Truro School Prep A GSG School
- Truro School Prep
Highertown
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3QN - Head: Robert Morse
- T 01872 272616
- E Prepenquiries@truroschool.com
- W www.truroschool.com/prep
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 3 to 11 with a linked senior school
- Read about the best schools in Cornwall
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Cornwall
- Pupils: 298 (182 boys;116 girls)
- Religion: Methodist
- Fees: £10,440 - £15,390 pa
- Open days: March
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Truro School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Familiarity with the senior school is slowly enhanced from year 2 science days in the ‘big labs’ to year 5 and 6 who have swimming lessons in the larger school pool. Plus the full official transition day - last one was a murder mystery to hunt down the poisoner of the head! A good blend of male and female staff, with subject specialist teaching from year 4. Year 6 ‘is a fantastic year,’ we heard, with all taking the Truro Prep Diploma. The art studio perches in a light filled atrium overlooking the playing fields, full to the brim with explosions of colourful creations. The distance between the prep and senior school is only a few miles but…
What the school says...
Truro Prep is located on its own discrete campus, surrounded by woods and open countryside. It has an excellent range of facilities for sport and other activities reflecting the school's ethos of broadening horizons through a wide range of activities and diversity of opportunity. Potential parents are more than welcome to visit and tour the school with the Head. ...Read more
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Choir school - substantial scholarships and bursaries usually available for choristers.
Sports
Fencing
Sailing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head of Prep
Since April 2023, Robert Morse, previously head of Aysgarth School in North Yorkshire for seven years, and before that head of Perrott Hill in Somerset. A graduate of de Montfort University, where he studied geography and physical education, he taught geography and games at Bedford before moving on to Mount House and then S. Anselm's where he was deputy head and housemaster. He spent two years in the late 1980s as an assisted place pupil in Truro School’s sixth form, which he says ‘changed his life’. A proud Cornishman, he and his wife Lottie are excited to be ‘coming home’. Has two children, plays the trumpet and guitar and loves the outdoors, especially surfing, running, swimming and golf.
Entrance
Pre-prep: Children can join from the half term after they turn 3. Nursery is viewed...
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Special Education Needs
Pupils who are identified as requiring assistance from our Educational Support team are informally assessed by our SENCo. An IEP is prepared and assistance is then offered as appropriate and may include: classroom differentiation by the teacher; working in small groups with one of the Educational Support team (either within the class or separately); or in the cases of greatest need, working on a one-to-one basis with a specialist teacher.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | Y |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | Y |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | Y |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | Y |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment | Y |
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Truro School | 2023 | Majority to the senior school. |
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