Sedbergh prep school blog
Sedbergh Prep Chronicle: Have you got your copy?
Over the summer we have had lots of fun putting together the first event 'Sedbergh Prep Chronicle', a twice yearly newspaper roundup of life at the Prep School. Featuring pupil...
From Kirkby Lonsdale to the Ukrainian border
Below is a report from parent, Jozef Mycielski, on his recent humanitarian trip to the Polish-Ukrainian border: A week after the war began in February I wrote to my Polish...
The Great Outdoors at Sedbergh Prep School
Sedbergh School have been recognised by ‘The Week’ magazine for its extensive outdoor education programme, and their dedication to providing opportunities outside the classroom. This love of nature and the...
Ten Reasons to Choose Sedbergh Prep
1. A spirit of adventure Through careful and sensitive teaching, we aim to foster a spirit of adventure, both in and outside the classroom. Our curriculum is ambitious and equips pupils with...
Visit By Local MP, Tim Farron
Our local Member of Parliament, Tim Farron, recently visited the Prep School to lead an assembly about democracy, its importance and to give an overview of the system of liberal...
LAMDA Pupils Achieve 100% Distinctions
A huge congratulations to our 44 pupils, from Reception through to Year 8, who recently took their London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) exams earlier in the Summer...
Virtual Speech Day 2021
Our Speech Day in 2021 will be another virtual affair, with the video premiering at 10:00 on Saturday 10th July. We do hope you can join us from home, as...
Sedbergh Prep Pupils Trained by Olympic Dressage Rider
Ex-Olympian Emma Hindle, an experienced dressage rider who competed for Great Britain at both the Athens and Beijing Games, recently took time out of her busy schedule to visit Casterton,...
How We Develop a Love of Learning in Reception
By Nick Goligher, Assistant Head As a teacher of Primary-age children, one of the most important things we all aim to instil is a love of learning, a trait that...
Seven Tips for Remote Learning in Lockdown
By Nick Goligher, Assistant Head During this period of remote learning away from the classroom, schools and teachers are working furiously to utilise and adapt their experience from 2020 to...
Friends of Sedbergh Prep Present Their Online Raffle and Auction
The School's parent group, The Friends of Casterton, Sedbergh Prep School, have taken their traditional Christmas raffle online this year and would like to invite parents, families and friends to...
What is a Prep School? (and answers to other questions about Preparatory Schools)
What is a prep school? Preparatory, or prep, schools are UK independent schools that are the equivalent to primary and middle schools in the state education sector. As their name suggests, preparatory (prep) schools are schools whose main...