Beech House A GSG School
- Beech House
Chorley New Road
Bolton
BL1 4PA - Head: Sue Faulkner
- T 01204 434759
- E [email protected]
- W www.boltonschool.org/infants
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 7.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Bolton
- Pupils: 190
- Religion: Not Applicable
- Fees: £10,167 pa
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Bolton School Boys' Division, Bolton School Girls' Division, Bolton School Boys’ Junior School, Bolton School Junior Girls' School (Hesketh House)
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Lively and cheerful - buzzing with purposeful activity and happy little learners. Parents are buying into the whole Bolton School package and teachers have the freedom to develop children at their own pace, treating them as individuals and to enrich the curriculum without being bound by the rules of Ofsted or the rigmarole of Sats. The parents we met agreed that their children’s happiness and confidence is the priority at this age and that the school provides that in spades…
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Sue Faulkner
Entrance
The head assesses all children herself - through an informal one-to-one chat and a play in her office. Parents said the process treated their children as individuals and was not at all intimidating. ‘My son went in crying,’ said one mum, ‘and came out smiling, with a teddy and a sticker.’ School says it's not looking for any reading or writing skills - just for an ‘inquisitive and curious child who can follow instructions and is open to learning’. They do turn some children away if they don’t believe they’ll be happy here. One mum we met, whose two elder children have thrived at Beech House, told us she was very disappointed that her youngest child, who has very particular special educational needs, wasn’t accepted. The school says that the school can accommodate...
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