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Rosemead Prep does it again!

 

It gives us great pleasure to announce the final offers from this year’s 11+ Senior School Entrance results. We are extremely proud to say that this year is the second best set of results in the last 6 years for number of offers, after our record breaking results of a couple of years ago.

Our Year 6 pupils have once again excelled and have gained places at some of the area’s most prestigious schools. Given the extremely different year that Year 6 have had, going back to their end of Year 5, we are in awe of what they have achieved. With the changes to the assessment processes, interviews and scholarship assessments the children displayed remarkable resilience, determination and maturity throughout. As a school, we are so pleased we were able to be adaptable enough to change our processes but still give the children and the parents the advice, preparation and support that was needed.

You will also notice that there is a great range of schools that have offered places to our pupils, showing how far and wide the consideration of Senior Schools has become. With 153 offers across the year group (which is just short of 3 per pupil on average), the children have achieved great things through a balance of outstanding teaching, hard work, commitment to opportunity and willingness to explore new experiences.

 

The number of scholarships awarded is excellent yet again. Ranging from Music, Sport, Art and Drama, as well as an extremely high number of Academic awards, these 37 scholarships really do show how we are providing for, and nurturing, children with a range of different talents and interests. 

I hope that this also shows that the 11+ entrance process should not be seen as one that should be avoided as, at Rosemead, you have the best chance of gaining the school place that is right for your child, with an extremely high chance of them being rewarded for their talents, abilities and interests. I am always asked by prospective parents who are so impressed with our results, just how we achieve this compared to other schools. My answer is that there is no magic, secret formula – it is done with an emphasis on communication, care for pupil wellbeing and strong links with the Senior Schools who just love Rosemead pupils and what they offer. 

Congratulations to all the pupils for their hard work and dedication, also to the staff involved for their advice, pastoral care and teaching over the years, which starts as soon as they join Rosemead and the effect continues long after they have left us.

A record breaking year at Rosemead Prep School & Nursery

This year is the best set of 11+ results on record for number of offers (190) and also for the number of scholarship offers (67) for their 55 Year 6 children.

Congratulations to all the pupils for their hard work and dedication, also to the staff involved for their advice, pastoral care and teaching over the years, which starts as soon as they join Rosemead and the effect continues long after they have left the school.

This shows that the 11+ entrance process should not be seen as one that should be avoided as you have the best chance of gaining the school place that is right for your child, with an extremely high chance of them being rewarded for their talents, abilities and interests. 

This year’s 7+ assessments are now open for registration with only 20 places on offer. These are taking place between 12thand 15thNovember 2019, and we have a Year 2 Drama Workshop planned for 17thOctober 2019. For more information on this and registration for our 7+ assessments please contact info@rosemeadprepschool.org.uk.

 

Rosemead Prep continue their sporting dominance

The delightful thing about Rosemead Prep School is that we can compete successfully at a range of different sports, with regional and national representation a feature of the pupils’ experience. Over the past year we have had swimmers represent the school at the ISA National Gala, giving them the opportunity to swim at the Olympic Pool. Our U11 boys’ football team has tasted consistent success locally before qualifying for the ISA National tournament in Leicester. And our cross country teams continue to dominate, winning both the South London Schools and Dulwich Hamlet meetings with more outstanding individual and team performances. Just a flavour of what is on offer!

ROSEMEAD BRINGS THE CIRCUS TO TOWN

The children of Rosemead Prep school in Dulwich were treated to a fun day of circus performances and workshops as part of their 80thbirthday celebrations in October. 

The Big Tent Mania company brought their little big top to town and wowed the children with their juggling skills, acrobatics, ladder walking and unicycle riding.  A highlight of the day for many of the children was seeing the Headmaster, dancing a tango with one of the performers. “It was such a special occasion to celebrate the success of the school over this 80 year period”, said Mr Soutar. “The addition of the circus performances, workshops, music and picnic lunches made it all the more special.” 

During the day the children also took the opportunity to look at how their local area had changed over the 80 years, particularly to reflect diversity and inclusion. This was overseen by the school’s two new Equity, Diversity and Inclusion leads.

 

 

 

INSPIRING BRILLIANT FUTURES AT ROSEMEAD PREP

After a different but rewarding term last Summer, Rosemead Prep pupils have returned to school with enthusiasm, vibrancy and eagerness to learn. With the huge success of last term’s remote learning programme, we ensured that the children had not developed any large gaps in their learning for the time that they spent away from school or had any anxiety about starting school again. In fact, the significant number of new children that we have welcomed into the school this term have settled in so well as usual and made new friends immediately.

As physical Open Mornings and opportunities to view the school are more limited at this moment, we have created a number of small group personal tours in order that the many prospective families that we would normally welcome this term are given the chance to see the wonderful things that Rosemead can offer. More information on these and how to book can be found on our website.

A big part of Rosemead is admission at 7+, places are always eagerly sought as we add an extra class into our Year 3. We have decided to move our traditional week of academic assessments for 7+ to January this year as we don’t believe that we can give the same experience to the children in November as usual. Registrations for that assessment week, 11th-15th January 2021, are now being taken so if you are interested in your child being involved please do contact our Admissions Registrar.

In short, Rosemead Prep is continuing to ‘Inspire Brilliant Futures’!

A record breaking year at Rosemead Prep School & Nursery

It gives me great pleasure to announce the final offers from this year’s 11+ Senior School Entrance results. We are extremely proud to say that this year is the best set of results on record for number of offers and also for the number of scholarship offers.

Our Year 6 pupils have once again excelled and have gained places at some of the area’s most prestigious schools. There is a great range of schools that have offered places to our pupils, showing how far and wide the consideration of Senior schools has become. With 190 offers across the year group (which is more than 3 per pupil), the children have achieved great things through a balance of outstanding teaching, hard work, commitment to opportunity and willingness to explore new experiences.

The number of scholarships awarded is truly astounding and again a new record for Rosemead this year. Ranging from Music, Sport, Art and Drama, as well as an extremely high number of Academic awards, these 67 scholarships really do show how we are providing for, and nurturing, children with a range of different talents and interests. Also, the number of all-round scholarships is particularly pleasing as we celebrate the balance of our education here at Rosemead.

I hope that this also shows that the 11+ entrance process should not be seen as one that should be avoided as, at Rosemead, you have the best chance of gaining the school place that is right for your child, with an extremely high chance of them being rewarded for their talents, abilities and interests. No other school in Dulwich will have the 11+ results to rival us this year.

Congratulations to all the pupils for their hard work and dedication, also to the staff involved for their advice, pastoral care and teaching over the years, which starts as soon as they join Rosemead and the effect continues long after they have left us.

We look forward to celebrating their success through the remainder of this term.

Phil Soutar, Headmaster

 
Rosemead Preparatory appoints new Head

In its 80 year history in Dulwich, Philip Soutar will be the sixth Head at Rosemead Preparatory this September. He is currently the Head at St Wystan’s in Derbyshire.

When Mr. Soutar joins he will have already spent a year transitioning and getting to know the school and the school getting to know him.

What can parents first expect? Mr. Soutar said ‘I am very much a people person so they will see an awful lot of me. I am also looking forward to overseeing the ongoing physical improvements of the school and contributing to the growth of drama and music’.

Rosemead’s ethos is very important to the school, Mr Soutar noted ‘I see the ethos of the school continuing on, that is the heart and soul of the school.  Rosemead’s wonderful ethos of ‘Inspiring Brilliant Futures’, is very similar to my current school and to my own values’.

Mr. Soutar is looking forward to his new role in the school and said ‘It is an exciting challenge and together with the staff and parents of the school, I look forward to continuing building upon the great foundations laid by Arthur Bray (current Head) and his predecessors’.

 

 

 

Charity begins at home (& at Rosemead Prep, Dulwich!) for Ruby

Rosemead Prep School have so far raised an impressive £3500 toward former pupil, Ruby’s FundRuby Fuller died in 2020, aged just 18. Ruby asked that, in her memory, family and friends raise funds for research into more effective and kinder cures for blood cancer. True to the spirit of Ruby’s motto, 'Live Kindly, Live Loudly', the children are continuing to fundraise for her through a range of dress-up days, cake sales and many other fun activities. 

Balance lies at the heart of everything Rosemead does. The school believes their role is to equip children with the skillset, resources and flexibility to be robust, creative and enterprising; fit and ready to enter society in whichever field they choose. This includes a firm commitment to caring and thinking of others, so through the School Council and with the support of teachers, pupils reach out to others by working with local and national charities such as Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital, The Felix project, St Christopher’s Hospice and Rainforest Trust UK, raising funds and donations for their amazing work within the community and beyond. 

www.justgiving.com/campaign/rubys-live-kindly-live-loudly

11+ Success

2020 has been another outstanding and successful year for Rosemead Prep and our 11+ results. Our pupils have yet again achieved a significant number of offers to Senior Schools, averaging just short of 3 per pupil, with many Scholarship awards being made for a variety of elements as well as Academic – Art, Music, Sport and Drama.

The balance that Rosemead has, and the preparation that it gives the pupils, is on show for all to see, enabling Rosemead Prep to achieve the best 11+ results in Dulwich yet again this year.

Despite the current educational climate, Rosemead Prep is still able to offer places in some year groups for September, and we are able to conduct virtual tours and meetings with all our prospective parents. Please enquire through the website for availability.

www.rosemeadprepschool.org.uk

ART AT ROSEMEAD

Art is for all at Rosemead Prep and the children across the school are taught skills which allow them to express themselves in various styles to emulate different, well-known artists, as well as developing their own original style. The children are lucky enough to have use of two art studios in the school to create their masterpieces.

Holiday art workshops have also been introduced this year so that children can experience techniques and mediums not taught in the classrooms.

The Art department has had its most successful year since the opening of The Cathie Brown Art Studio in 2012. The 10 very dedicated children in portfolio group worked extremely hard and gained 8 Art Scholarships to Senior Schools between them. 

 

At the ISA London South Art competition in June, Rosemead swept the board by gaining 12 prizes including 5 first places which will go on to the National competition in November 2018.

In celebration of the children’s inspiring work we have introduced ‘Artist of the Week’. A piece is chosen and displayed outside the Art Studio for all to enjoy and appreciate.

Scarlett (pictured) attended a workshop at the National Gallery based on the painting “The Virgin and child with saints and donor” by Gerard David. She created her piece of work which was selected to be displayed in the Children’s Gallery at the National Gallery. We are all very proud of her wonderful achievement. 

 
Open Days

Show Rounds & Personal Tours

Contact the school office to arrange by calling 020 8670 5865.

rosemeadprepschool.org.uk

Charity begins at home (& at Rosemead Prep, Dulwich!) for Ruby

Rosemead Prep School have so far raised an impressive £3500 toward former pupil, Ruby’s FundRuby Fuller died in 2020, aged just 18. Ruby asked that, in her memory, family and friends raise funds for research into more effective and kinder cures for blood cancer. True to the spirit of Ruby’s motto, 'Live Kindly, Live Loudly', the children are continuing to fundraise for her through a range of dress-up days, cake sales and many other fun activities. 

Balance lies at the heart of everything Rosemead does. The school believes their role is to equip children with the skillset, resources and flexibility to be robust, creative and enterprising; fit and ready to enter society in whichever field they choose. This includes a firm commitment to caring and thinking of others, so through the School Council and with the support of teachers, pupils reach out to others by working with local and national charities such as Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital, The Felix project, St Christopher’s Hospice and Rainforest Trust UK, raising funds and donations for their amazing work within the community and beyond. 

www.justgiving.com/campaign/rubys-live-kindly-live-loudly

INSPIRING BRILLIANT FUTURES AT ROSEMEAD PREP

After a different but rewarding term last Summer, Rosemead Prep pupils have returned to school with enthusiasm, vibrancy and eagerness to learn. With the huge success of last term’s remote learning programme, we ensured that the children had not developed any large gaps in their learning for the time that they spent away from school or had any anxiety about starting school again. In fact, the significant number of new children that we have welcomed into the school this term have settled in so well as usual and made new friends immediately.

As physical Open Mornings and opportunities to view the school are more limited at this moment, we have created a number of small group personal tours in order that the many prospective families that we would normally welcome this term are given the chance to see the wonderful things that Rosemead can offer. More information on these and how to book can be found on our website.

A big part of Rosemead is admission at 7+, places are always eagerly sought as we add an extra class into our Year 3. We have decided to move our traditional week of academic assessments for 7+ to January this year as we don’t believe that we can give the same experience to the children in November as usual. Registrations for that assessment week, 11th-15th January 2021, are now being taken so if you are interested in your child being involved please do contact our Admissions Registrar.

In short, Rosemead Prep is continuing to ‘Inspire Brilliant Futures’!

A record breaking year at Rosemead Prep School & Nursery

This year is the best set of 11+ results on record for number of offers (190) and also for the number of scholarship offers (67) for their 55 Year 6 children.

Congratulations to all the pupils for their hard work and dedication, also to the staff involved for their advice, pastoral care and teaching over the years, which starts as soon as they join Rosemead and the effect continues long after they have left the school.

This shows that the 11+ entrance process should not be seen as one that should be avoided as you have the best chance of gaining the school place that is right for your child, with an extremely high chance of them being rewarded for their talents, abilities and interests. 

This year’s 7+ assessments are now open for registration with only 20 places on offer. These are taking place between 12thand 15thNovember 2019, and we have a Year 2 Drama Workshop planned for 17thOctober 2019. For more information on this and registration for our 7+ assessments please contact info@rosemeadprepschool.org.uk.

 

ART AT ROSEMEAD

Art is for all at Rosemead Prep and the children across the school are taught skills which allow them to express themselves in various styles to emulate different, well-known artists, as well as developing their own original style. The children are lucky enough to have use of two art studios in the school to create their masterpieces.

Holiday art workshops have also been introduced this year so that children can experience techniques and mediums not taught in the classrooms.

The Art department has had its most successful year since the opening of The Cathie Brown Art Studio in 2012. The 10 very dedicated children in portfolio group worked extremely hard and gained 8 Art Scholarships to Senior Schools between them. 

 

At the ISA London South Art competition in June, Rosemead swept the board by gaining 12 prizes including 5 first places which will go on to the National competition in November 2018.

In celebration of the children’s inspiring work we have introduced ‘Artist of the Week’. A piece is chosen and displayed outside the Art Studio for all to enjoy and appreciate.

Scarlett (pictured) attended a workshop at the National Gallery based on the painting “The Virgin and child with saints and donor” by Gerard David. She created her piece of work which was selected to be displayed in the Children’s Gallery at the National Gallery. We are all very proud of her wonderful achievement. 

 
Rosemead Preparatory appoints new Head

In its 80 year history in Dulwich, Philip Soutar will be the sixth Head at Rosemead Preparatory this September. He is currently the Head at St Wystan’s in Derbyshire.

When Mr. Soutar joins he will have already spent a year transitioning and getting to know the school and the school getting to know him.

What can parents first expect? Mr. Soutar said ‘I am very much a people person so they will see an awful lot of me. I am also looking forward to overseeing the ongoing physical improvements of the school and contributing to the growth of drama and music’.

Rosemead’s ethos is very important to the school, Mr Soutar noted ‘I see the ethos of the school continuing on, that is the heart and soul of the school.  Rosemead’s wonderful ethos of ‘Inspiring Brilliant Futures’, is very similar to my current school and to my own values’.

Mr. Soutar is looking forward to his new role in the school and said ‘It is an exciting challenge and together with the staff and parents of the school, I look forward to continuing building upon the great foundations laid by Arthur Bray (current Head) and his predecessors’.

 

 

 

ROSEMEAD BRINGS THE CIRCUS TO TOWN

The children of Rosemead Prep school in Dulwich were treated to a fun day of circus performances and workshops as part of their 80thbirthday celebrations in October. 

The Big Tent Mania company brought their little big top to town and wowed the children with their juggling skills, acrobatics, ladder walking and unicycle riding.  A highlight of the day for many of the children was seeing the Headmaster, dancing a tango with one of the performers. “It was such a special occasion to celebrate the success of the school over this 80 year period”, said Mr Soutar. “The addition of the circus performances, workshops, music and picnic lunches made it all the more special.” 

During the day the children also took the opportunity to look at how their local area had changed over the 80 years, particularly to reflect diversity and inclusion. This was overseen by the school’s two new Equity, Diversity and Inclusion leads.

 

 

 

Rosemead Prep does it again!

 

It gives us great pleasure to announce the final offers from this year’s 11+ Senior School Entrance results. We are extremely proud to say that this year is the second best set of results in the last 6 years for number of offers, after our record breaking results of a couple of years ago.

Our Year 6 pupils have once again excelled and have gained places at some of the area’s most prestigious schools. Given the extremely different year that Year 6 have had, going back to their end of Year 5, we are in awe of what they have achieved. With the changes to the assessment processes, interviews and scholarship assessments the children displayed remarkable resilience, determination and maturity throughout. As a school, we are so pleased we were able to be adaptable enough to change our processes but still give the children and the parents the advice, preparation and support that was needed.

You will also notice that there is a great range of schools that have offered places to our pupils, showing how far and wide the consideration of Senior Schools has become. With 153 offers across the year group (which is just short of 3 per pupil on average), the children have achieved great things through a balance of outstanding teaching, hard work, commitment to opportunity and willingness to explore new experiences.

 

The number of scholarships awarded is excellent yet again. Ranging from Music, Sport, Art and Drama, as well as an extremely high number of Academic awards, these 37 scholarships really do show how we are providing for, and nurturing, children with a range of different talents and interests. 

I hope that this also shows that the 11+ entrance process should not be seen as one that should be avoided as, at Rosemead, you have the best chance of gaining the school place that is right for your child, with an extremely high chance of them being rewarded for their talents, abilities and interests. I am always asked by prospective parents who are so impressed with our results, just how we achieve this compared to other schools. My answer is that there is no magic, secret formula – it is done with an emphasis on communication, care for pupil wellbeing and strong links with the Senior Schools who just love Rosemead pupils and what they offer. 

Congratulations to all the pupils for their hard work and dedication, also to the staff involved for their advice, pastoral care and teaching over the years, which starts as soon as they join Rosemead and the effect continues long after they have left us.

11+ Success

2020 has been another outstanding and successful year for Rosemead Prep and our 11+ results. Our pupils have yet again achieved a significant number of offers to Senior Schools, averaging just short of 3 per pupil, with many Scholarship awards being made for a variety of elements as well as Academic – Art, Music, Sport and Drama.

The balance that Rosemead has, and the preparation that it gives the pupils, is on show for all to see, enabling Rosemead Prep to achieve the best 11+ results in Dulwich yet again this year.

Despite the current educational climate, Rosemead Prep is still able to offer places in some year groups for September, and we are able to conduct virtual tours and meetings with all our prospective parents. Please enquire through the website for availability.

www.rosemeadprepschool.org.uk

A record breaking year at Rosemead Prep School & Nursery

It gives me great pleasure to announce the final offers from this year’s 11+ Senior School Entrance results. We are extremely proud to say that this year is the best set of results on record for number of offers and also for the number of scholarship offers.

Our Year 6 pupils have once again excelled and have gained places at some of the area’s most prestigious schools. There is a great range of schools that have offered places to our pupils, showing how far and wide the consideration of Senior schools has become. With 190 offers across the year group (which is more than 3 per pupil), the children have achieved great things through a balance of outstanding teaching, hard work, commitment to opportunity and willingness to explore new experiences.

The number of scholarships awarded is truly astounding and again a new record for Rosemead this year. Ranging from Music, Sport, Art and Drama, as well as an extremely high number of Academic awards, these 67 scholarships really do show how we are providing for, and nurturing, children with a range of different talents and interests. Also, the number of all-round scholarships is particularly pleasing as we celebrate the balance of our education here at Rosemead.

I hope that this also shows that the 11+ entrance process should not be seen as one that should be avoided as, at Rosemead, you have the best chance of gaining the school place that is right for your child, with an extremely high chance of them being rewarded for their talents, abilities and interests. No other school in Dulwich will have the 11+ results to rival us this year.

Congratulations to all the pupils for their hard work and dedication, also to the staff involved for their advice, pastoral care and teaching over the years, which starts as soon as they join Rosemead and the effect continues long after they have left us.

We look forward to celebrating their success through the remainder of this term.

Phil Soutar, Headmaster

 
Rosemead Prep continue their sporting dominance

The delightful thing about Rosemead Prep School is that we can compete successfully at a range of different sports, with regional and national representation a feature of the pupils’ experience. Over the past year we have had swimmers represent the school at the ISA National Gala, giving them the opportunity to swim at the Olympic Pool. Our U11 boys’ football team has tasted consistent success locally before qualifying for the ISA National tournament in Leicester. And our cross country teams continue to dominate, winning both the South London Schools and Dulwich Hamlet meetings with more outstanding individual and team performances. Just a flavour of what is on offer!

Open Days

Show Rounds & Personal Tours

Contact the school office to arrange by calling 020 8670 5865.

rosemeadprepschool.org.uk

ROSEMEAD BRINGS THE CIRCUS TO TOWN

The children of Rosemead Prep school in Dulwich were treated to a fun day of circus performances and workshops as part of their 80thbirthday celebrations in October. 

The Big Tent Mania company brought their little big top to town and wowed the children with their juggling skills, acrobatics, ladder walking and unicycle riding.  A highlight of the day for many of the children was seeing the Headmaster, dancing a tango with one of the performers. “It was such a special occasion to celebrate the success of the school over this 80 year period”, said Mr Soutar. “The addition of the circus performances, workshops, music and picnic lunches made it all the more special.” 

During the day the children also took the opportunity to look at how their local area had changed over the 80 years, particularly to reflect diversity and inclusion. This was overseen by the school’s two new Equity, Diversity and Inclusion leads.

 

 

 

Charity begins at home (& at Rosemead Prep, Dulwich!) for Ruby

Rosemead Prep School have so far raised an impressive £3500 toward former pupil, Ruby’s FundRuby Fuller died in 2020, aged just 18. Ruby asked that, in her memory, family and friends raise funds for research into more effective and kinder cures for blood cancer. True to the spirit of Ruby’s motto, 'Live Kindly, Live Loudly', the children are continuing to fundraise for her through a range of dress-up days, cake sales and many other fun activities. 

Balance lies at the heart of everything Rosemead does. The school believes their role is to equip children with the skillset, resources and flexibility to be robust, creative and enterprising; fit and ready to enter society in whichever field they choose. This includes a firm commitment to caring and thinking of others, so through the School Council and with the support of teachers, pupils reach out to others by working with local and national charities such as Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital, The Felix project, St Christopher’s Hospice and Rainforest Trust UK, raising funds and donations for their amazing work within the community and beyond. 

www.justgiving.com/campaign/rubys-live-kindly-live-loudly

Rosemead Prep does it again!

 

It gives us great pleasure to announce the final offers from this year’s 11+ Senior School Entrance results. We are extremely proud to say that this year is the second best set of results in the last 6 years for number of offers, after our record breaking results of a couple of years ago.

Our Year 6 pupils have once again excelled and have gained places at some of the area’s most prestigious schools. Given the extremely different year that Year 6 have had, going back to their end of Year 5, we are in awe of what they have achieved. With the changes to the assessment processes, interviews and scholarship assessments the children displayed remarkable resilience, determination and maturity throughout. As a school, we are so pleased we were able to be adaptable enough to change our processes but still give the children and the parents the advice, preparation and support that was needed.

You will also notice that there is a great range of schools that have offered places to our pupils, showing how far and wide the consideration of Senior Schools has become. With 153 offers across the year group (which is just short of 3 per pupil on average), the children have achieved great things through a balance of outstanding teaching, hard work, commitment to opportunity and willingness to explore new experiences.

 

The number of scholarships awarded is excellent yet again. Ranging from Music, Sport, Art and Drama, as well as an extremely high number of Academic awards, these 37 scholarships really do show how we are providing for, and nurturing, children with a range of different talents and interests. 

I hope that this also shows that the 11+ entrance process should not be seen as one that should be avoided as, at Rosemead, you have the best chance of gaining the school place that is right for your child, with an extremely high chance of them being rewarded for their talents, abilities and interests. I am always asked by prospective parents who are so impressed with our results, just how we achieve this compared to other schools. My answer is that there is no magic, secret formula – it is done with an emphasis on communication, care for pupil wellbeing and strong links with the Senior Schools who just love Rosemead pupils and what they offer. 

Congratulations to all the pupils for their hard work and dedication, also to the staff involved for their advice, pastoral care and teaching over the years, which starts as soon as they join Rosemead and the effect continues long after they have left us.

INSPIRING BRILLIANT FUTURES AT ROSEMEAD PREP

After a different but rewarding term last Summer, Rosemead Prep pupils have returned to school with enthusiasm, vibrancy and eagerness to learn. With the huge success of last term’s remote learning programme, we ensured that the children had not developed any large gaps in their learning for the time that they spent away from school or had any anxiety about starting school again. In fact, the significant number of new children that we have welcomed into the school this term have settled in so well as usual and made new friends immediately.

As physical Open Mornings and opportunities to view the school are more limited at this moment, we have created a number of small group personal tours in order that the many prospective families that we would normally welcome this term are given the chance to see the wonderful things that Rosemead can offer. More information on these and how to book can be found on our website.

A big part of Rosemead is admission at 7+, places are always eagerly sought as we add an extra class into our Year 3. We have decided to move our traditional week of academic assessments for 7+ to January this year as we don’t believe that we can give the same experience to the children in November as usual. Registrations for that assessment week, 11th-15th January 2021, are now being taken so if you are interested in your child being involved please do contact our Admissions Registrar.

In short, Rosemead Prep is continuing to ‘Inspire Brilliant Futures’!

11+ Success

2020 has been another outstanding and successful year for Rosemead Prep and our 11+ results. Our pupils have yet again achieved a significant number of offers to Senior Schools, averaging just short of 3 per pupil, with many Scholarship awards being made for a variety of elements as well as Academic – Art, Music, Sport and Drama.

The balance that Rosemead has, and the preparation that it gives the pupils, is on show for all to see, enabling Rosemead Prep to achieve the best 11+ results in Dulwich yet again this year.

Despite the current educational climate, Rosemead Prep is still able to offer places in some year groups for September, and we are able to conduct virtual tours and meetings with all our prospective parents. Please enquire through the website for availability.

www.rosemeadprepschool.org.uk

A record breaking year at Rosemead Prep School & Nursery

This year is the best set of 11+ results on record for number of offers (190) and also for the number of scholarship offers (67) for their 55 Year 6 children.

Congratulations to all the pupils for their hard work and dedication, also to the staff involved for their advice, pastoral care and teaching over the years, which starts as soon as they join Rosemead and the effect continues long after they have left the school.

This shows that the 11+ entrance process should not be seen as one that should be avoided as you have the best chance of gaining the school place that is right for your child, with an extremely high chance of them being rewarded for their talents, abilities and interests. 

This year’s 7+ assessments are now open for registration with only 20 places on offer. These are taking place between 12thand 15thNovember 2019, and we have a Year 2 Drama Workshop planned for 17thOctober 2019. For more information on this and registration for our 7+ assessments please contact info@rosemeadprepschool.org.uk.

 

A record breaking year at Rosemead Prep School & Nursery

It gives me great pleasure to announce the final offers from this year’s 11+ Senior School Entrance results. We are extremely proud to say that this year is the best set of results on record for number of offers and also for the number of scholarship offers.

Our Year 6 pupils have once again excelled and have gained places at some of the area’s most prestigious schools. There is a great range of schools that have offered places to our pupils, showing how far and wide the consideration of Senior schools has become. With 190 offers across the year group (which is more than 3 per pupil), the children have achieved great things through a balance of outstanding teaching, hard work, commitment to opportunity and willingness to explore new experiences.

The number of scholarships awarded is truly astounding and again a new record for Rosemead this year. Ranging from Music, Sport, Art and Drama, as well as an extremely high number of Academic awards, these 67 scholarships really do show how we are providing for, and nurturing, children with a range of different talents and interests. Also, the number of all-round scholarships is particularly pleasing as we celebrate the balance of our education here at Rosemead.

I hope that this also shows that the 11+ entrance process should not be seen as one that should be avoided as, at Rosemead, you have the best chance of gaining the school place that is right for your child, with an extremely high chance of them being rewarded for their talents, abilities and interests. No other school in Dulwich will have the 11+ results to rival us this year.

Congratulations to all the pupils for their hard work and dedication, also to the staff involved for their advice, pastoral care and teaching over the years, which starts as soon as they join Rosemead and the effect continues long after they have left us.

We look forward to celebrating their success through the remainder of this term.

Phil Soutar, Headmaster

 
ART AT ROSEMEAD

Art is for all at Rosemead Prep and the children across the school are taught skills which allow them to express themselves in various styles to emulate different, well-known artists, as well as developing their own original style. The children are lucky enough to have use of two art studios in the school to create their masterpieces.

Holiday art workshops have also been introduced this year so that children can experience techniques and mediums not taught in the classrooms.

The Art department has had its most successful year since the opening of The Cathie Brown Art Studio in 2012. The 10 very dedicated children in portfolio group worked extremely hard and gained 8 Art Scholarships to Senior Schools between them. 

 

At the ISA London South Art competition in June, Rosemead swept the board by gaining 12 prizes including 5 first places which will go on to the National competition in November 2018.

In celebration of the children’s inspiring work we have introduced ‘Artist of the Week’. A piece is chosen and displayed outside the Art Studio for all to enjoy and appreciate.

Scarlett (pictured) attended a workshop at the National Gallery based on the painting “The Virgin and child with saints and donor” by Gerard David. She created her piece of work which was selected to be displayed in the Children’s Gallery at the National Gallery. We are all very proud of her wonderful achievement. 

 
Rosemead Prep continue their sporting dominance

The delightful thing about Rosemead Prep School is that we can compete successfully at a range of different sports, with regional and national representation a feature of the pupils’ experience. Over the past year we have had swimmers represent the school at the ISA National Gala, giving them the opportunity to swim at the Olympic Pool. Our U11 boys’ football team has tasted consistent success locally before qualifying for the ISA National tournament in Leicester. And our cross country teams continue to dominate, winning both the South London Schools and Dulwich Hamlet meetings with more outstanding individual and team performances. Just a flavour of what is on offer!

Rosemead Preparatory appoints new Head

In its 80 year history in Dulwich, Philip Soutar will be the sixth Head at Rosemead Preparatory this September. He is currently the Head at St Wystan’s in Derbyshire.

When Mr. Soutar joins he will have already spent a year transitioning and getting to know the school and the school getting to know him.

What can parents first expect? Mr. Soutar said ‘I am very much a people person so they will see an awful lot of me. I am also looking forward to overseeing the ongoing physical improvements of the school and contributing to the growth of drama and music’.

Rosemead’s ethos is very important to the school, Mr Soutar noted ‘I see the ethos of the school continuing on, that is the heart and soul of the school.  Rosemead’s wonderful ethos of ‘Inspiring Brilliant Futures’, is very similar to my current school and to my own values’.

Mr. Soutar is looking forward to his new role in the school and said ‘It is an exciting challenge and together with the staff and parents of the school, I look forward to continuing building upon the great foundations laid by Arthur Bray (current Head) and his predecessors’.