Buckingham Preparatory School

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Buckingham Preparatory School is a selective, independent school for boys aged 3 – 11 years. The Buckingham Preparatory Pre-School also caters to girls between the ages of 3 – 4 years.

Our school is a highly academic, achieving school. We educate our boys to the standard required for placements in all of the prestigious local independent and state senior and grammar schools. We are not connected or tied to anyone in senior school and as such, we plan our curriculum and attainment levels to ensure placements are achieved at the age of 11. We pride ourselves on consistently achieving at least one first-choice school offer for every Year 6 boy as they progress through to senior schools.

But, important as academic achievement is, our school is also fully committed to whole child education and aims to ensure each boy leaves us with the social and moral life skills required to make them thoughtful and valued members of the wider community.

We have specialist Music, Art, Drama, French, and PE teachers who educate our boys not only in the skills within these areas, but also the attitudes and ethos behind them. We believe teamwork, sportsmanship and commitment are every bit as important as winning and that enjoyment of the arts is just as important as production.

It is our policy to see every child is educated in a way best suited to that individual. We do not have any criteria for a typical pupil to whom we would offer a place. Our school has a pastoral care system second to none. We have a strict class size maximum of 16 – 18 pupils per class to ensure every child will receive the individual attention and focus they need to succeed. We tailor our curriculum to best suit each child’s personality and needs.

Our emphasis on the individual extends to all aspects of our school life and community. We have a breadth of experience that respects and encourages the wide range of religious beliefs and dietary variations within the school and enable them to exist both in their own right and encompassed within the broader school community. School meals are prepared freshly every day on the premises enabling us to deliver tasty and wholesome lunches, catering for any specific dietary needs as required. Our school meals are provided without additional charge.

We believe that school life is not simply 8.30 am to 4.00 pm, but an all-encompassing part of a child’s life. We run a before-school breakfast club and after-school fun clubs, together with a homework club, sports clubs, and music clubs. Many of our clubs are free of additional charge.

We run a residential trip each year for every child in Prep, where fun, education, teamwork and friendship are top of the agenda. These have included a night at the Science Museum and a week’s residential trip for our Year 6 boys to Plas Menai watersports center in North Wales.

We have an active Parent Teacher Association were any parents who wish to can involve themselves in the wider aspects of the school. We also run social events for parents and children throughout the year.

Our overriding policy is one of listening and sharing. Parents are encouraged to meet with the Headteacher whenever they wish, to ensure a full and open dialogue. The Headteacher is an active member of the school as well as its leader and will be found greeting the boys at the school gate every morning, come rain or shine. We treat our school community as a large, well-managed, well-educated, respectful, and encouraging family. More detailed information about key aspects of our school is dealt with on their separate pages within this website. You can also find recent news updates on what we have been doing throughout the school year.

We strive:

• To fulfill pupils’ academic and social potential.
• To develop confident pupils by offering recognition and praise for effort and success.
• To enable pupils to develop the skills necessary for the next stage of their lives through the delivery of a planned, broad and balanced curriculum that meets and exceeds statutory requirements ensures progress and continuity and addresses the needs of all pupils.
• To develop pupils with self-knowledge, self-esteem, self-confidence, and resilience, including an understanding of how to improve their learning and performance.
• To maximize outcomes for pupils by developing positive home-school links, keeping parents informed about the life and activities of the school, and encouraging them to participate fully in their child’s learning.
• For commitment and enthusiasm from the whole school community, providing a positive and supportive learning environment to develop adaptability, self-discipline, and perseverance in pupils.
• To develop pupils' abilities to distinguish right from wrong and a belief in individual freedom, tolerance of others, personal and social responsibility, and upholding the rule of law.
• To develop an understanding of cultural diversity and the meaning of community in school, at home, locally, nationally, and globally.

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