Time inside the classroom forms the basis of all we do at John Lyon, with a broad and inspiring curriculum taught by expert teachers.
We believe in a traditional education, delivered by specialist teachers with access to excellent resources, and backed by strong IT, giving children access to the wider world at their fingertips.
All children have the opportunities to work at their own speed, to be challenged to move to the next level and receive all the necessary support to do so, and to work individually, in pairs and in groups.
Our classes help foster interesting and interested children, confident in using the knowledge they have learned, and ready to move to secondary education.
Academic Assessment
Throughout their time at School, pupils are regularly assessed and their progress carefully monitored.
Pupils experience a range of assessments both formal and informal. Internal assessments are used to inform teaching and learning and ensure that our pupils have understood both skills and concepts before proceeding to the next level of learning. Formal assessments measure children’s progress against the cohort, both local and national, to enable us to gauge the child’s potential for future schooling.
A variety of testing is used, much of which focuses on the key areas learned in English and Mathematics classes, as well as cognitive ability testing, to learn more about each child’s reasoning, perception, memory and problem solving.
We look at every child as an individual, tracking them against the potential we know they possess, so that they can continue to work as effectively as they are able.
With the information we collect we are able to keep parents fully up-to-date with their child’s progress. Parents are also invited to a number of consultation evenings throughout the year which allows for a direct discussion with their child’s Form Teacher and subject specialists. In addition, parents can access the various staff at any time, both informally after School or through a formal appointment.
Reports are issued three times a year: a brief target report in the Autumn and Spring Terms and a full subject report at the end of the Summer Term.
We provide a wide range of sporting activities and opportunities for all pupils.
At our Prep School we concur with educational theorists who emphasise the importance of the creative mind and ‘emotional intelligence’ and ‘wellbeing’ – the need to develop the whole personality and our pupil’s imaginations especially. Drama has the power to liberate the mind.
We encourage our pupils to become healthy, independent and responsible members of society. 
At our Prep School, Computing covers the use of electronic technology in all its forms, including computers and other communication devices.
• What is religion?
Art is an integral part of our Prep School’s curriculum, providing our pupils with a unique means of expressing their ideas by allowing them to explore new thoughts and give life to their creative minds.
History is taught throughout the School and pupils are encouraged to find out about events and peoples.
Planet Earth is our only home. It is an mind-blowing, diverse and constantly changing place of awesome beauty and power. 
French is the language of our nearest neighbours, probably the easiest foreign language for English speakers to learn and, after English, one of the most widely-learned languages worldwide.
The core of every science lesson at our Prep School is about developing every pupil’s curiosity in the world around them. 
Mathematics is a key subject for children of all ages at our Prep School.
English is taught using lively and creative methods through a variety of texts and resources incorporating ICT from Pre-Prep onwards.