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Principal: Mrs Lillian Croston, BSc (Cantab) PGCE ALCM Bursar: Mr John Henwood, BSc MA FCMA Admissions: Miss Gemma Cunliffe - Registrar
Westholme's Nursery, Infant and Junior departments are situated on four sites. They retain a traditional atmosphere with the benefits of modernised and generously proportioned resource space. A supportive atmosphere and strong links between the sites, as well as with the Senior School site, allow each child to develop their own strengths.
The Nursery is the youngest in our family of schools. Open for Girls and Boys aged 2-3 years, it strives to develop the foundation on which children build their skills for life. Our architect designed nursery is an imaginatively adapted bungalow set within its own grounds, located next to the Westholme Junior Schools. The Nursery is a safe and well equipped environment for our youngest pupils and is currently being extended to accommodate a further 12 places. Nursery children then proceed to join our pre school class at the Infant School.
Children in the Infant department at Billinge House develop their talents through a structured programme, based on an enhanced National Curriculum. Positive attitudes to learning are fostered through interactive teaching approaches. There is a firm foundation in English, Mathematics and Science, but emphasis is placed upon the development of imaginative skills and enquiring minds.
Some 40 children enter the purpose-built Pre School department in the September following their third birthday. Additional children are admitted in Reception and thereafter are organised mostly as two or three forms of approximately 20 children throughout the school.
All children are assessed against national criteria as they enter Reception and take the SATs tests at the end of Key Stage 1.
At this stage the girls progress to the Girls' Junior School at Beardwood Bank and the boys progress to Westholme Boys' Junior School at Beardwood House, where they can stay until the end of Key Stage 2 at age 11.
The girls are organised into two form groups of a maximum of 26, the additional pupils having entered in the September following their seventh birthday, whilst the boys are organised into one form. At 11 the boys are given expert guidance and help to enable them to transfer to a school of their choice.
At 11 pupils take the national Key Stage 2 tests, and the girls move up to the Senior School.
Music and sport feature strongly in the busy extra curricular programme. Pupils enjoy use of the Senior School facilities such as the sports field, all weather pitch and swimming pool, and the school's netball, cross-country, swimming, rounders and athletics teams achieve considerable success. The school has its own choir, orchestra and brass band and has additional practice rooms for instrumental lessons. Specialist teaching supports French, sport and music.
Technology has a high profile in school with a computer suite which is networked to computers in classrooms, library and the hall. Electronic whiteboard have replaced blackboards in every classroom, bringing exciting new dimensions to learning opportunities, along with the most up to date software for interactive learning.
Small, well-resourced and self-contained as they are, all the schools provide a friendly, caring atmosphere for pupils in the early stages of their education, ensuring that they find security and happiness in settings where the highest academic standards can be achieved.
Age range: 2 - 11
Day pupils: 141 boys and 290 girls
Annual day fees: £5,226 - £6,579
This school does not offer flexi-boarding.
TOTAL PUPILS: 141 boys and 290 girls
Staff numbers: 27 full time and 4 part time
Method of entry: Assessment, Entry test or exam, Early registration or registration at birth, Registration
Accreditations and affiliations: GSA, AGBIS, AJIS
Religious affiliation: Non-denominational, Christian
Teaching languages: English
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The school offers: Academic, Financial need, Senior school entry, 6th Form, Languages
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