Nursery and Pre-prep (ages 2.9 - 6)

	Boys (and younger sisters in the Nursery) join from the age of 2 years and 9 months, usually for three mornings per week. As they develop, this is increased to a maximum of five mornings and five afternoons, prior to transferring into Reception. The Nursery has experienced staff and is run along Montessori lines with plenty of skill development and a varied programme for each individual.
Positive attitudes are encouraged from the start so that children happily and confidently take part in all manner of activities, including the beginning of work with letters and numbers. There are plenty of opportunities for outdoor play, including the exclusive use of a walled Tudor garden immediately outside the Nursery itself. Those of eligible age are able to take advantage of a subsidy through the Oxfordshire Early Years Partnership, of which the school is a member.
	On arrival in the Reception class, the pattern of full-time schooling is established with daily Literacy and Numeracy sessions, assemblies, humanities and arts, a little homework and regular physical activity in a range of indoor and outdoor play areas. With the help of experienced classroom practitioners, pupils develop important skills in this and the following two years, meeting many of the specialist facilities and teachers that they will encounter in the Main School.
Daily contact with staff and termly reports help to ensure that important feedback between home and school takes place. An after school club in available.