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Little Chefs Club

Posted: 10th September 2025

We launched Little Chefs Club this week with lots of big smiles! Our first session was all about creativity and skill-building as the children made fun “sandwich faces”, practising their cutting and spreading techniques to create faces with different emotions. We used our new and amazing kitchen in The Hub, giving the children a fantastic space to explore a variety of ingredients and even try some new flavours! We can’t wait to keep experimenting with lots of exciting recipes and cooking skills over the coming weeks.

Categories: Extra Curricular Pre-Prep
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.