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Posted: 7th September 2023

Our Year 6s were on hand to help spell out Mrs Campbell’s inspirational words to the pupils and parents that attended our Welcome Service at All Saints church this morning.  It was lovely to see so many guests in attendance. Mrs Campbell gave the children three words to focus on this year – Aspiration, Inspiration and Perspiration (obviously this week with the sweltering heat we are already experiencing the final word) but Mrs Campbell hopes this year will see the children aspire to do great things and to consider who they think of as inspirational.

 

 

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Closure of Avon House Preparatory School

It is with much sadness that we are announcing the closure of the school with immediate effect. Avon House was founded over a hundred years ago under the name Essex House and then in the early 1950’s was renamed Avon House School. The vision for the current school was that of Sheila Ferrari who bought the school in 1970, providing a family school for pupils from 3-11 years old.

We have explored a number of options to try and save the school from closure but in recent days it became obvious that was not meant to be. The school has struggled with financial pressures including the introduction of VAT on school fees and the rise in NI and pension costs.

We have always put our pupils at the heart of school life both academically and pastorally under the banner of ‘Celebrating and supporting every child’ and we know that many pupils who have journeyed through our school have gone on to great success.

We wish all our pupils and families the best for the future as they embrace new schools in the locality.