The transition from the end of Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2 (when your child has turned 7) is an increasingly popular 
time for parents to consider moving from maintained primary schools into the independent sector.
Neil Shaw, Headmaster of Rose Hill Westonbirt School (RHW) comments that “parents are becoming more concerned about large class sizes which often see a steep increase between Year 2 and Year 3.
Every year we welcome new families to RHW into Year 3 where the curriculum really steps up a gear”.
Rose Hill Westonbirt School is an independent day school and nursery for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It is located in the heart of Westonbirt School’s campus directly opposite Westonbirt Arboretum, just outside Tetbury.
It offers class sizes of less than 18, with no mixed year group classes. It has a contemporary and innovative teaching programme which is fully themed to enhance cross-curricular links. As well as academic lessons, the children also benefit from the Forest School, with lessons in their own woodland outdoor classroom and competitive boys and girls sports with regular team fixtures for all.
Art and Music are taught by specialist teachers, encouraging children to develop and learn new skills. Neil Shaw continues “the great advantage of Rose Hill Westonbirt is that it successfully combines the intimate size of a village primary school (130 pupils from 3 to 11) with the grounds and facilities of a school that is three or four times the size”.
This is due to RHW’s big sister school Westonbirt, which has first class facilities including a £3m sports centre with an indoor swimming pool, a brand new music technology centre and over 200 hundred acres of landscaped grounds and gardens.
Children in Years 3 to 6 have the opportunity to learn in dedicated teaching spaces including fully equipped science laboratories, an inspirational art studio and technology workshop and state-of-the-art computer rooms.
For further details about Rose Hill Westonbirt, to arrange a visit or attend their forthcoming Open Morning on Saturday 18 May, please contact the Registrar, Ann Slark on 01666 881375 or email: aslark@westonbirt.org.