Discover The Wakefield Way.
STRATEGIC VISION Way Ahead.
2023 - 2028
Where BIG Futures... The WGPPS strategy sits alongside the strategies for QEGS (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School) and WGHS (Wakefield Girls’ High School) and is underpinned by the overarching strategy for WGSF (Wakefield Grammar School Foundation). This plan seeks to articulate our priorities for the next five years. This plan is underpinned by the Foundation’s long term mission, vision and values.
OUR VISION To enable long lasting contributions to society through a shared joy for learning.
OUR MISSION To provide education in a supportive, engaging and inclusive environment that inspires individuals to develop their abilities, strengthen their character and fulfil their potential.
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FOUNDATION VALUES WHAT BRINGS US TOGETHER
Genuine
Proud of our history - We are forward thinking.
Distinct
Empowering individuals - We celebrate difference.
Unity
Sharing a common purpose - We are stronger together.
A MESSAGE FROM OUR
CHAIR OF GOVERNORS
Our Pre-Prep school is the strong base of the Wakefield Grammar School Foundation. It provides the start of a cohesive, seamless journey through the Foundation’s Schools from the age of three to eighteen. It is here that we will first nurture a joy for learning, anchored by kindness and resilience. This forward-thinking and aspirational plan sets out how we will achieve this. I have every confidence that it will be delivered.
Simon Chamberlain CHAIR OF GOVERNORS
The
Wakefield Way
As one of a family of three schools that make up the Wakefield Grammar School Foundation, our school follows the Wakefield Way, a shared ethos which defines everything we do, academically, socially and ethically. The Wakefield Way is about developing inspirational learning environments which celebrate and nurture the distinctive needs of boys and girls. It’s about encouraging each individual pupil to look outwards as well as inwards as they become remarkable people with the desire to make a difference in the world. It’s about building confidence, inspiring hearts and minds, and instilling an empowering sense of purpose. But, most of all, it’s about providing an imaginative foundation for life, learning and lasting achievement.
OUR
HISTORY
Wakefield Grammar Pre-Preparatory school opened its doors in September 2021. The new school was an amalgamation of the Pre-Prep part of QEGS (based at Centenary House) and the Pre-Prep section of the WGHS (based in the current building, Mulberry House). The Wakefield Grammar School Foundation numbers amongst the country’s leading families of independent day schools. An education at our three schools is different in many ways but at the heart of it all, there is one guiding ethos which defines everything we do, academically, socially and ethically. We call it ‘The Wakefield Way’.
OUR PLACE IN THE
WAKEFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION
The school sees itself as having a vital role in the Wakefield Grammar School Foundation, nurturing and supporting our pupils to develop academic and social skills which will prepare them for the next stage in their educational journey. We appreciate how lucky we are to be able to work with children in the most crucial years of development and recognise the critical importance of Early Years education. We see the Pre-Prep as the building blocks on which the rest of the Foundation can grow, and the children in our care develop a strong sense of self and independence, cultivate skills of collaboration and problem solving and establish friendships which will last a lifetime. The ‘golden thread’ which unifies the schools in the Foundation is The Wakefield Way, a joy of learning which is deeply rooted in all we do. This moral purpose and a sense of always trying to do what is right, for our schools, our pupils and families, guides what we do across the Foundation.
OUR
PUPILS
Our boys and girls have one opportunity for an excellent education. We aim for this to be the best possible education. We motivate all of our pupils to be ‘Little Readers’ and ‘Little Leaders’.
LITTLE
READERS
At the Pre-Prep, a focus on growing successful readers means children can access all other areas of the curriculum, engage in multiple worlds and disciplines and truly develop pleasure in reading.
LITTLE
LEADERS
Our well developed pupil leadership programme gives our pupils a voice, which allows them to improve their experience of school, taking on an active and democratic role in the shaping of their education.
A MESSAGE FROM
THE HEAD
The school sees itself as having a vital role in the Wakefield Grammar School Foundation, nurturing and supporting our pupils to develop academic and social skills which will prepare them for the next stage in their educational journey. We appreciate how lucky we are to be able to work with children in the most crucial years of development and recognise the critical importance of Early Years education. We see the Pre-Prep as the building blocks on which the rest of the Foundation can grow, and the children in our care develop a strong sense of self and independence, cultivate skills of collaboration and problem solving and establish friendships which will last a lifetime.
Emma Gill HEAD
We are committed to ensuring that our children learn to be kind, respectful and resilient. These values are crucial to our relationships and learning. In partnership with parents, carers, our Foundation schools and the wider community, we promote and sustain these values in our school to enable our children to become successful learners and positive citizens ready to meet the challenges of an ever changing world. We do this by monitoring each in four key areas. Academia, Wellbeing and Pathways To Success are the main elements of life at Wakefield Grammar Pre-Preparatory School.
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HOW IT WORKS
curricul a r ar t x E
HOW WE
DO THIS
1. Providing excellence in pastoral support 2. Engaging and celebrating our pupils 3. Listening to, and engaging with, pupil voice 4. Providing opportunities for pupils to be active and positive citizens in their local community
HOW WE
DO THIS
1. Providing opportunities for collaboration and teamwork 2. Engaging with pupils to understand their social responsibilities 3. Building wider community partnerships
HOW WE
DO THIS
1. Developing excellent teaching and consistently reviewing this to meet the needs of our pupils 2. Building opportunities for self regulation 3. Offering an understanding of metacognition (understanding how we learn) 4. Preparing for the next stages of pupils' education
COMMITTED
AMBITIONS
To provide a rich knowledge-based, creative curriculum which enables all our pupils to reach their academic potential, allows them to successfully transition to the junior sections/external junior schools and prepares them to thrive in society. To be a school of opportunity where adults and children are energised to learn. To foster an inclusive culture, where all views and opinions are respected. To be a school which provides children with the tools to find out who they are and what they can achieve beyond their academic potential. To be a school which serves its community well making us the independent Pre-Prep of choice in the Yorkshire area. To work in partnership with WGHS and QEGS, providing a seamless and sequential journey from 3-18.
DESIRED
OUTCOMES
Whole school achievement with 100% of pupils at, and with 50% of pupils exceeding, national standards, supported by our ‘Little Readers’ programme. Well developed and successful ‘Little Leaders’ programme. Pupils prepared for transition to our junior sections within the Foundation or external junior schools. Three form entry school with full classes (21 maximum per class from FS2 and up to 60 in FS1). Financially sustainable (ability to function independently from the other schools within the Foundation). ISI rated Good or better in all areas. Highly trained and confident staff (wellbeing survey). Staff to pupil ratios above national average. Positive mental health programme and strong pastoral support as recognised by Carnegie Mental Health award and positive parental and pupil feedback.
KIND RESPECTFUL RESILIENT
Wakefield Grammar Pre-Preparatory School Margaret Street Wakefield WF1 2DG 01924 231600 preprep@wgsf.net
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