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Whitehall School is a member of ISA
(The Independent Schools Association)

Whitehall School, founded in 1983, is a small independent day school taking boys and girls from 3 to 11 years of age. It is a member of the Independent Schools Association (ISA).

The prep-school is situated in pleasant grounds in the Cambridgeshire village of Somersham – within easy access of Cambridge and Huntingdon with pupils from St Ives, Ely, Haddenham, Hilton, Ramsey, Chatteris, Hemingford Grey and Hemingford Abbotts. Facilities include covered swimming pool, play areas and gardens, games field and separate library.

Pupils move through Foundation and Infant stages to the Junior department where we prepare them for entry and scholarships to all major private and maintained secondary schools throughout Cambridge, Huntingdon and Peterborough.

 

We provide children with a broad and balanced curriculum, giving them an excellent academic foundation and a chance to develop other individual strengths and talents to the full. With small class sizes of up to16 pupils, we nurture self-confidence and self-esteem, preparing children not only for the next stage in their education, but also for future life.

Our high standards of teaching, caring family atmosphere, high moral expectations and safe environment enable our pupils to develop their individual personalities, interests and potential to the full.

We are very proud of our lively, successful and forward thinking independent preparatory school and whilst this website will give you a flavour of Whitehall, we would be delighted to meet you and show you around to provide the full picture. Our 'blog site ' will show you what is happening weekly at various age levels.

Comments from The Independent Schools Inspection Report October 2009

• Throughout the school, pupils make particularly good progress, are keen to learn and have a secure understanding of what they have learnt. They write fluently, both creatively and factually. They are articulate and converse easily with adults and with their peers.
• Good and, on occasions, excellent teaching contributes significantly to the pupils’ success in academic work, sport and music. Teachers know their pupils well as individuals and consideration is carefully made to support pupils with different ability needs.
• Pupils of all ages have particularly well-developed personal qualities. They are confident and friendly.
• Pupils throughout the school benefit greatly from the excellent relationships that are evident.
• The pastoral care of pupils is excellent and provides a strong basis for pupils’ successes. Pupils feel safe, well looked after and thoroughly enjoy coming to school.
• The EYFS is highly effective and meets its aim to provide a happy, welcoming, safe and secure setting where children can meet new challenges positively. Its success stems from the highly effective leadership provided by the EYFS co-ordinator. Children thrive because the staff have a good understanding of how young children develop.
• Children’s achievements are considerable. They make good progress across all areas of the EYFS curriculum. They achieve outstandingly well in their personal, social and emotional development.
• Behaviour is excellent and children’s moral development is promoted exceptionally well through caring staff.
• Each child is treated as a unique individual making going to school a joyful experience for children.

You are invited to read the full report by downloading the complete report PDF.

Comments from The Independent Schools Inspection Report March 2006

The school has many strong features and is outstanding in several important areas:

• Pupils have very positive attitudes and are extremely well motivated; their behaviour is exemplary.
• Pupils demonstrate an outstandingly well-developed spiritual, moral and cultural awareness
• The school achieves its aims and meets the needs of its pupils effectively. A broad and wide-ranging curriculum is provided with opportunities for all pupils to learn and achieve well.
• Extra-curricular activities are notably extensive for a small independent school.
• Pupils are exceptionally well cared for and provision for their personal development is excellent. The headteacher leads a strong staff team very effectively.
• Induction into the Foundation stage is well thought out and very effective.
• Results in national tests at age 11 in English, maths and science were high for pupils' abilities.
• Relationships in lessons are outstanding.
• The quality of pastoral cure in the school is outstanding.

Parents are invited to read the full report at www.isi.net.