The Year 7 and Year 8 experience

• The children develop their confidence by being the senior pupils in the school.They complete a two year programme designed to move into Year 9.
• We provide a first-class preparation for children taking scholarships to senior schools with a very good track record.
• We achieve very strong success in the exams from Year 8 to Year 9. This places the children in top sets when they move to the senior schools.
• We invest a lot of time & effort into individuals, we know the children.
• Modern Foreign language opportunities at NPS are incredibly strong. We are often told children are a year ahead when they move into Year 9.

Pastoral

• The children take on roles of responsibility.

• Opportunities to do full, weekly and flexi-boarding.
• Everybody knows everybody at Northbourne Park.

• Friendships with children from France, Spain and other countries often last a lifetime.

Sport and extra-curricular

• More opportunity to be chosen for sports teams

• Concerts and school plays

• Fieldtrips

• Residential trips

• Pilgrimage to Canterbury

• Nightwalk

To find out more about the benefits of Year 7 and 8 and our scholarship programme contact the admissions office.