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Why Choose Duncombe?

Your choice of school allows your child to achieve their personal best and sets them up for future success. We strive to provide a vibrant and happy environment where pupils feel safe and secure, and offer a varied curriculum which challenges and stretches our pupils and prepares them for their journey to secondary school.

Ages 2 years to 11 years
100% of our pupils achieved or exceeded expectation in English and Maths in Year 6
Varied curriculum which includes:
- English, Maths and Science
- Two modern foreign languages
- Music, Sports, History, Art, Religious Education, Geography and Forest School
48 weeks’ provision, which includes Holiday Club (8am – 6.30pm)
Flexible wrap around care from 7:30am to 6:30pm (term time only)
Varied extra-curricular programme including:
- Horse Riding, Chess, Ballet, Self-defence and Photography
Floodlit Astroturf pitch with tensile all-weather roof
75m athletics track
Access to Hartham Common Leisure Centre for swimming
Close links to the community, benefiting from excellent local amenities

“Forest School has been a firm favourite of both my children while they were in Duncombe Treetops. They love that it’s dedicated time to be allowed to get dirty, and also a chance to explore in the woods and trees, and eat marshmallows! They would both come home with various objects they had made, such as hedgehog houses, ladybird stones and stick dogs, and all were proudly displayed in our own garden.”

– Parent, Duncombe Schoool

Our School Journey

Early Years

(2 to 4 years)

The Early Kindergarten, Kindergarten and Nursery children take part in a specialist curriculum according to their age which could include weekly phonics, language lessons, P.E, dance, cookery, music, ICT and Forest School. There is nothing more important to us than the happiness and wellbeing of our children; this takes priority above all else. We strive to create a warm and calm environment, where children are nurtured and respected.

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Lower School

(3 to 7 years)

Our Reception class remain at Duncombe Treetops to give them a little longer in familiar surroundings before they move to the Main School building for Lower School in Year 1. It also gives them an early opportunity to be role models for the younger children and to take on positions of responsibility within the secure setting.

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Upper School

(7 to 11 years)

Our Prep School offers all of the National Curriculum subjects with a strong emphasis on English and Maths, plus specialist teachers delivering French, Spanish, Music and Physical Education and Forest School. Our small classes ensure that teachers can monitor the learning needs of each child.

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