Open Days

Our next Open Day is on Friday 3 May 2024, from 9:00am to 12:30pm.

We would love for you to join us. Open Days are an opportunity to see first-hand the outstanding education, inspiring curriculum, and warm community St Edward’s Prep School & Nursery can offer your child.

You can register your interest by clicking the button below. Our registrar will then be in touch to confirm your booking.

What does future-ready look like? Join us for our next Open Day and see how our innovative curriculum helps children develop the skills they need to be happy and excel in our rapidly changing world.

From our youngest learners discovering and exploring the world around them, to the digital learning experience and development of creative and critical thinking, we prepare them to thrive and make a positive contribution to the world.

Come and find out how our children enjoy their future-ready education and how our vibrant school community can make a difference from the very start of your child’s education adventure, through senior school and beyond.

What to expect

During our Open Day you will:

  • Enjoy a personal tour and see the curriculum in action
  • Find out more about our welcoming prep school community
  • Talk to teachers and pupils about their work
  • Meet our Headteacher, Mr Jonathan Parsons
  • Discover why this is an important time in the educational world
  • Enjoy some delicious treats from our in-school catering team

Why choose St Edward’s Prep School & Nursery?

  • Small class sizes – supporting and challenging children to reach their potential
  • Little Griffins Nursery – inspiring confidence, curiosity and a love of learning
  • Thriving Reception class – a creative approach to starting learning in earnest
  • Wrap-around care from 8am – 6pm – including lots of extra-curricular clubs and activities
  • Broad and exciting curriculum – connecting children’s learning to the world around them
  • Inspirational subject-specialist teachers – building in-depth knowledge
  • Digital learning – ensuring children have the skills they need for the future
  • Excellent technology, sports, arts and outdoor learning – amazing opportunities across the curriculum and beyond
  • Supportive exam preparation programme – helping children sit entrance exams with confidence
  • Excellent outcomes – successful entry to both grammar and independent senior schools
  • Friendly bus service – serving the surrounding area

Discover how we encourage and support:

  • Critical thinking – Helping our children make the most of their brilliant brains, we inspire them to reason, analyse, hypothesise, reflect and solve problems
  • Creativity – We learn that successful ideas come from brainstorming, elaborating, refining and evaluating
  • Collaboration – We are a family and enjoy sharing ideas, treating each other with respect, valuing different opinions, and taking responsibility
  • Communication – Our children learn to listen, articulate, decipher and debate, so that they can stand up with confidence and be heard
"You have a fantastic school with a wonderfully warm feeling to it!"