Orwell Park School Voyage of Discovery
Experiences from the toddler group to feeding into the best schools nationally
Orwell Park School is grand but modern, embracing both academic aspirations and creative arts, sports and above all prioritising nurturing and safeguarding everyone’s mental wellbeing. Our children from Nursery through to Year 8 excel through multi layered experiences. Parents from all backgrounds and nationalities are thankful to have chosen our school as we turn out happy, balanced, capable children ready for their next step in school life, Year 9 in one of our many feeder schools. The true benefit of being an independent prep school we help guide children to the onward school that suits them best where they thrive.
Making the move to the tall skies and beautiful coastal areas of Suffolk for carefree new life in the country with like minded friends yet to be made just around the corner. East Anglia has never been more popular. Suffolk and Essex have super easy links for a London, Cambridge commute, time to make the most of new found work flexibility between home and the office. Why not make family, work life balance as idyllic as possible?
Limited places, limited availability - but open to all.
Mother/Parent and toddler group every Thursday in term time.
All children experience fun, nurturing play and outdoor learning
A strong path to prepare for the rigours of prep school next steps
Vouchers accepted
From Parent Toddler groups into Pre-Prep Life, Nursery to Year 2
EASY START TO EARLY LEARNING
LEARNING EXCELLENCE
1. ISI inspection: Excellence - “The quality of the pupils’ achievements and learning is excellent.”
2. Constant discovery is at the forefront of our academic excellence with a mixture of indoor and outdoor learning.
Curriculum includes the following subjects: Art, Classics (Latin for all and Greek/Spanish for Year 8 scholars), Design and Technology, Drama, English, French, Geography, History, IT/Computing, Mathematics, Music, PE, Theology, Philosophy & Ethics, Critical Thinking and Science.
3. Feeding into the best of the national day and boarding schools
‘‘One of the most jaw-droppingly gorgeous schools we’ve ever seen’’ — Good Schools Guide
LIFE EXPERIENCES
Flexi Boarding (preparing them for the next step)
Well Being
Orangery Lectures
Trips: Challenges/Ski/India
OPS Challenge (like the Duke of Edinburgh Awards)
Values and how they apply in daily life our overriding value of integrity and our true core values;
Kindness
Collaboration
Courage
Spirit
Respect
Students display a quiet confidence and self-knowledge which enable a young person to go out into the wider world and make the most of it in terms of their contribution to others.
“Sports teams achieve high levels of success locally and nationally in a wide range of sports.”
— ISI Inspection, September 2022
Discovery
1. Music is an integral part of life at Orwell Park, from singing in morning Assembly to instrumental lessons for over 90% of pupils.
“Pupils’ success in art, music and drama is considerable.” ISI inspection
2. Sports at Orwell Park begins in the Nursery with pupils undertaking spatial awareness, teambuilding and coordination activities to begin their physical development.
“Sports teams achieve high levels of success locally and nationally in a wide range of sports.” ISI inspection
3. Technical Lessons include a fully equipped recording studio, coding support, online safety, digital skills and design technology lessons; pupils leave Orwell Park with an excellent grounding in these areas and usually find themselves ahead of the game at Senior School.
4. The Stars! The Orwell Park Observatory was constructed on the east wing of the mansion in 1874 and our pupils today enjoy Astronomy Club.
5. Children use Creative Arts and Drama to explore themselves and their environment, and it provides a safe route to self-knowledge and increased self-confidence.
“High quality art and design displays illustrate the impact of this exceptional provision on the learning of pupils.” ISI inspection
6. Orwell Park has a bustling calendar of trips and activities to enrich pupils’ learning throughout the year
“High quality art and design displays illustrate the impact of this exceptional provision on the learning of pupils.”
— ISI Inspection 2022
Senior Schools at 13+
All children enjoy considerable success in their final Common Entrance and scholarship examinations in Year 8, large numbers winning awards to their senior schools.
We work closely with parents to choose the senior schools appropriate for your child.
There are many factors to take into account: academic standards, pastoral care, extra-curricular opportunities, geography, siblings, boarding or day.
The most important consideration is to find a school where your child will be happy and will have the opportunity to be the best they can be.
Orwell Park pupils regularly go on to a wide range of schools nationally and locally, including:
• Ampleforth • Benenden • Brighton College • Cheltenham Ladies’ • Culford • Eton • Felsted • Framlingham • Gordonstoun • Gresham’s • Haileybury • Harrow • Heathfield • Ipswich • King’s Canterbury • The Leys • Marlborough • Millfield • Milton Abbey • Oakham • Oundle • Radley • Repton • RHS • Rugby • St. Mary’s Ascot • Stowe • Tonbridge • Tudor Hall • Uppingham • Wellington • Westminster • Winchester • Woodbridge • Wycombe Abbey
“Pupils follow a broad and demanding curriculum, consistently gaining their first choice place in competitive entry to senior independent schools. Each year a considerable number are awarded academic, sporting, creative and music scholarships.”
— ISI Inspection, September 2022
