ACADEMIC
The Old Hall School embraces the National Curriculum as an excellent base-line for general educational development, but seeks to extend its benefits significantly through enrichment experiences, specialist tuition and optimum use of time. There is a very strong tradition of examination success, with regular scholarships being won to senior schools for academic, artistic, musical and sporting abilities.

The School also provides a full time Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo), who assesses the needs of individual children and implements appropriate programmes of work (I.E.P.s) in partnership with classroom teachers. Those aspects of learning established in the Junior Department (Kindergarten to Year 2) are consolidated during the initial years of the Senior Department (Years 3 – 6), and children are encouraged to develop independent learning and study skills which will help them succeed throughout their educational lives.

As they mature, children are given opportunities to demonstrate these skills in numerous ways: problem-solving activities, project work research, analysing written texts, gathering and interpreting evidence and presenting opinions. In short, our curriculum is thoroughly geared towards preparing pupils for the demands of modern day living.

The School’s academic structure is consistent throughout - each year group comprises two classes of twenty pupils. It should be noted, however, that within this framework, setting occurs in the senior years in both English and Mathematics in order to support and challenge pupils, according to their individual needs. In very special circumstances, numbers occasionally top at twenty-one as a temporary arrangement to accommodate family needs.