Academics
“You can’t help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn’t spell it right; but spelling isn’t everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn’t count.” Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Lower School includes students from Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 5. Generally, students are considered for Boarding from the Grade 5 level, but this is based on particular circumstances and availability of dorm space.
All classes are small, with teacher-pupil ratios below 15:1 in the lower grades, encouraging individual growth. Each class has a Homeroom teacher responsible for the pastoral care of students, and who keeps in close contact with parents. Homeroom classes meet daily, and are taught in their core subjects by the homeroom teachers, with other classes taught by specialist teachers.
There is much collaboration between your child’s homeroom teacher and the specialist teacher to ensure that topics of study are integrated into a variety of disciplines such as Art, Music, and Computer Studies.
The Brent curricula are revised regularly to ensure that we are up to date with new research and approaches to teaching and learning worldwide.