Truro High School Preparatory Department A GSG School
- Truro High School Preparatory Department
Falmouth Road
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 2HU - Head: Katie Hinks
- T 01872 272830
- F 01872 279393
- E [email protected]
- W www.trurohigh.co.uk/prep/
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 4 to 11 with a linked senior school
- Read about the best schools in Cornwall
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Cornwall
- Pupils: 101
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £9,207 - £15,372; Boarding £30,480 - £32,994 pa
- Open days: See website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Truro High School For Girls
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Parents reckon the school motto should be ‘Give it a go, girls!’ as pupils are encouraged to try everything on the exhaustive list of activities and extracurricular clubs from trampoline to touch rugby, textiles to tap, in the quest to find their favourite. The strength of the pastoral care is one of the key pulls to this school and something it is justifiably proud of. Behaviour is exemplary and achieved through a…
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmistress
Since 2020, Katie Hinks, previously principal of the International School of the Turks and Caicos Islands which, in her six years there, doubled in size. A passionate educationalist, she was born to be a head, following in the footsteps of both her parents. After graduating from the University of Liverpool with a BA in primary education and English, she spent four years teaching at Ninfield School in East Sussex before her curiosity about the difficulties some children had with literacy pushed her to study a postgraduate certificate and diploma in SEN and dyslexia as well as a level 7 dyscalculia qualification. As a result, she is capable and determined to take an early ‘catch them before they fall’ approach to identifying and working with pupils who may have learning difficulties.
She...
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