After Broomfield We are proud of our pupils’ success in achieving a range of good passes to the senior BROOMFIELD HOUSE SCHOOL schools of their choice from Year 6. We prepare our Year 6 boys and girls for single sex and co-educational day schools in London as well as boarding schools. The main founded in 1876 schools our children move on to are (in alphabetical order):

Godolphin and Latymer Hampton Harrodian

Ibstock Place King’s College Wimbledon Kingston Grammar

Lady Eleanor Holles Latymer Upper Notting Hill & Ealing High

Putney High St Benedict’s, Ealing

St James’ (boys and girls) St Paul’s Prep (Colet Court) St Paul’s Girls

Surbiton High Westminster Wimbledon High

Visiting Broomfield We welcome prospective parents at 09.30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays during term time. Please call us on 020 8940 3884 or email [email protected] to arrange a visit. Admissions The school’s admissions policy gives priority to siblings of existing or upcoming Broomfield families and to children of families at our sister-schools: and St Margaret’s Montessori Nurseries. The registration form is at: http://www.broomfieldhouse.com/Registration-form.

We expect all children to observe our tradition of good, polite behaviour and for parents to actively support our school policies on behaviour towards our children, staff and other parents.

The School Office will happily provide copies of school policies, including our Privacy Notice, Family-run schooling for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 years which are also available on the website at: http://www.broomfieldhouse.com/Policies.

We welcome children for whom English is an additional language or who have special educational needs by arrangement with the Headteacher. We take care to work with parents to ensure appropriate provision is made in and out of school for all children to thrive at Broomfield. Broomfield Road, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3HS School Hours Telephone: 020 8940 3884 Pre-Kindergarten (from 3 years): 08.45 to 12.05/15.30 E-mail: [email protected] Kindergarten: 08.45 to 15.30 Year 1 to Year 6: 08.30 to 15.30 NB: Years 4, 5 and 6 finish at 16.30 on Wednesdays due to late games Headteacher Mrs Susie Byers BEd (Hons) Morning break is at 10.30, milk or water with fruit and biscuits are provided. A variety of delicious, freshly prepared hot lunches are served to all pupils in all-day school in three sittings between 12.00 and 13.00. Broomfield House School is owned by Broomfield House School Ltd (Company no: 3726646) Directors: N O and E J York For full information on our school please visit our website on www.broomfieldhouse.com History and Ethos and rugby amongst others. There is a full programme of Founded in 1876, Broomfield House is Kew’s oldest inter-school and House matches as well as parents’ independent school. We have consistently succeeded in matches, a school swimming gala and our annual Sports educating the children of local families looking for tried and Day. We also offer a wide range of sports clubs. tested teaching methods in the core academic disciplines Before School, After School and Holiday Clubs alongside a broad and exciting mix of extended activities in the We offer a Before School care service from 08.00 each arts, sciences and sports. morning except Thursdays and After School care until Aim 18.00 Mondays to Thursdays, as well as a variety of extra The aim of the school is to provide a sound, broad-based education enabling boys and curricular clubs, including art, athletics, computer, cookery, dance, drama, drumming, girls to transfer smoothly to senior schools. All children are accepted on the fencing, football, karate, netball and Spanish. We run Easter (one week) and Summer understanding they remain at Broomfield until the age of 11. (two week) holiday clubs. Curriculum Parents and the PTA Our aim is to ensure all pupils begin their education with a secure basis in English and Parents actively participate in school life, often mathematics. We achieve this with sustained, proven and systematic teaching through the PTA, running our school fair, welcoming methods and a high number of staff providing one-to-one or small group support. Our new families, organising the Spring social event and teaching extends the National Curriculum in depth and breadth, aiming to inspire our providing a forum for new initiatives. pupils’ interest and imagination in a broad range of subjects. Science, sport, art, music, Inspections drama, history, ICT, geography, RE and Spanish all play important parts in school life. Broomfield House School is inspected by the ISI. In All this is led by a team of dedicated and experienced staff with a generous pupil to 2015 we were rated as excellent (equivalent to staff ratio. Full details of our curriculum, year by year, are in the pupil’s section of our Ofsted’s ‘outstanding’) for our curriculum, teaching website on www.broomfieldhouse.com. and learning, early years, pastoral care and academic achievement, amongst many The Arts others, with 100% regulatory compliance. In 2018 we again achieved 100% regulatory We know the arts contribute to children’s creative and social development. We pride compliance. The 2010 and 2006 Ofsted inspections rated Broomfield as ‘outstanding’. ourselves on broad and excellent arts work. Music, drama All these reports are available on request from the School Office or on our website. and visual arts are included in the curriculum and taught by Uniform specialists. Dance is part of the Early Years curriculum and School uniform is compulsory from Pre-Kindergarten and above . The children are optional thereafter. Our Arts programme includes singing, expected to adhere to the school rules in any public place whilst wearing the school’s plays, school band, projects with our artist-in-residence and uniform under the direction of the Headteacher or teaching staff. visits from arts practitioners every term. Pupils pass Facilities examinations held at school for Trinity College London, Our school occupies Broomfield House, a beautiful Rockschool and the English Speaking Board, as well as Victorian building and Harrow House, a modern three- participating successfully in local events such as the Kew storey space. These provide light and spacious Fête and Kew Sparkle. At the weekend we are pleased to host Stagecoach Kew. accommodation for Pre-Kindergarten up to Year 6 classes. Sport Between 2015 and 2018 we resurfaced All children play sport regularly with specialist our playgrounds and installed amazing teachers in charge including football coaches from tubular slides, pulleys and a pond. We Brentford FC. PE and gymnastics are taught in our recently renewed our ICT provision, fully equipped school gymnasium and in the school using iPads and interactive Clevertouch grounds within curriculum time. On a weekly basis boards for flexible teaching and introduced beanbags for comfort. Years 1 and above swim at , The children enjoy freshly cooked healthy lunches in a purpose-built Richmond, while Years 2 and above play sports at the dining room, with hand washing facilities. We have an art studio, Sports Ground and , music room /cells, library, science lab and a gymnasium, which Kew . Boys play football and girls play netball, participating in the ISA Competitions. features specialist equipment and an excellent stage complete with Our children enjoy introductions to archery, athletics, cricket, cross country, hockey wings, lighting, automated screen and media projector for drama and music events.