The Peterborough School: Freedom to Explore

With rich history and steadfast foundations, The Peterborough School, or ‘TPS’ as it’s affectionately called, has evolved over the past 129 years and is familiar to many local families under its various name changes since its founder, Miss Hill, established a High School for girls in 1895. In 1936 the school moved to its current site, a beautiful Grade II Listed country house on Thorpe Road and was renamed ‘Westwood House’, until its name changed back to ‘Peterborough High School’ in 1991. The first Headmaster, Mr Adrian Meadows joined the School in 2007, and he made the decision in 2010 to allow the admission of boysand ‘The Peterborough School’ was born. Since then, under his leadership, the School has advanced from strength to strength, with a proud vision of ‘unlocking the potential of each and every child’, underpinned by our values of Family, Ambition, Character and Excellence.

Combining the convenience of road and rail links, with the safety and serenity of a 13-acre green oasis campus, nestled in the heart of Peterborough, TPS offers parents a ‘Through School’; where babies and pre-school children can progress through the newly expanded ‘Outstanding’ rated Nursery, situated at the bottom of the tree-lined drive, to the fantastically renovated Reception classroom, and then move seamlessly through the Prep School, Senior School and Sixth Form.

TPS provides pupils with a continuous and consistent journey of progression and instils ambition, excellence and character with wraparound family support. Experienced teachers enable each child to flourish, and every pupil has the freedom to thrive, with our Reception children making outstanding progress in their first year. The School has high standards and expectations, and an equally vast choice of extracurricular activities; Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, vast array of sports clubs, debating, gardening club, fencing, yoga and rock climbing to name but a few!

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The Peterborough School continues to evolve and invest in facilities year after year. Most recently specialist school interior design company, Envoplan, designed and installed a bespoke state-of-the-art Reception Classroom. This vibrant learning environment takes the very best from Scandinavian design to create many interactive features, including a unique elevated Learning Tree where children can enjoy a calm and quiet space to read, tell, and listen to stories. The use of muted colours, cloud lighting, and innovative storage walls allows the Reception Classroom to be equally engaging and inspiring for our young children, as well as practical and logical for teachers.

The use of zones within the classroom helps children to differentiate areas of play and interactive learning, areas of quiet-working time, and the all-important listening spaces. This supports their motivation, interests and needs. Spaces beneath the Learning Tree allow our teachers to change role play areas based on the seasons and focus subjects; currently the children are enjoying their ‘Polar Rescue Centre’ and have become quite the experts in treating penguins suffering from a broken wing, or spotting when a seal may have a headache!

Reception students and staff are thrilled with their new classroom; a beautiful and innovative space providing them the perfect springboard into formal education and upward trajectory at The Peterborough School.

Join us at our Reception Open Morning, Wednesday 20th March 2024, 9:00 am – 11:45 am. Explore our new Reception Classroom, meet our wonderful Early Years Foundation Leaders, and discuss entry to Reception for September 2024!

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