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We pride ourselves on being a caring community, enthusiastic for everyone’s success, where everyone has high expectations of themselves and others so that children succeed, both academically and socially. Giving children the best possible education and opportunities is at the center of everything that we do. At Devonshire, we promote the 6Rs (respect, resilience, relationships, reflectiveness, risk-taking, and resourcefulness) in all elements of school life. We believe that these behaviors are essential for everyone to reach their potential and develop into active and inquisitive learners, both inside and outside of the classroom. At Devonshire, pupils are actively encouraged to make choices, knowing that they are in a safe and supportive environment. As a school, we educate and provide boundaries for young pupils to make informed choices, through a safe environment and an empowering education. Pupils are encouraged to know, understand and exercise their rights and personal freedoms and advised how to exercise these safely, for example through our eSafety and PSHE lessons. Devonshire is a very diverse school. We actively promote and celebrate diversity through the curriculum and other activities that support the curriculum. Religious Education (RE) lessons and personal, social, and health education (PSHE) lessons reinforce messages of tolerance and respect for others. Members of different faiths and religions are encouraged to share their knowledge to enhance learning within classes and the school. The children visit places of worship that are important to different faiths. Devonshire is a caring community, enthusiastic for everyone's success respect is at the center of Devonshire's ethos. It is actively promoted through our golden rules, behavior ladder, the curriculum, and our social, moral, spiritual, and cultural (SMSC) provision. Devonshire uses the Cornerstones Curriculum which is a fun and exciting approach to the new curriculum. It is a creative and thematic approach to the curriculum where creative links are made between subjects. It is a curriculum that is designed to inspire children to learn. Develop is a stage of learning that provides children with an opportunity to develop and master key skills, subject knowledge, research techniques, and independence. Children become industrious learners making sense of information and experiences, leading to sound understanding and progress. Children develop their knowledge, understanding, key and subject skills required to progress their learning and attainment through quality differentiation, focused learning tasks, and high-quality relevant learning experiences. View full school

Devonshire House Preparatory School is situated in the heart of Hampstead. The School has fine Victorian premises with charming grounds and walled gardens. The Early Years starts in the Oak Tree Nursery (ages 2 ½ – 3 ½ ) and is based at 6 Arkwright Road. The Nursery team works together following the Key Person system. The Pre-Reception and Reception (ages 3-5) are taught at 4 Arkwright Road. Every class has a teacher and an assistant. All the children follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum, with PE, French, and Music being taught by specialist teachers. Junior School pupils, age 5 – 8, (Years 1 to 3), are taught just around the corner at 69 Fitzjohn’s Avenue. Here they make tremendous progress, following a full curriculum, with specialist teachers for Games, ICT, Music, and French. The Upper School pupils, age 8 -13, (Years 4 – 8), are taught in other buildings on the Arkwright Road school site. They have a full range of specialist subject teachers, including Art, Design Technology, Science and Latin. In this environment, they develop the necessary knowledge and skills to pass into a large range of London Day Schools and Boarding Schools. Devonshire House School provides an excellent education for pupils from Nursery age through to Common Entrance for senior schools. It is a safe, warm, and happy place providing interest, challenge, encouragement, and understanding at every stage. The school pursues high academic standards whilst developing enthusiasm, initiative, and a strong sense of personal responsibility. It is through these things that good self-esteem and confidence are built and it is with these that comes generosity of spirit and fulfillment in life. “We believe that academic excellence is important, but of equal importance are the values that go with it. At Devonshire House, we encourage boys and girls to explore their identity and strengths, and to discover skills that will help them to transform their talents into accomplishments – accomplishments that will make them valued and respected and help them to fulfill their potential as they move on to their future schools and into the wider world.” Aims of the School: A caring, happy and safe environment that is conducive to learning and personal development. The highest standard of teaching for all pupils. The highest standard of learning for all pupils. The highest standard of achievement. The highest standards in personal care, support, and encouragement. The encouragement of initiative. View full school