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Educational continuity is a factor that parents need to keep in mind. It is possible if a college or academy is chosen to have a child in the same school from pre-prep through secondary school. Earlier a child went to a pre-prep or beginning school. Wealty children might have been tutored at home. Then they went to their prep school, and finally did their secondary studies at a public school. Today most prep schools have pre-preps. This both ensures a steady flow of new entrants and makes sure the beginning students are properly prepared. Many preparatory schools are affiliated to a specific senior school. Some prep schools were actually fonded by senior schools or the dtaff at a senior school. These prep schools are known as "feeder schools". Educational continuity is often recognized as helpful, but sometimes it is helpful that a child get a fresh start. Also there is something to be said for diversity and widening the range of educational experience. Here parents have to decide what is best for their children. Even stand alone prep scools maintain close relationships with the local public scgools which the boys attend when they finish at their prep schools. The schools want to make sure the bpys are prepared for their senior schools.
We maintain aclose link with the Senior School over syllabus, nd consequently we adopt the School Mahematics Project, the Cambridge Latin Course, the audio-visual French approach and the Nuffield Scence Course.
Dean Close Junior School Prospectus
