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Hereward House, a preparatory school for boys aged 4-13, was founded in 1951 and is accredited by the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools. We aim to provide a warm, welcoming, and safe atmosphere in which every child can thrive and feel comfortable. Whilst embracing the highest academic aspirations for our boys, we believe that a school should not be an exam factory. We strive to create a stimulating, purposeful, safe, and happy community, where every child feels valued and secure. We aim to be a school where boys will be encouraged and assisted to develop academically, morally, emotionally, culturally, and physically. It is our belief each one should enjoy his school days and reflect upon them with pride, pleasure, and affection. We are preparing boys not just for senior school, but for life. The school seeks to provide a lively, stimulating, and intellectually demanding education in a friendly and well-disciplined environment. Modern approaches are employed alongside those traditional methods that have proved their worth. The Headmaster, Pascal Evans, leads a highly qualified and dedicated team. The curriculum is varied and interesting, and almost every boy learns an instrument. Games, especially team sports, are important. Supported by Leonie Sampson, the Chair of Governors, who has been ahead for over 30 years. She can be contacted via the school number throughout the year. By providing a happy and challenging environment, the school aims to meet the needs of the individual child, enabling him to reach the highest standards of personal achievement in both academic and non-academic fields. Hereward House provides the firm foundation boys need to achieve fine results at Common Entrance and scholarship and the skills to succeed in their Senior Schools and life. At Hereward House, we aim to provide a warm, welcoming, and safe atmosphere in which every child can thrive and feel comfortable. Whilst embracing the highest academic aspirations for our boys, we believe that a school should not be an exam factory. We strive to create a stimulating, purposeful, safe, and happy community, where every child feels valued and secure. We aim to be a school where boys will be encouraged and assisted to develop academically, morally, emotionally, culturally, and physically. It is our belief each one should enjoy his school days and reflect upon them with pride, pleasure, and affection. We are preparing boys not just for senior school, but for life. The School is highly successful in fulfilling its aim to provide an environment in which pupils can develop academically, morally, emotionally, culturally, and physically. As a result of excellent teaching throughout the school, pupils make extremely good progress, achieve particularly high standards in their common entrance examinations, and gain places at secondary schools with high standards of entry. The school provides a warm, welcoming safe and happy atmosphere as stated in its aims and as seen through the excellent relationships between staff and pupils. The strong emphasis placed on pupils’ spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development from the EYFS through to Year 8 results in pupils who are confident and self-assured and who have the positive attitudes to work. The school has responded effectively to the recommendations of the previous inspection. Links with parents are strong, and the overwhelming majority have extremely positive views about the quality of the education and the support provided for their children. The quality of the teaching and the quality of the pupils’ achievements and learning were both rated excellent (the highest accolade) however, we are delighted that the quality of the pupils’ personal development is also deemed to be excellent. View full school