Figure 1.-- Most prep scgools expect the children when they begin at age 7-8 years to have basic reading and numeracy skills. Children arriving from the attached pre-preps comes with those skills. Children coming from other schools begin with more varied backgrounds. |
Most prep scgools expect the children when they begin at age 7-8 years to have basic reading and numeracy skills. Children arriving from the attached pre-preps comes with those skills. Children coming from other schools begin with more varied backgrounds. One benefit of the preo schools, in part because of the generally low ppupil-teacher ratio is that any defiiencies are more likeky to be identified and addressed at an early stage. Some prep schools dealong with more gifted children might not accept children who do not have the need skills. Other schools are willing to accept children having difficulties. Schools often have entry exams for children not coming from the pre-preps. Often these are more to assess academic preparaion than for actual entrance selection.
