Our school

Our school offers small classes, high adult support and an individualised, stage-based curriculum — so every child can access learning at the right level and move at their own pace, all the way to GCSEs and post-16 pathways where that’s right.

Placed by stage, not age

We are a small, stage-not-age school. Children belong to one of our named groups — each a place of safety and growth — and progress through them as they are ready, rather than by their birth year. Because we are small, each group is mixed-stage. Our school is organised into three phases.

Lower School

Our youngest children begin with play-based, language-rich learning, then build the reading, writing and number fluency that everything else rests on. Learning is broad and knowledge-rich, with daily outdoor time — children love our Daily Mile through the grounds and our weekly Forest School session with a specialist teacher.

Middle School

In the Middle phase, children follow one of two parallel routes that share the same core of English, maths and science and the same whole-school activities. An Academic route is taught as separate subjects by subject specialists; a Wellbeing route delivers the same breadth through projects with a consistent key adult, with extra relational and wellbeing time. Children can move between the routes, and both lead to the same GCSE options.

Upper School

Upper School takes pupils through GCSEs and on to Post-16. Pupils study a core of English, maths and science alongside a wide range of option subjects and vocational qualifications, choosing pathways suited to their strengths and aspirations. Most students progress to local sixth-form colleges, employment or apprenticeships, with the option to continue to A levels with us.

Our setting

The school stands on six acres of playing fields, wild-flower meadows and trees in the Monmouthshire countryside. The school day runs from 8.45am to 3.30pm every day, except Fridays, when the school closes to all students at 12.50pm.