RPPS Additional Information Booklet 2022-23

Additional Information 2022-23

CONTENTS
Term dates
Term Dates 3
Timing Of The School Day 4
Wrap Around Care 5
Clubs 6
Autumn Term 2022
Half Term:
Spring Term 2023
Half Term:
Tuesday 6th September - Friday 9th December
Thursday 20th October to Friday 28th October (Inclusive)
Thursday 5th January to Friday 31st March
Monday 13th February to Friday 17th February
Our Music Programme 8
What We Offer Our Parents 9
ISI Summary 10
Offers & Destinations 12
Entrance Procedure 16
Fees 18
Facts 19
Summer Term 2023
Wednesday 26th April to Wednesday 12th July
Half Term:
Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June
Bank Holiday: Monday 1st May
Staff Inset Days
Autumn 2022
Thursday 1st, Friday 2nd and Monday 5th September
Spring 2023
Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th January
Summer 2023
Tuesday 25th April and Thursday 13th July
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Timing of
the school
day
Children are dropped at school
at 8.25am.
Morning Care is available from 8.00am
in the School Library.
After school clubs start from 3.30pm
(Lower School), 3.40pm (Upper School)
and finish at 4.40pm and are available
to book before the start of each term.
After School Care is available until
6.00pm.
Lower School (Reception to Year 2)
8.25am – 10.30am
10.30am – 11.00am
11.00am – 12.00noon
12.00noon – 1.00pm
1.00pm – 3.10pm (Reception)
1.00pm – 3.20pm (Year 1 & 2)
Upper School (Year 3 & Year 4)
8.25am – 11.00am
11.00am – 11.30am
11.30am – 1.00pm
1.00pm – 2.00pm
2.00pm – 3.30pm
Upper School (Year 5 & Year 6)
Morning Registration & Lessons
Break
Lessons
Lunch
Afternoon Registration
& Lessons
Morning Registration & Lessons
Break
Lessons
Lunch
Afternoon Registration & Lessons
Wrap around care
Our Morning and After School Care is in place to help parents
who need to bring their children to school early and who
cannot collect them at the end of the afternoon lessons.
Our dedicated, qualified supervision staff ensure the children have the best possible
experience and enjoy the various activities and games on offer.
Timings: Morning Care is available from 8am and Afternoon Care runs up until 6pm.
How it works:
Wrap around care can be used on an ad hoc
basis whenever it is needed or parents can
register and pre-pay for the full day service
at the start of term.
After Care details:
At the end of lessons, children attending
After Care may work on their homework or
take part in a range of supervised games
and activities. Children who stay beyond
4.45pm will be provided with a hot or cold
snack. There is also a range of after school
clubs which finish at around 4.30pm.
Prices for 2022-23:
Morning Care: £5.50 per child per day
Afternoon Care: £13 per child per day
All Day Care: £16 per child per day
8.25am – 11.30am
Morning Registration & Lessons
11.30am – 12.00noon
Break
12.00noon – 1.00pm
Lessons
1.00pm – 2.00pm
Lunch
2.00pm – 3.30pm
Afternoon Registration & Lessons
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Clubs
Extra-curricular activities are
firmly embedded in the life
of RPPS and take place before
and after school every day.
Our extensive co-educational clubs
programme offers pupils the opportunity
either to enhance and extend their personal
passions and interests or to experience a
new opportunity. From the Summer Term in
Reception onwards, every child is encouraged
to participate in at least one club per week.
Art
Ballet
Ceramics
Chess
Choir
Coding
Cricket
Debating & Philosophy
Design
Drama
Eco Club
Fencing
French Story
Football
Glee
Graphic Design
Guitar
Gymnastics
Hockey
Judo
Karate
Strictly
Mindfulness
Music Technology
Myths and Legends
Netball
Orchestra
Puzzles
Robotics
Rugby
Running
Science
Street Dance
Swimming
The extra-curricular clubs timetable is
continually evolving and changing in response
to child feedback and demand and also varies
depending upon the time of year.
The majority of clubs are run by RPPS staff free of charge, with outside expertise provided for certain clubs at an additional cost.
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Our Music Programme
What We Offer Our Parents
We encourage all children to develop a love of music, whatever level of experience
they may currently have.
Within our classroom music, children will be
able to play a variety of instruments including
percussion, keyboard, recorder, guitar and
clarinet. There are termly informal classroom
concerts so that pupils have the opportunity
to perform in front of their peers.
Each term there are music performance
assemblies to which parents are invited.
Evening concerts for children in the Upper
School include the Autumn Concert and
Spring Soirée. To celebrate Christmas,
we have a Reception Nativity Play, a Year 1
Carol Concert, a Year 2 Production and
an Upper School Christmas Concert
which takes place at St. Paul’s Church,
Hammersmith. Our school year ends
with our annual Prize Evening for Upper
School Children, also at St. Paul’s Church,
with our choirs and orchestras all involved
in a wonderful showcase of music at RPPS.
In recent years, we have offered
workshops for parents on:
Phonics in the Early Years and
at Key Stage One
Maths in the Early Years and
at Key Stage One
How to help your child with
mathematical problem solving
The Growth Mindset philosophy
eSafety and social media
Healthy eating
The new Relationships and
Sex Education programme
Sleep and well-being
Parent and Staff Events:
Annual parent Quiz Night
Parent and staff social events
Charity fundraisers
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ISI Summary
The Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) visited Ravenscourt Park
Preparatory School in November 2021.
After their visit in November 2021, the
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)
has judged Ravenscourt Park Preparatory
School as ‘excellent’ in both of the key
outcomes - the pupils’ academic and other
achievements, and the quality of the pupils’
personal development.
The inspection report acknowledges the
strengths of the Learning Culture at RPPS:
high expectations, challenge, questioning,
dialogue, feedback and growth mindset are
embedded in all areas of school life.
The effectiveness of teaching and learning
is highlighted, and the inspectors note that
pupils’ “levels of attainment significantly
rise as they move through the school”.
Our school values of co-operation, kindness,
creativity, commitment, appreciation,
curiosity, and community responsibility are
instilled successfully and positively impact
children’s outcomes.
The full inspection report can be viewed
on our website: www.rpps.co.uk/about-us/
inspection-reports
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11+ results 2021-22
Offers & Destinations
School No. of offers Acceptances
Girls’ Schools
City of London Girls 1 1
Downe House 1 1
Francis Holland Regents' Park 6 0
Francis Holland Sloane Square 3 0
Godolphin & Latymer 5 3
Lady Eleanor Holles 3 0
More House 1 0
Notting Hill & Ealing High 14 6
Queen's College 1 0
Queen's Gate 2 1
Putney High 4 1
St Augustine's 4 0
St James Girls 4 0
St Mary’s, Calne 2 0
St Swithun’s 1 0
Boys’ Schools
City of London 1 0
Hampton 9 4
King's College Wimbledon 0
Oakham 1 0
Oundle 1 1
St Paul's 1 1
School No. of offers Acceptances
Co-educational Schools
Dauntsey’s 1 1
Emanuel 2
Harrodian 7 1
Ibstock Place 10 3
Kew House 37 10
Kingston Grammar 1 0
Latymer 19 8
St Benedict's 10 4
University College School 1
11-13 Prep Schools
Lambrook 5 4
13+ Boarding Schools
Harrow 1 TBC
Epsom College 1 1
Eton 1 TBC
St Edward's 2 2
Wellington 1 1
Maintained Sector
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School 1 1
Holland Park School 1 1
Total 164 58
Scholarships, Exhibitions and Awards 2021-22
Academic Scholarships:
Music Awards:
Drama:
Sports Awards:
Chess Awards:
Total 17
Francis Holland (Regent’s Park)
notting Hill and Ealing High School
St. Augustine’s Priory
St. Swithun’s
Hampton (2)
St. Benedict’s (2)
City of London (Music Scholarship)
Hampton (Music Scholarship)
latymer (Music Scholarship)
uCS (Music Scholarship)
Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School
(Music aptitude place)
Queen’s Gate (Drama Scholarship)
St. Mary’s Calne (Sports Exhibition)
Hampton (2 x Sports Scholarship)
St. Benedict’s (2 x Sports Scholarship)
Hampton (Chess Scholarship)
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11+ results
2020-2021
School No. of offers Acceptances
Girls’ Schools
City of London Girls 1
Downe House 1
Francis Holland, Sloane Square 3
Francis Holland, Regent's Park 11 2
Godolphin & Latymer 4 3
Lady Eleanor Holles 4 2
Notting Hill & Ealing High 18 9
Putney High 8 3
Queen's College 3
Queen's Gate 1
Queen Mary's Thirsk 1 1
St Augustine's Priory 1
St James Girls 3
South Hampstead High 1
Wycombe Abbey 1
Boys’ Schools
Hampton 9 7
Eton
1 (to interview stage)
King's College, Wimbledon 1
Merchant Taylors 1
St Paul's 1 1
School No. of offers Acceptances
Co-educational Schools
Eagle House 1
Bradfield College 6
Cranleigh 1
Emanuel 3 1
Epsom College 1
Frensham Heights 1 1
Fulham School 2
Harrodian 24 8
Ibstock Place 13 3
Kensington Park 1
Kew House 29 5
Kingston Grammar 1
Lambrook 7 5
Latymer 6 2
Lord Wandsworth College 2
LVS Ascot 1
Maida Vale 3 1
Marlborough College 2
Papplewick 1
Radley 2
Seaford College 1
St Benedict's 17 1
St Edward’s 3
St Philip’s 1
Thomas' Battersea 1
Wellington
1 + (3 to interview stage)
Witham Hall 1 1
Scholarships, Exhibitions and Awards 2020-21
Francis Holland (Regents Park)
4 Academic Scholarships
Hampton
1 Music Scholarship
Ibstock Place
1 Music Scholarship
Kensington Park
1 Academic Scholarship
Kew House
2 Academic Scholarships
Lord Wandsworth College
2 Academic Scholarships
Queen’s College
2 Academic Scholarships
St Augustine’s
1 Drama Scholarship
St Benedict’s
7 Academic Scholarships
Total 21
Offers & Destinations
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Admissions &
Entrance Procedure
Stage 1.
Visit us!
Please book a place on one
of our Open Mornings via our
website: www.rpps.co.uk/
admissions/open-mornings
Stage 2.
Register online
www.rpps.co.uk/register
Registration for a Reception
place is strongly recommended
on or before a child’s first
birthday although later
registrations are still welcome.
These can be completed
by submitting the online
Registration Form.
A non-refundable fee is required
to secure pupil registration
however, this does not guarantee
that a place will be offered.
Parents will receive a letter
from the Registrars
acknowledging this.
Please note parents are able to
register online prior to attending
an Open Morning.
Stage 3.
Children registered on or
before their first birthdays
are entered into a ballot
Siblings of current pupils are
given priority. If places still
remain after all siblings and
children registered by their
first birthday have been
offered, then the ballot system
continues to operate based on
proximity of registration to the
child’s first birthday.
Stage 4.
Admissions morning
Following the ballot consisting
of children registered on their
first birthdays, successful
registrations will be invited
to an Admissions Morning.
This usually takes place 15
months before the Reception
year commences. However,
depending on the length of
the waiting list, it is not always
possible to invite all families
in for an interview.
Stage 5.
Offer letter
On receipt of an offer letter
parents have 7 days in which
to accept a place. At this stage
a deposit of £3000, a signed
acceptance form and proof
of identification are required.
Half of one term’s fees (at the
new academic year fee cost)
will be payable in advance on
the first day of the preceding
Summer Term. Both the deposit
and half of one term’s fee are
non-refundable on withdrawal
of an accepted place before
attendance at the school. The
deposit will be returned to
parents once the child leaves
Year 6, subject to all outstanding
fees being settled.
Stage 6.
Confirmation
Once a place has been
confirmed and accepted,
all relevant joining
information will be sent.
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Fees 2022-23
Facts & Figures
Standard fee per term: £6,632.00
Lunch:
Peripatetic Music lessons:
Morning Care:
After School Care:
All Day Care:
£5.05 per day
Additional cost
£5.50 per session
£13.00 per session
£16.00 per session
Fees must be paid in full on or before the first day of term. Interest
may be charged on any fees outstanding. The school reserves the
right to exclude any child for whom fees have not been paid.
Lunch, full day care, club and instrumental tuition fees are payable on or before the first
day of term. No refunds are made for absence, for whatever reason.
Where parents wish to withdraw their child from the school, we require a full term’s
notice to be given. To do this, parents must notify us, in writing, by the last day of the
term preceding the one at the end of which the child will leave. If this notice is not
received, parents withdrawing their child are liable for one term’s fees in lieu of notice.
420
students
Freshly
cooked
meals
250+
Each year group has an
education visit
every term
All children in
Years 3 to 6 go on
a residential visit
individual peripatetic
music lessons take
place each week
Co-educational sports programme with
competitive fixtures
in all our main sports
70+
clubs and
extra-curricular
activities
each week
Our Year 6 productions have included:
THE JUNGLE BOOK, PETER PAN,
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM,
THE WIZARD OF OZ, THE WIND IN
THE WILLOWS AND THE LION KING
Between 2016 and 2021, we raised
over £120,000
FOR OUR CHOSEN CHARITIES
We run an
Annual
Sports Tour
to Jersey for
Year 5 and
a biennial choir
tour overseas
LISTED AS ONE OF
TALK EDUCATION’S
TOP 250
PREP AND SENIOR
SCHOOLS IN THE UK
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Ravenscourt Park
Preparatory School
16 Ravenscourt Avenue
Hammersmith
London
W6 0SL
W: www.rpps.co.uk
E: admissions@rpps.co.uk
T: 020 8846 9153
@RPPSlondon