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TOGETHER WE’VE MADE A DIFFERENCE

4th October 2021

Last Friday, Harvest Festival took place. The Avon House family came out in force with their generosity, loaded with donations for the local foodbank The Trussell Trust. We hope that together we have made life a little easier for those families in need. Thank you again for your support as always.

Avon House Eats Lots of Cake!

28th September 2021

Last Friday we held our annual Macmillan Coffee Morning with it being hosted at the Woodford Wells Club for the first time.  The setting was perfect for our families to have the opportunity to see what facilities the Wells offers our children on a daily basis.  A BIG thank you goes to Mrs Fairy for…

Happy Birthday to Us

27th September 2021

Last Thursday we celebrated our 102nd birthday. To mark the occasion we held a commemorative service at All Saints Church which included Ruiya playing beautifully on the piano and with Nayan and Ritisha sharing their thoughtful poems. We thank all the parents and pupils for sharing this special day with us and hope that all…

Avon House Autumn Stroll

23rd September 2021

Last Sunday the Avon House family took part in our very first Autumn Stroll. Even though the weather could have been better our turn out was still exceptionally outstanding with over 60 staff, family and children in attendance. We started off at Butler’s Retreat in Chingford and made our way around Connaught Waters taking in…

HAPPY TA DAY!

16th September 2021

HAPPY NATIONAL TA DAY to our hard working teaching assistants. We thank all that you do at the school – “Teaching Assistants – Because even teachers need heroes!”

15th September 2021

Last Friday we held the Welcome Service at All Saints Church instead of the school hall due to our ever-extending Avon House family and what a beautiful setting it was to have our first whole school event since the pandemic began. The assembly began with Mrs Campbell introducing the start of the new academic year…

Back to School

8th September 2021

It was an absolute delight to see old faces and new through the school gate on Monday and to welcome the nursery parents into the Avon House family. We wish the best of luck to all the new starters settling in and look forward to an exciting year ahead.

Rights Respecting School

13th July 2021

We are very proud to display our Rights Respecting School Gold banner to recognise the excellent contributions of our pupils in achieving the award. In order to achieve the gold award, Avon House had to fully embed children’s rights throughout the school in its policies, practice and ethos. The RRS council and pupils across different…

We Are Gold

14th June 2021

We are delighted to announce that Avon House has been awarded Gold by UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting School programme. UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation working for children and their rights. The Rights Respecting Schools Award is granted to schools that show commitment to promoting and realising children’s rights and encouraging adults, children and young…

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.