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Excellent school on all accounts

25th May 2023

Highclare judged by ISI to be an ‘Excellent’ school Highclare School recently underwent a full educational quality inspection from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) on behalf of Ofsted. The school was judged by ISI to be Excellent in both of the two key categories and that all compliance regulations had been met.  To quote from…

Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 23 May 2023

25th May 2023

  Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope you are well and are enjoying the sunshine – long may it last! The forecast looks good for the rest of the week and into half term so hopefully there will be lots of time spent outside; soaking up that vitamin D, blowing up those paddling…

Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 16 May 2023

16th May 2023

  Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope you are well and are relaxed from a super weekend. I had a great weekend – friends, family, food, reading, gardening (yes me gardening!) and some sunshine thrown in – what could be better.   As I write this, school is very quiet – it must…

Exceptional LAMDA Success

11th May 2023

We had 100% pass with Distinction in the recent senior LAMDA exams with 4 of the students gaining 90 marks or more – Evelyn, David, Sofia and Hannah.  Hannah who only started in September got 95 marks which is outstanding. We are all incredibly proud of the work they have put in to their studies…

Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 9 May 2023

9th May 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope you are well and enjoyed the long weekend. I had a lovely weekend with friends and family. I loved watching the coronation on Saturday and watching our King and Queen being crowned. My dad and I sat and watched it on the TV as we drank tea…

Good Reads May – KS3

2nd May 2023

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity by Robin Stevens Robin Stevens is definitely an Agatha Christie for children.  It is 1940 and Britain is at war; a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies.  But when May and friend Eric are turned away by the Ministry, they…

Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 2 May 2023

2nd May 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope you are well and had a lovely long Bank Holiday weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed my Monday morning lie in and an extra day to do something special. I took the opportunity to go over to Lincolnshire and visits my auntie and my cousins who I haven’t seen…

Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 25 April 2023

25th April 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope you all had an excellent weekend and managed to rest, relax and recharge. I had a lovely weekend at a family wedding, catching up with people that I haven’t seen months or even years. There was lots of catching up on everyone’s busy life, showing photographs of…

Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 18 April 2023

20th April 2023

Good morning, Prep School family,   I hope you are well and rested after the Easter break. I hope you all managed to have lots of fun and relax away from the normal routines that daily life and school inevitable bring! I had a super holiday – I saw lots of old friends, caught up…