We are an established Roman Catholic independent school and nursery for boys and girls from the ages of 3 to 11, and part of the worldwide network of Ursuline schools. At The Ursuline Prep School, we aim to give each child the best possible start in life. As well as having extremely rigorous academic standards along with high expectations of behavior, we provide pastoral support appropriate to the needs of each unique child in our care. We are a small school that provides a friendly, secure, happy, and stimulating environment and are extremely proud of every one of our pupils.
Our school motto is ‘Serviam’ I will serve. We believe that providing opportunities to develop one’s unique talents and realize one’s potential to the fullest, are necessary to enable this ethos of service for others. We provide a friendly, secure, happy, and stimulating environment to facilitate this. We are proud of every one of our pupils. Working closely with parents benefits our children at each stage of their learning. We also arrange a visiting guest speaker series for parents on a range of educational topics.
Our aims and Values:
- To provide a safe, secure, and welcoming environment for all children, parents, staff, and visitors to the school.
- To offer to all children and staff the experience of working in a Christian community that finds its inspiration in Christ and His gospel, whilst recognizing and respecting the freedom of individuals to worship God according to the practices of their religion.
- To encourage children to become independent learners by building on their curiosity and desire to learn and so develop their skills, concepts, and understanding.
- To provide a broad, balanced curriculum that promotes the full academic, personal, physical, social, emotional, and spiritual development of the individual child.
- To recognize each child’s unique value and giftedness and enable him or her to develop a positive self-image.
- To instill a sense of personal responsibility, self-discipline, respect, and care for one another and the environment.
- To enable children to use, learn from, and build on existing knowledge and experience.
- To establish close links between home and school which will benefit the all-round development of the child.
Our curriculum is predominately organized on a single subject basis within which there may be some topic-based work links, and cross-curricular links are sought and encouraged where appropriate. The predominant mode of working is whole-class teaching although individual and group work is used where appropriate.
