Micklefield School and Nursery A GSG School
- Micklefield School and Nursery
10 Somers Road
Reigate
Surrey
RH2 9DU - Head: Mr Ryan Ardé
- T 01737 224212
- F 01737 248 889
- E admissions@micklefieldschool.co.uk
- W www.micklefieldschool.co.uk
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 2 to 11.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Surrey
- Pupils: 243
- Religion: None
- Open days: Each term
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Class sizes around 20, although we saw some with just 12. Two classes per year group. ‘Teaching is fantastic,’ say parents, ‘our children are really supported as individuals.’ Pupils, who are focused and polite, told us learning is fun and describe teachers as ‘very kind’. In a year 3 science lesson, they were actively studying shadows. Chicks were hatching in a small incubator (which pupils compete to name) and there are plants throughout. In reception, tinies listened with rapt concentration to a story on the carpet, while the other class worked together on the interactive white board to complete colourful maths problems. Although French is the main language taught, pupils from year 6 complete an intensive course in...
What the school says...
Micklefield is a warm-hearted school with a strong community and values that focus on kindness, respect, responsibility and resilience. From their earliest days in nursery, right up to year 6, the children enjoy exciting adventures within a creative curriculum and an outstanding range of opportunities beyond the classroom. As a result, academic outcomes are excellent and, when the time comes, the children are ready to embrace the opportunities of senior school with confidence and enthusiasm. We are part of the Reigate Grammar School family of schools and children transition there and to a wide range of other top senior schools. ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since September 2019, Ryan Ardé. Educated in South Africa, he studied education at WITS in Johannesburg. After gaining his QTS at St Mary and St Michael Catholic School in Tower Hamlets in east London, he became deputy head at Tolworth Junior School. Has also held various headships within the STEP Trust,including the David Livingstone Academy, where he was part of a team that significantly improved the school’s Ofsted rating.
His extensive experience in both the state and private sectors brings a unique approach which parents call ‘very effective’. They say he is ‘amazingly friendly’ and ‘always at the gate’, crediting him with building a friendly community and ‘rallying the staff’, who are ‘always present’ at school and parent events with him. Pupils light up when they speak with him and compete...
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