1 Southampton Road, Lyndhurst, Hampshire SO43 7BU
10 simple reasons to choose New Forest Small School, Primary School
Independent prep school and nursery in Lyndhurst.
For pupils aged 3 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Very small school, with less than one class per year (combined year groups).
Junior division of New Forest Small School, an all-through school to age 16.
Fees range from £2,720 (Rec) to £2,880 per term (2021/22).
10 better reasons to choose New Forest Small School, Primary School
Schoolsmith Score®; 68.
One of the best independent prep schools in Lyndhurst and one of the 9 best primary schools for 10 miles.
On average, 9.7 pupils per class and 7.3 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Most pupils move up to the New Forest Small School's senior school at the end of Year 6.
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Spanish. The school augments the National Curriculum with a thematic or topic-driven approach that promote 'learning by doing'. Over 50% of the school day is given to non-academic pursuits such as 'free choice time', forest activities, and gardening.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout.
The school's 'Human Scale Education' requires greater levels of pupil trust, mutual respect, belonging, collaboration, and democracy than at most schools.
The school's 'alternative school' label may just be attributable to a method of teaching which recognises individual child developmental psychology and neuroscience rather than top-down Department of Education targets.
The school offers PE and a small range of sports. Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils.
The school supports home-schooled pupils.
Find another school near New Forest Small School, Primary School
Independent Prep Schools
Walhampton School (9.3 miles); The Gregg Preparatory School (9.8 miles); Ballard School, Prep & Pre-Prep (11 miles).
State Primary Schools
Brockenhurst Church of England Primary School (4.6 miles); Lymington Junior School (8.9 miles); The New Forest Church of England Primary School (8.9 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
New Forest Small School (0 miles); King Edward VI School (9 miles); Ballard School (11 miles).
State Senior Schools
St Anne's Catholic School (8.8 miles); The Arnewood School Academy (11.3 miles); Thornden School (13.3 miles).