At St Edmund’s Prep School academic excellence is balanced with an emphasis on nurturing well-rounded, confident and thoughtful individuals.
In the classroom we prioritise understanding each child’s needs and provide a perfect blend of support, inspiration and challenge at every stage of their development from Nursery through to Form 6.
Pupils discover the courage to embrace their true selves. We provide them with the support to uncover, cultivate and showcase their unique talents – all underpinned by High Performance Learning, our evidence-based approach to learning.
Whether they are budding sports stars, performers, creators or scientists, every student is cherished for their individuality and distinctive potential. Introverts, extroverts, thinkers and leaders – there is a place for everyone at St Ed’s.
Our curriculum encompasses six key areas:
Our facilities
St Edmund’s offers a setting equipped with everything our pupils need to succeed:
Dance is taught throughout the year as a curriculum subject to all pupils in Nursery to Form 2.
Children in Forms 5 – 6 experience different styles of dance during the preparation for our summer musical production.
Beyond the classroom, we offer further dance activities and clubs, led by a specialist teacher, including a ballet club for children in Forms 1 – 2.
Drama is taught as a curriculum subject to all pupils in Forms 3 to 6.
The highlight of the St Ed’s dramatic calendar is undoubtedly our summer musical, performed by Form 6 in the impressive Douay Hall, with Form 5 supporting in a singing and dancing chorus. Recent productions include:
Beyond the classroom, pupils benefit from a range of co-curricular drama activities and clubs through our St Edmund’s activities programe, led by a specialist teacher, including Drama Club and opportunities to achieve LAMDA qualifications.
We provide language instruction by qualified native speakers.
From Nursery to Form 3, pupils receive weekly French lessons, and in Forms 4-6 we provide a rotational programme of Spanish, German, and French.
Music is taught by a specialist teacher from Nursery to Form 6.
Every pupil in Forms 3 – 6 attends a weekly Choir rehearsal during curriculum time and each child in Form 2 receives a term’s free group tuition on either the violin, cello, recorder or ukele.
Beyond the classroom, pupils enjoy a wide choice of co-curricular opportunities in music, ranging from instrument lessons, ABRSM examinations, musical theatre and Young Voices, to a breadth of musical performance opportunities throughout school life.
We enjoy strong links with the College Music Department. We hold an annual competition for Music Scholarships for pupils in Form 6.
Through Art in our curriculum we nurture confidence and self-belief.
We aim to inspire a desire to create and be creative: through studying artists and designers from a range of cultures, contexts, time and place, and allowing pupils to experience a wide variety of media.
Pre-Prep pupils experience Art and Design Technology in their class setting through topics that enrich and connect with other curriculum areas.
Prep pupils are taught by a specialist teacher in our dedicated Art and Technology room. It is important that each pupil experiences a sense of pride in having their artwork displayed for all to see. We display pupil work throughout school, run exhibitions and enter pupil work into local art exhibitions.