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Devonshire House Lower School building welcomes children for their first year of school, until the end of Key Stage 1:

• Reception – age 4
• Year 1 – age 5
• Year 2 – age 6

Perfectly proportioned for younger children, Lower School spaces include:

• On-site and purpose-built Forest School
• Reading hut
• Multi-purpose hall
• Climbing frame
• Construction Play area
• Astro playground (Full size Astro netball court)
• Learning support room
• Sensory Room

Our emphasis is on individual growth and providing an environment which allows self-esteem to flourish as your child explores. You will see your child grow in confidence, courage, curiosity, compassion and independence. Throughout Reception to Year 2, we adapt the education to your child, not your child to our education.

In Years 1 and 2 your child will add Technology and Drama to the list of specialist teachers from Reception: PE, Music, Coding, French and Forest School.

Devonshire House Middle School building welcomes children through the first half of Key Stage 2:

• Year 3 – age 7
• Year 4 – age 8

The Middle School facilities reflect the fact that your child starts to have subject specialist teachers. Spaces include:

• Fully equipped science lab
• Art room
• Music room
• Music practice rooms
• Drama and dance Studio
• Multipurpose hall with lighting / sound system for productions
• Library
• Technology suite
• AstroTurf playground
• Learning support room

At Devonshire House, Year 3 is designed as a bridge from Pre-Prep to Prep. Based in a single classroom with a dedicated class teacher, your child will venture out to specialist facilities and teachers during the day (Drama, Music, Forest School, PE, French and Technology).

From Year 4, your child’s whole curriculum will be delivered by specialist teachers.

This brings huge benefits in the form of knowledgeable and passionate teachers who can go deep into their subject, responding to your child’s interest beyond the immediate topic, extending learning further. We aim to equip pupils with the essential skills of reading, writing, speaking and listening, enabling them to become confident, creative and critical thinkers.

Devonshire House Nursery is a school setting consisting of 2 groups:

• Acorns for children joining at age 2
• Oaks for 3-year-olds

Our Nursery facilities were completely refurbished inside and out in 2023. They are composed of seven beautiful, natural classrooms, complemented by amazing outdoor spaces including:

• Buggy Park for parents
• Sustainable playground with sandpits, mud kitchen, climbing frame, pirate ship
• Planting / sensory area
• Covered area

Our approach to teaching and learning is carefully scaffolded, play-based, and hands-on. We balance adult-directed teaching and child-initiated learning by getting to know your child so that we can build on their interests, likes and needs for them to progress.

Devonshire House Upper School building is where children spend their last years of Key Stage 2, and their first two years of Senior School:

• Year 5 – age 9
• Year 6 – age 10
• Year 7 – age 11
• Year 8 – age 12

The Upper school is designed to bridge the gap between Prep and Senior school. Recently refurbished, our specialist spaces include:

• Technology suite
• Music room
• Music practice rooms
• Art Studio
• Fully equipped science lab
• Multi-purpose hall
• Library
• Learning support room
• Subject specific rooms for French & Drama
• Astro playground

When your child joins Year 5 a more formal exam preparation programme begins. Your child will have formal mock exams – tailor made to their preferred school – continued and supplemented with mock interviews in Year 6.

Through high expectations and a supportive environment, we strive to ensure that every pupil leaves with a strong command of English & Maths while remaining a well-rounded learner as no subject is sacrificed during the exam preparation.

Years 7 & 8 bring more responsibility and high expectations, including that your child will take more ownership for their learning. It also brings lots more attention. Your child will have many eyes on them, as they experience a broad and tailored curriculum, making for a very safe and focused learning environment where struggles are quickly addressed. As a result, you will see your child grow in confidence and emotional maturity before your eyes.

In addition to our own indoor and outdoor spaces used for PE, we use a variety of high-quality external facilities for sports from Year 3.

Georgians Tennis Academy, located in the heart of Crouch End Playing Fields in North London, is a premier training hub offering high-quality, multi-surface courts.

In addition to our own indoor and outdoor spaces used for PE, we use a variety of high-quality external facilities for sports from Year 3.

North London Cricket Club is a historic, community-focused amateur sports club founded in 1877. Based in Crouch End, it features a main pitch, a secondary ground at Ferme Park and outdoor practice nets equipped with artificial nets, a batting cage, an artificial strip, and two bowling machines.

In addition to our own indoor and outdoor spaces used for PE, we use a variety of high-quality external facilities for sports from Year 3.

Powerleague Football Centre is located in Finchley and offers high-quality, floodlit 3G artificial grass surfaces built for 5-a-side games.

In addition to our own indoor and outdoor spaces used for PE, Year 2 children travel to Royal Free Recreation Club for their swimming lessons.

The Royal Free Charity Recreation Club located in Hampstead offers a well-equipped 13m x 6m indoor swimming pool.

St John-at-Hampstead Church is a historic 18th-century parish church located on Church Row in Hampstead, where the whole Devonshire House community gathers every Friday for assemblies and special occasions like Christmas Concert and Prize Day.

Every other Friday, one child in each class is celebrated by receiving a Golden Apple. Golden Apples are attributed not only for merits but to praise a particular progress or quality your child has showed during the week. We honour individual growth and parents are invited and welcome to witness the achievements presented during the assembly.

In addition to our own indoor and outdoor spaces used for PE, we use a variety of high-quality external facilities for sports from Year 3.

StoneX Stadium is a major sports venue in Hendon, North London, best known as the home ground of the Saracens Rugby Club. StoneX Stadium features an all-weather 4G artificial pitch, an 8-lane athletics track and a 10,500-seat stadium. This venue is used for our Whole School’s Sports Day once a year, to which parents are invited for the entire day.