Hawthorns prep school, Surrey

[Mel8008]

Hi

Can anyone tell me about the hawthorns prep school in bletchingley, Surrey?

Hi @Mel8008. If it’s not too late, I can answer your questions. I have two children there and I can’t rate it highly enough. Loads of opportunities, nurturing, great results, excellent support in finding the right senior school, amazing facilities. My children love it - would definitely recommend. Please let me know if you want to know anything specific.

@SurreyK

Hi *@Mel8008*. If it’s not too late, I can answer your questions. I have two children there and I can’t rate it highly enough. Loads of opportunities, nurturing, great results, excellent support in finding the right senior school, amazing facilities. My children love it - would definitely recommend. Please let me know if you want to know anything specific.

Can I also get more information on this question as well.

Need to understand a bit better on how the Pandemic and Cost of living issues have affected them.

Hi @BambinaJAS. The school was excellent during lockdown. The kids all had full virtual timetables (I think as early as Reception). My kids had all their normal lessons and it meant I could get on with my work. It helped that they all had their own school iPads. They didn’t miss out academically at all. Recently they’ve been doing hybrid lessons for those children who’ve been stuck at home with Covid but well enough to learn. I’ve even seen children taking part in drama rehearsals from home via an iPad being passed their class!

I’m not aware of any changes that have been made because of the rising cost of living. I guess savings have probably been going on behind the scenes, but it’s not something that any parents I know have been aware of, so they must be managing it well!

@SurreyK

Hi *@BambinaJAS*. The school was excellent during lockdown. The kids all had full virtual timetables (I think as early as Reception). My kids had all their normal lessons and it meant I could get on with my work. It helped that they all had their own school iPads. They didn’t miss out academically at all. Recently they’ve been doing hybrid lessons for those children who’ve been stuck at home with Covid but well enough to learn. I’ve even seen children taking part in drama rehearsals from home via an iPad being passed their class!

I’m not aware of any changes that have been made because of the rising cost of living. I guess savings have probably been going on behind the scenes, but it’s not something that any parents I know have been aware of, so they must be managing it well!

Many thanks for the reply.

That's good to hear. Seems that they are handling the current (volatile!) situation reasonably well.

DD3 will be attending shortly after we accepted a spot (she had previously been in an international nursery school abroad) so I did want to get an understanding of how they were dealing with the current situation. We were concerned because the situation seems a bit chaotic in schools due to covid.