres close to the rural borders of Hampshire, Surrey and West Suss...
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