What to Expect...
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A Pupil's Experience: Moving from State to Private School
Moving from a state school from a private school can be frightening - but mainly that is because of preconceptions and stereotypes rather than...
Additional Teaching in Private Schools
Giving your child the gift of a private school education may provide them with more than you might think. As well as the advantages of smaller...
Awards and Rewards Systems
Just as there needs to be procedures in place to deal with bad behaviour in schools, there should also be a suitable reward and award system in place to encourage...
Discipline and Rules
A particularly noticeable difference between private and state schools is the way in which they approach and enforce discipline and rules. Quite apart from the fact...
Elitism and Cultural Awareness
To some people private schools have a certain stigma attached to them, relating to criticisms of elitism, and although this is something that is less of an issue these...
Food and Health
If you ever visit a private school you will often see a noticeable difference in the food and healthcare provided for the children. Although there’s been a lot of...
Pastoral Care and Student Support
The term ‘pastoral care’ in education refers to how schools look after the social and personal wellbeing of their students. In private education this means either...
Teaching Structure and Class Sizes
The size of the classes your child will be learning in will affect their education in various ways. You will find that on average the number of pupils found in a...
What are Specialised Subjects?
For children who have talents in a particular area of the school curriculum, many parents like to encourage and nurture those talents by putting them in a specialist...
