The Upper School at Hazlegrove is all about igniting the inner spark, helping children to discover and pursue their talents and providing an environment that allows them to flourish and reach their potential. Providing opportunities and responsibilities to all at the same time as reinforcing the key Hazlegrove values of Kindness, Grace, Courage, Integrity, Respect and Generosity.
Preparing for Senior School
The Upper School prepares children for the often challenging landscape of Senior School within an environment which recognises the very different needs of 11 and 12 year old children. We support those who decide to pursue a scholarship – it could be an Academic Scholarship or an Art, DT, Drama, Music, Sport or All Rounder – we have vast experience of helping and guiding those children through the process.
Here are just some of the things that we do differently in Upper School:
Our wellbeing programme and pastoral care actively address the issues which pre-teens face, with a full and broad reaching PHSE programme. Children at Hazlegrove's Upper School are well prepared for their next step which they can take with confidence and maturity at the age of 13.
An Environment for Learning and Support
At Hazlegrove, learning and enjoyment go together! There’s nothing better than getting our wellies on, planning where a new solar farm could go on the School site with all the calculations about energy, costs, area, size to make a brilliant maths lesson appeal to a whole range of different learning profiles in different ways. We know how to stretch children and support children, through the curriculum and our excellent Learning Support Unit, and most of all, we know our children well, being big enough to have specialists in all important areas of school life but small enough to be a close-knit team of staff who chat about the children and their needs every day.
Nothing gives us more pleasure than to receive emails from parents telling us that their child has progressed more during their time with us than they dared hope was possible and to see our children leave us on Speech Day ready, in every sense, for senior school and beyond.
