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Throughout the school the children experience a balanced curriculum along with opportunities to enjoy a host of leisure and sports activities. We endeavour to keep them all busy and involved, well fed and active. Dumpton is divided into a Pre-Prep (from Nursery to Year 2) and a Prep School (from Year 3 to Year 8). There are strong ties between the two, with the Head of Pre-Prep attending Senior Management Team meetings and Heads of Departments in the Prep School, liaising with teachers in the Pre-Prep regarding schemes of works, resources and enrichment activities.
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 The school shadows the National Curriculum and children are assessed at the end of Key Stage 1 and again at the end of Key Stage 2. Most children go on to take the Common Entrance Examination and/or Scholarships to Senior Independent Schools or the Entrance Tests to Grammar School. Academic progress is monitored carefully. Weekly staff meetings provide useful insights and, in the Prep School, effort grades are given four times a term. These reflect how hard a child is trying rather than where he or she may be in the class. Attainment is also assessed twice a term, once internally to help us track individual pupils, and once for reporting to parents at the end of term. |
