Pre-Prep & Pre-School
The Best Possible Start

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Prep
Growing through learning

An excellent environment for our younger children to work in
Senior
Traditional Learning for a Bright Future

The Read School exists to provide an all-round education for its pupils, combining independent tradition with the best of modern practice.
Sixth Form
Independence and Confidence Through Learning

Read School is a good place to study, especially as preparation for higher education as the Sixth Form brings many challenges
Boarding
Modern boarding at Read School is an increasingly popular and enjoyable experience for many boys and girls.

Pastoral Care

Each child is well known by all the Prep School staff enabling us to provide the pastoral care necessary to provide a safe, secure and stable environment where the children settle very quickly and thrive.

We are interested in developing the whole child and their happiness and general welfare is of prime importance.

We operate the following codes of practice:

Zero tolerance on bullying. Any reported incidents of this nature will be fully investigated by the Head of Prep School followed by immediate and appropriate action to stamp out this unacceptable behaviour
Honesty is the best policy, we expect all our children to be true to themselves and each other
By developing a sense of self and being part of a wider school family and community the children learn the importance of looking after each other

Rewards and Sanctions

The Prep School focuses on high standards of work and behaviour in an atmosphere of praise and encouragement.

Good work and behaviour is rewarded by the awarding of a star and these are then collated within the individual classes. Each week the stars are added up and the winner receives the Star Award certificate
A celebration assembly is held every week during which these awards are presented, so that all the children can recognise each other’s achievements
We also celebrate a Citizenship Award, a certificate that highlights an individual’s contribution to the wider school community, either through being particularly helpful or by polite and caring actions which have directly helped others
Any silly or inappropriate behaviour will be dealt with in a suitable manner according to the age of the child
We will inform parents if necessary for them to reinforce the importance of high standards of behaviour and manners

Houses

All new entrants to the Prep School are assigned to one of the three Houses: Dragon (red), Phoenix (yellow) or Unicorn (green)
The children are encouraged to work together and any House points won feed not only into the Prep School tally but to the whole School providing an overall winning House each term. This encourages team spirit and a sense of whole school involvement
Each child will be provided with the appropriately coloured lapel badge to signify their designated House and coloured jerseys are available for wearing in House sports competitions. Every attempt will be made to assign siblings to the same House