Welcome to the Upper School

When children enter the Upper School, aged seven, they remain under the guidance and care of a Form Tutor who makes sure that they are happy, making good progress and are sufficiently challenged by their work.

Classes are both friendly and disciplined and children learn to think for themselves, to question, to create and to appreciate. Competition is seen as a useful stimulus - it is important for children to learn how to succeed and how to judge their own performance.

One of the advantages of being a larger preparatory school is that St Andrew's can offer a wider range of subjects, and ensure that children are taught in smaller groups according to their own ability.