Figure 1.--Most prep schools divide the schools in to junior and senior sections, often called lower and upper school. The senior school often includes a scholarship form. |
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Schools often group the forms in to sections, depending on the size of the school. The forms associated with these sections varies somewhat from school to school. Many schools have junior and senior or main sections. Some schools alsso divide the main school into middle and senior sections. Often the main factor here is the size of the school. The terms here varied somewhat as well as the age abd form levels grouped into them. There also of course was the pre-prep. There are a range of reasins for having these sections in a school. Groups the forms into sections enables the more experienced teachers to more readily assist the younger teachers. They can also mpre readily plan age appropriate classroom and outside activities such as field trips. The various sections can operate as a separate unit. This is almost lways the case of the pre-prep. Schools vary as to how much independence the other sctions may have.
Boys are educated for entry to the Public Schools and usually come to Beachborough when they are eight. After a simple entry test to assess their ability to read, write and do basic arithmetic, they start in Form I or II and move up according to ability. There are about 100 boys in the school and eight forms. There is a streaming system in operation after the third form.
Junior forms: I, II, III
Common Entrance Stream: IV, V
Scholarship Stream: Remove, Shell, VI
The Common Entrance examination is taken from Form V and the School has a very good dor successes in this examination. Form VI is for boys of more than average ability, who will be working for scholarships. Many scholarships for good Public Schools have been won in recent years.
In Form I a child will be taught English, Arithmetic, History, Scripture, Geography, and French. He will study Latin in his second year. Art, Music, Drama, Carpentry, Nature Study and Physical Education are all included in the normal School programme. Science is taught to all boys from Form II upwards and thevfirst two years of the 5-year 'O' level course is followed. Greek is taught from the Remove upwards in the Scholarship stream. There are usually a few boys who do not take Latin and they use the periods time-tabled for this subject to do remedial work in the major subjects.
No attempt is made to 'cram' and no work is done before breakfast, but members of staff frequently give boys extra help with their work in the Long Break period before lunch.
Beachborough Prospectus
This section of the school operates as a separate unit and is primarily for day-boys between the age of 7 and 8 1/2. Its day-by-day running is controlled by a Mistress in Charge, who has four fully qualified mistresses to assist her. Although the classrooms are in another building, to create a family atmosphere for this group of young boys, a very close link is preserved with the main part of the Preparatory School. There is an interflow of teachers between the two, which in itself ensures a unity of purpose. Experience has shown beyond any doubt the value of sound grounding which the Lower School provides. Good learning habots are bread at a young age and boys come up to the main part of the school equipped for the more formal routine which they have to face. The surroundings and the personnel in the bigger community are familiar to them and they do not feel the strangemess of a boy entering a school which is entirely new to him. A Lower School boy will make a start in the audio-visual French course; he joins the rest of the Preparatory School fie his midday meal, and he has the same opportunity as older boys to try his hand at a musical instrument. His working week is shorter -- there are no lessons on Saturday and he is under no obligaion to attend Chapel on Sunday (except for the first and last weeks of the term) -- but games are organised in exactly the same way (although at different times!) as for the rest of the School.
Clifton College Preparatory School Prospectus
The school is in two divisions, Upper and Lower. The Lower School contains the younger pupils in the 7 t0 9 agecrange. The Upper chool consists of ten forms, three for each of fourth, fifth, and sixth yers, and a Scholarship form. The main subjects are 'setted', the aim being to ensure that all childrenwill be able t work at their own ability and attainment level, whichever form they may be in. We believe this is essential if some pupils are not to be exposed to either frustration or bewilderment,
Dean Close Junior School Prospectus
