Welcome to
Lewes New School
A small primary school with a nursery,
for children from 2½ - 11 years old.
limited number of bursaries available
Our school already implements the key findings from The Cambridge Primary Review:
School Starting Age
The review says that England should conform to international practice by delaying the start of formal school until children turn six. This would extend the preschool, play-based curriculum to give children a stress-free grounding before they start formal lessons.
Curriculum
Primary Schools have become too focused on the "three Rs" and the curriculum needs to be broadened. Schools would be given back part of the timetable reserved for teachers to design their own lessons locally.
Testing
SATs should be scrapped and replaced with new tests marked by teachers to inform them and parents of a child's progress. But they should not be used to measure their school's success in league tables or feed into national statistics to judge the progress of government policies.
To find out more about "Changes" by Lewes New School and to buy your own copy, click here.
To read the article about Curiosity Led Learning at Lewes New School from the Ecologist Magazine, click here.
'You have so many wonderful, exciting things going on with the very best interests of the children at the heart of it all'
Rachael Bannister, educational consultant
primary education led by curiosity and imagination