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Year 6 WWII Style Baking

20th November 2025

Our Year 6 pupils have had the wonderful opportunity to step back in time and bake their very own World War Two–style rationed carrot cakes, linking directly to their current humanities topic on WWII. During the war, many everyday ingredients such as eggs, sugar and fats were strictly rationed. Although carrots were not rationed, they…

Year 2 Educational Visit

18th September 2025

What a fantastic trip Year 2 had to the Florence Nightingale museum! As part of our topic, What’s Your Superpower, Year 2 have been learning about real-life superheroes, including Florence Nightingale. Once at the museum, the children were introduced to ‘Florence Nightingale’, who regaled them with tales about her life as a nurse, including how…

Tutankhamun Immersive Exhibition

3rd June 2025

On Monday 2nd June, Years 4 and 6 took an unforgettable journey back in time to the heart of Ancient Egypt with a visit to the Tutankhamun immersive exhibition at the ExCeL Centre, London. From the moment they stepped inside, the children were transported to a civilisation shrouded in mystery. They explored the fascinating world of…

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.