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What a Wonderful Wordy World Book Day

Posted: 7th March 2024

What a day! Words upon words upon WORDS! The whole school has had a real blast this World Book Day! Each class has dressed to impress and shared their words and costumes with each other. It has been an
honour to go to each class and hear the children share their words. I think we had the whole dictionary being shown off in the playground… and yes there was someone whose word WAS dictionary! To make sure we don’t forget any of the words, each class has been given a scrapbook to record. These will be displayed in the library for all to see. Thank you to everyone for getting involved!

Categories: Literacy
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.