www.carletonhouse.co.uk@carletonhouse

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Carleton House Preparatory School

An independent Catholic school welcoming children of all denominations aged 3-11.

We are recognised as Merseyside’s top independent preparatory school as recognised by The Times Parent Power November 2018.

Address: Carleton House Preparatory School,

145 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool, L18 3EEt: 0151 722 0756 e: info@carletonhouse.co.uk

Carleton House is a Registered Charity Charity No: 505310 Company Registration No: 01260765

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Head Teacher, Carleton House

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We are proud to be recognised as Merseyside’s Leading Preparatory School (Times Parent Power 2018).

This is a tribute to the hard work and commitment of pupils, staff and parents.

Our pupils consistently achieve results far above the national expectation in both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 SATs.

Our teachers expertly prepare our pupils for entrance exams and work closely with our parents to support our children in successfully securing a place in their first choice secondary school.

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Carleton House School is divided into three Key Stages, but our approach and philosophy is holistic throughout the school. Our focus is child-centred, with small class sizes ensuring that we are able to give every child the attention and support they need to realise their educational and personal potential.

The school has three stages, starting with the Early Years Foundation Stage comprising:

• Nursery (age 3-4) • Reception (age 4-5)

Our Key Stage One comprises of two classes (Year 1 and Year 2) catering for children aged four to seven.

Children progress to Key Stage Two, which has four classes (Years 3-6) for seven to eleven age range.

Small class sizes with a maximum of 23 pupils mean pupils benefit from more individual attention - especially important when preparing for entrance exams for secondary school.

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Each year our older pupils are given the opportunity to enter the ESB “English Speaking Board” exam. The children are carefully prepared by expert teachers to develop their public speaking skills; as they prepare to speak about a topic of personal interest, read from a favourite novel and recite a poem by heart. These are skills which will stay with them beyond their years with us at Carleton.

At Carleton House we believe in helping children discover and achieve their full potential. This means a well-rounded curriculum including maths, science, english, languages, sports, music and performing arts as well as many extra curricular and outside of the classroom activities.

Carleton House offers the full statutory primary curriculum. Pupils are prepared for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 SATs tests.

Pupils’ attainments at the end of both of these Key Stages is consistently well above the expected level of attainment nationally.

Our pupils are encouraged to shine both inside the classroom and out, with opportunities to take part in many competitions and events which aim to develop our pupils into confident, well rounded young people, ready to make the most of the opportunities presented to them.

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We provide a very active extra curricular timetable, including visits to the theatre, science fairs and museums and a variety of field trips.

Year 3 enjoy their first residential experience on an overnight stay at the Barnstondale Centre on the Wirral.

Year 4 children spend a weekend at Manor Adventure Centre, in Shropshire, where they have the opportunity to be introduced to archery, orienteering, a mini-caving system and various adventure activities.

Year 5 pupils spend a weekend on a Manor Adventure residential course in Lockerbie, aimed at covering as wide a range of activities as possible, giving the children new and varied experiences, in order to help build their confidence. self-esteem and independence.

In Year 6 the children enjoy a week in Manor Adventure in France. They enjoy experiencing the cultural differences of a French lifestyle whilst enjoying outdoor sports such as kayaking and team building activities.

As part of our Catholic School ethos and to develop children’s moral and social perspective, we give a high priority to working with charities and supporting community projects and initiatives.

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Our ongoing partnership with outside music company Pulse has ensured all pupils in Key Stage 2 are given the opportunity learn a musical instrument, taught weekly by experienced music teachers. We perform concerts for our families throughout the school year.

All pupils are taught percussion, singing and composition by our specialist music teacher.

Our exceptionally talented choir are invited to perform at a range of different festivals and events throughout the school year.

Each Year our Key Stage 2 pupils are prepared for and take part in our superb annual end of year school play.

Our debating club, competitive public speaking opportunities and speech choir all help to develop the skills of our young people, helping them grow in confidence throughout their time with us at Carleton House.

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Sport helps children to remain healthy, develop leadership skills and understand the value of teamwork and co-operation. All our children take part in physical education lessons and Key Stage 2 have swimming lessons under the supervision of fully qualified swimming teachers and coaches.

We believe in developing a competitive sporting spirit with an emphasis on participation. A wide variety of games are played in the school and at inter-school level including football, cricket, netball, rounders, swimming, athletics and cross-country.

Students are also given the opportunity to try sports such as fencing, cycling, golf, tag rugby, basketball, Judo and high fives netball.

We are lucky enough to have access to an excellent range of neighbouring facilities, including Volair pool and Wavertree athletics track.

The nearby Calderstones Park is also used for cross country training and football sessions.

We believe in providing opportunities for all pupils to participate whilst developing a

competitive sporting spirit with a wide variety of games and activities

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The perfect start...

Our youngest children thrive in our Nursery class. Supported and encouraged by our highly-qualified staff they quickly settle into school life and grow in confidence.

Our light and airy classrooms, excellent resources and the highest quality teaching ensure the very best start for all our children.

We see Nursery as an important part of the child’s familiarisation with school life and routine. Nursery is for pupils aged 3+ on a full or part-time basis.

We follow the Early Year Foundation Stage Curriculum and develop a love of learning through exciting and engaging play based learning opportunities.

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The perfect start...Our Nursery

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We offer a wide range of clubs and other activities before, after school and at lunch time, as well as a dedicated Afterschool Club service for all ages.

We are proud of our successful and popular, in-house Afterschool Care provision for parents who require a later pick-up time. This flexible service operates from the end of the school day until 6.00pm.

Our programme of varied indoor and outdoor extra curriculum activities for pupils includes:

• Football• Cross Country• Fencing• Netball• Athletics• Spanish Club• Cookery Club• Chess/Board Games Club• Drama• Dance• Judo• Yoga• Multi Skills• First Aid • Magical Maths• Debate Club • French Club

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At Carleton House we believe communication with parents and children is key to fostering our family ethos.

Our school website reflects this approach and contains lots of useful information and downloads for parents as well as a news section and events calendar which we keep regularly updated.

We also send out a regular email newsletter to parents as well as daily digest emails, which let parents know If anything new has been uploaded to the site.

What’s more we are even on Twitter so parents can stay connected and never miss a thing.

Our new Parents App provides a wealth of information at your fingertips including term dates, menus and updates.

Visit our school website at www.carletonhouse.co.uk

Follow us on Twitter at twitter.carletonhouse

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TrutexTelephone: 0151 345 3797Address: Liverpool School Wear Ltd,298 St. Mary’s RoadCressingtonLiverpoolL19 0NQ

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Winter Uniform

Girls Grey tunic Blue check, open necked, long sleeved blouse Grey socks or tights Cardigan Blazer and Hat Black leather shoes

Boys Grey trousers (short) Blue shirt and school tie Grey knee length socks Pullover Blazer and cap Black leather shoes

Nursery Blue tracksuit White polo shirt Black pumps or school shoes Dark coat

Outside Coat Boys - Grey duffel coat Girls - Grey duffel coat

Outdoor Playwear Warm waterproof coat with hood (any colour), waterproof over trousers, and Wellingtons (all items to be kept in school).

Summer Uniform

Girls Summer Dress Cardigan Blazer Panama hat

Boys Blue cotton, short sleeved, shirt and tie Grey school trousers (short) Grey ankle or knee length socks Blazer and Cap

Nursery White polo shirt Navy shorts Black pumps or school shoes Plain white socks

Please Note: If parents wish to buy sandals the children may wear black, brown, navy, tan or grey. White is not a very practical for school as it will get very dirty on the playground. Please ensure that the sandals are suitable for school wear i.e. not open-toed and safe for the children when running and playing.

PE Kit

Juniors Tracksuit Blue Carleton PE TopNavy shortsBlack/Navy trainers

Infants TracksuitBlue Carleton PE TopNavy shorts Black/Navy trainers

Swim-wear for Juniors Costumes and trunks available from Trutex. Swimming caps available from school.

Hats and Caps Reception - Year 6 should wear hats and caps. Year Six boys may wear long grey trousers.

Other items Pump and swimming bags, with the school logo, are available from school. Rucksacks and book bags are also available.

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John Concannon

Karen Fyfe

Business Manager

Nursery Teaching Assistant

Head Teacher

Year 1 Teaching AssistantYear 1 Teaching AssistantJohn Harris

Ged Haymer

Year 5 Teaching Assistant

Years 5 and 6 Teaching Assistant

Years 5 and 6 Teacher and Science Co-ordinator

Years 4 Teaching AssistantYear 3 Teaching Assistant

KS 1 Teaching Assistant

Reception Teaching Assistant

Teaching Staff Sandy Coleman Head TeacherFiona Mintz Deputy Head and Year 6 TeacherCraig Griffies Assistant Head and Year 5 TeacherJohn Concannon Years 5 and 6 TeacherJulie Barclay Year 4 TeacherAndy Higham Year 3 TeacherSimon Witter Year 2 TeacherKevin Finch Year 1 TeacherKate Hickey Reception TeacherDanielle Griffies Nursery TeacherGill Harris Music Co-ordinator

Office Staff Lynsey Hunter Business ManagerMonica Ogg School AdministratorLesley Roberts Finance ManagerJoe Wynne Caretaker

Teaching Assistants Trisha Hendrick HLTA & SEN SupportKate Muscatelli HLTA Stacey Clayson Nursery Teaching AssistantLesley Devereux Nursery Teaching AssistantLinda Tyrer Reception Teaching AssistantJanette Walker Year 1 Teaching AssistantJohn Harris Year 2 Teaching AssistantBrenda Roberts Year 3 Teaching AssistantJulia Metcalfe Year 4 Teaching AssistantEmma Hughes Year 5 Teaching AssistantHelena Watson Year 6 Teaching AssistantPat Foster Teaching Assistant

Catering Staff Ged Haymer School ChefKaren Lamont Kitchen AssistantKaren Fyfe Kitchen AssistantJosh Pluck Kitchen Assistant

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2017/18

£7112.00 per year£659.00

£6£9 including a snack

(lunch £3)(lunch £3)(lunch £3)

Carleton House is an independent fee-paying school. We endeavour to keep fees as competitive and affordable as possible to ensure that we continue to offer value for money whilst maintaining the school’s exceptional standard of education and pastoral care and reputation as one of the best private preparatory schools in the North West.

We are regularly oversubscribed with places being allocated in accordance with our admissions policy, which is available to view on our website (www.carletonhouse.co.uk). As a consequence we advise you to apply to the school at your earliest opportunity.

Payment of Fees Fees are payable in advance by direct debit in 10 monthly installments (August to May inclusive).

Fees for academic year 2019/20

Reception to Year 6 (age 4-11)

Tuition Fees: £7545.00 per year School lunches (compulsory): £690.00 (This includes day trips and Spanish lessons.)

Afterschool Club Fees

3.25pm-4.30pm: £6.50 3.25pm-6pm: £9.50 including a snack

Foundation Stage 1 (age 3+) Nursery Fees

Full Day 8am - 4pm: £41.20 Morning 8am - 1pm: £25.75Lunch: £3.09 per day

Grants

Nursery Grant is 30 hours per week, applicable for a maximum of 38 weeks per year. Please check with school for eligibility criteria and how to access funding. The School accepts childcare vouchers from all providers for Nursery fees.

Fees for additional activities eg extra curricular activities etc will be invoiced separately, as required.

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Please note entry is subject to:

• Availability of places.

• Interview and assessment visit.

• Our receipt (within seven days) of your formal acceptance of a written offer of a place, together with a deposit of £500, which is non refundable if your child does not take the place but will otherwise be refunded when your child leaves Carleton House.

• Photographic ID and proof of residence will be required for both parents or guardians and the person responsible for paying the fees.

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Please note entry is subject to:

• Availability of places.

• Pre admission visit.

• Photographic ID and proof of residence will be required for both parents or guardians and the person responsible for paying the fees.

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