As Head, Charlotte Johnston, explains in her TV interview (see below): “It is very important to me that the children enjoy their time at school. I really believe that they learn best when they are happy and when they have a really wonderful relationship with their teachers.” Our three Cs of Courtesy, Consideration and Common Sense are at the heart of what we do. The children’s behaviour is excellent and the school produces warm, confident and impressive young people. We are proud of our independence which leads us to placing children, after St Peter’s, in the right senior schools from a huge range.
We should be delighted to meet you for a visit and a tour and we do hope you choose to start your child’s educational journey at St Peter’s. Please call 01395 280335 to make an appointment for a tour and to meet our Head, Mrs Charlotte Johnston.
When you join St Peter’s, you are welcomed into the St Peter’s family. With events for parents and grandparents, as well as pupils; this is a true community school.
St Peter’s pupils benefit from outstanding teaching in small class sizes where children of all abilities have the individual attention they need to enable exceptional achievement and challenge. Your children can benefit from the freedom of growing up in this area of outstanding natural beauty, as well as learning to horse ride, sail, kayak or ringo on the Estuary as part of our Friday afternoon activity programme. Children enjoy both our own Forest School and Beach School.
Year 8 children gain 100% success rate of entry to their chosen senior schools and many leave us with academic scholarships or with scholarships in art, music, sport, design & technology, drama or computer science. We feed a huge range of senior schools and are extremely proud of our independence which means that we place children in the right school for them for their senior years.
We will be able to prepare your child for entry into the best possible senior schools, whether they be local, national, day or boarding. We do not believe in pigeonholing children at 3 until 18 and feel that a transitional change is hugely beneficial at the end of their primary years when children are ‘ready’ for the next stage.
Our Nursery consists of one class of 3 and 4-year-olds and is part of our Pre-prep which also includes two Reception classes, two Year 1 classes and two Year 2 classes. Our Lower School is made up of two Year 3, two Year 4 and two Year 5 classes. Upper School consists of two Year 6, two Year 7 and two Year 8 forms.
In the extensive grounds of our school, we have:
St Peter’s is extremely well located. Half an hour from Exeter (and it is possible to travel by train from Lympstone Village to London in under 3 hours, or you can fly from Exeter Airport), yet 10 minutes from the beach and close to Dartmoor. Wrap-around care from 08:00 to 18:00 is included in the fees to allow flexibility for working parents.
This independent school’s latest inspection reports can be accessed by clicking below:
St Peter’s Preparatory School’s mission statement: ‘Our school is where we belong, where we are happy and where we feel proud of our achievements. Where tradition matters and everyone shines.’
Believe it achieve it!
We aspire for our children to be the best in all that they undertake – whether that is academically, culturally or in sporting activities. We value participation, team spirit and the will to win.
We recognise that every child is unique and is inspired to learn in a different way.
We pride ourselves on our friendly and caring school environment.
We see the school community as an extension of family life and all children are treated as valued members of the community.
We are a Christian community, where all relationships are built on respect.
To give each child the opportunity to develop their full potential, allowing them to progress to their senior years as successful and self-confident individuals.
To provide a broad curriculum and a full programme of activities, to maintain small class sizes and an excellent, experienced and committed teaching staff.
To encourage children to learn to work independently as they progress through the school.
To provide excellent pastoral care and an environment in which children can feel secure, are encouraged to talk and are listened to.
To foster in our children an appreciation of the need to be courteous, considerate and to use their common sense in all areas of life.
To offer support and guidance to children in need, in partnership with parents and carers.
Opportunity and fun are about finding the thing that makes you special, trying activities and seizing the day. Philosophy and critical thinking form part of our curriculum and the children have the opportunity to think, consider and critique.
Community is being part of the gang, whether it is a sports team, the house system, your class or your school. Parents, staff and pupils form our community and we take a leading part in our local community too. Our thriving PTA runs many school events from the Halloween Disco to the St Peter’s Summer Ball. When your child joins St Peter’s you become part of a wonderful community for life.
Endeavour is about learning to learn, in the words of Charles Dickens, to stop saying ‘I wish’ and saying ‘I will’. We learn about fixed and growth mindsets and learn the power of ‘yet’. I haven’t learnt my 5x table. I haven’t learnt my 5x table YET.
Achievement is being the best you can be, whether that is in sailing, reciting a poem or achieving gold in the Junior Maths Challenge. We prepare our students to thrive in the society in which we live, through the promotion of key learning skills: curiosity, finding and presenting. We believe it is through nurturing and encouraging these skills that our students will realise their full potential.
Nurture is the importance of friendship, pastoral care, support for others and for charities, kindness, well-being and, of course, nurturing of the soul in music, singing, yoga, nature, praise and drama.
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