pownall hall school
Cheshire,
I am delighted that you are considering Pownall for this very important stage of
your child’s education, and I hope that our website will introduce you to all
the academic, sporting and co-curricular opportunities available here at Pownall
Hall. As a preparatory school, we thoroughly prepare our pupils for the top
performing independent schools in the North West. Our ‘up-levelled’ core
curriculum allows pupils to aspire and achieve the results required to attend
the very best academic schools in the region. This combined with a rich and
diverse range of specialist taught subjects means that we provide the very best
academic opportunities possible: science in our laboratory, art and design and
design technology in our studio, music and drama in our very own Boddington
theatre, three languages and extensive grounds, an astro and a sports hall for
our specialist PE and Games lessons. Our co-curricular programme of wellbeing,
mental health and growth mindset enables us to educate the whole child,
developing them both socially and emotionally to become curious, hard-working,
aspirational, inquisitive, kind and caring children. Many families aspire for
their children to attend top performing schools for their senior phase, yet
still wish for them to be at a co-educational, local school in their formative
years. At Pownall, we are the very best of both and will provide your child with
the strong academic foundations required for the demands of 11+ whilst remaining
a small class size, nurturing and family based school. At Pownall Hall we are a
family, a family of pupils, staff, parents, governors and friends, all working
together to ensure an excellent academic outcome in a caring, safe environment.
Our curriculum is creative, broad, active and diverse, wrapped in a caring ethos
and all of this is underpinned by a no-compromise approach to the safeguarding
of our children, ensuring a happy and safe place for your child to flourish. We
are very fortunate to have over 8 acres of beautiful grounds allowing us to have
outdoor classrooms, a wildlife pond and forest school provision within our
woodland areas; all of which provides excellent learning opportunities for all
ages, with free flow inside/outside learning in all our early years provision.
Pastoral care is paramount at Pownall. Our staff really get to know your child
and will always encourage them to talk if there is something on their mind; this
of course will be shared with you, transparency is key. It is crucial that each
family knows and understands their son or daughter in the same way that our
teaching and support staff do. We will work together to ensure your child’s
happiness. We also operate a buddy system between the children from the lower
and upper parts of the school, further encouraging the importance of kindness.
We have a whole child approach at Pownall. Your child’s social and emotional
development is very important to us and has a direct correlation to their
personal progress and success. As well as the bespoke areas, there is an
essential focus on wellbeing and mindfulness that enables your child to develop
a growth mindset that will ensure that they flourish. We believe that these
values as well as mental health and wellbeing are just as important as the
academic rigour we provide to achieving success in life. We want our children to
see themselves as part of a bigger picture, we want them to see beyond
themselves and how social values and the qualities of humility, kindness,
compassion, discipline, and honesty, are such a very important part of who they
will become and what they can be.
