Schools & Nurseries

Local Schools

Where our children spend most of their week and how they are being educated is a decision which should take some serious consideration. We have put together this list of suggestions to make your life a little bit easier. Many local schools and nurseries offer free tours so please go and visit your choice options before making that final important decision.

Beaconsfield High School Beaconsfield High School is a centre of excellence for education and beyond, an establishment dedicated to discovering and developing the abundance of individual potential within its modern, diverse, inclusive and dynamic community. Our vision is to create a happy, high achieving learning environment where all students and all staff are empowered, where they feel valued and secure, and are encouraged to aspire to be remarkable. Students are aged between 11 and 18 and study abroad, stimulating and inspiring curriculum across Key Stage 3, GCSE and A-Level. Wattleton Rd, Beaconsfield HP9 1RR. 01494 673043 www.beaconsfieldhigh.bucks.sch.uk/

Dr Challoner’s Grammar School Dr Challoner’s reputation extends back to the early 17th century when the school began educating the boys of Amersham and the surrounding area. Now the school is widely recognised as one of the leading state grammar schools in the country, and is home to 1300 students aged 11-18, including girls in our co-educational Sixth Form. Our aim is to help all our students develop into young adults with the right habits, attitudes and qualifications to take on the challenges of the rapidly changing modern world. Our motto, Excellence with Integrity, is supported by a focus on core values of Aspiration, Kindness and Resilience which help our students develop their academic strengths and a positive place in society. Chesham Rd, Amersham HP6 5HA. 01494 787500 www.challoners.com/ The Gerrards Cross Church of England School Welcome to The Gerrards Cross Church of England School. Our school seeks to provide an engaging, challenging, and inspiring education in an environment where every individual is valued, nurtured, and celebrated. With a firm foundation of Christian values, we share a vision of excellence. Our vision is to see ‘Every Child Flourishing’; this is inspired by Jesus’ words in John’s gospel where he says, ‘I have come that they might have life and life it to the full.’ We seek to equip our children with a love of learning and the associated skills to flourish in the modern world. We look to promote confident, curious, imaginative, resilient and organised learning in all our children. At the same time we nurture their personal and emotional development and a strong relationship between home and school is always maintained. Moreland Dr, Gerrards Cross SL9 8BD. 01753 882731 www.gerrardscross.bucks.sch.uk/

Acorn Montessori School The Acorn Montessori School has been established since 1994 and is designed for children from approximately 2 years 6 months to 5 years. The school is run on a 1:4 qualified teacher/child ratio by a team dedicated to their work and with a genuine love of children. We believe we can offer you as parents the best possible start for your children, which will stand them in excellent stead for their educational years ahead. 8 East Common, Gerrards Cross SL9 7AD. 01753 885448 www.acornmontessorigx.com/

St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School here at St Joseph’s; a happy school which offers each child in our care an engaging and challenging curriculum, so that they can fulfil their potential in all aspects of life (spiritually, morally, academically and socially). Our mission statement of ‘Love, Learn, Grow’ underpins all that we do; providing a caring and safe environment in which all of our pupils can develop the skills which will enable them to have a positive impact upon the world. We know the importance of a strong education and expect the highest standards from our pupils. In close collaboration with parents and the community, we can enhance their ‘God-given talents and the ability to achieve their aspirations. Priory Rd, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross SL9 8SB. 01753 887743 www.stjosephschalfont.school/

St. Mary’s School St Mary’s is quite simply a wonderful school. The experience of each individual student is at the heart of all that we do. Our warm and inspiring environment encompasses a supportive framework where our students, whether in PrePrep, Prep, Senior House or Sixth Form, are encouraged to take risks, be creative, think for themselves, learn to make good choices and to embrace a challenge. All of our students are encouraged to aim for excellence in all of their pursuits, to be kind to each other and look for opportunities to make a difference in the wider world. Students here ‘dream big’ we prepare our students for their future lives and careers to be compassionate, caring and confident young women. Packhorse Rd, Gerrards Cross SL9 8JQ. 01753 883370 www.stmarysschool.co.uk/ Gayhurst School Trust Headmaster’s Welcome Gayhurst is a truly special, happy and purposeful community, where your children will benefit from an excellent foundation to learning and personal development in their formative years, preparing them suitably for many of the challenges they will encounter throughout their lives. Welcome to Gayhurst, a school where we value pupils’ happiness, social and emotional development as highly as we do their academic achievement. It is our privilege to support children in the formative years of their education. Educating children aged from 3 to 11 years old, Gayhurst is committed to offering its pupils a broad, rounded, coeducational experience in a happy and caring academic environment, where their pastoral needs and wellbeing are paramount. Focusing on their personal development alongside their academic and physical development enables them to develop their emotional intelligence and collaborate and interact with one another respectfully so that they can positively contribute to the school community and wider society. Bull Ln, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross SL9 8RJ. 01753 882690 www.gayhurstschool.co.uk/

Thorpe House School Thorpe House is based in the beautiful town of Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire. At Thorpe House our aspirations push us to achieve higher. There is no such thing as failure, only a desire to learn and become the best version of ourselves. As soon as they start in Reception we look to prepare our boys for the world to which we believe we should all aspire, one in which there is an emphasis on encouragement and recognition of our diversity and where we want the boys to consider not what they can do for themselves but what they can do for others. Through an enrichment programme that runs throughout our three year GCSE course, we build on the confidence that has already been nurtured in the earlier years to develop skills and empathy that will make them the leaders that we want and need to direct the course of our society in the future. 29 Oval Way, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross SL9 8QA. 01753 882474 www.thorpehouse.co.uk/