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A small primary school with a nursery, for children from 2½ - 11 years old. limited number of bursaries available
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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 find out more about New School Thinking and the conference we hosted on the subject of Innovative Practice in Primary School Education, click here.
To read the article about Curiosity Led Learning at Lewes New School from the Ecologist Magazine, click here.
We Are Growing!
In response to a growing demand, we are creating a new class in September 2010 for year 4 and year 5 children. This means that we have new spaces available for these age groups. Please contact the office to arrange a visit. Thank you.