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A Visit to a Gurdwara

Posted: 1st February 2024

Gurdwara

On Wednesday 31st January, Year 5 went on a trip to a Gurdwara in Barking. The building was amazing, built with marble. The Guru Granth is a holy book and it takes about 48 hours to read all of it! That’s a long time.

After that, we went into the langur hall which is where everybody eats, and the food it free! I loved visiting the Gurdwara and I hope to go to more school trips in Year 5 – written By Jia 5PH

Categories: Educational Visit
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.