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Month: October 2019

Lower II Parents’ Conversation

4th October 2019

Dialogue in Action. On Tuesday 1st October Lower II parents met staff in an evening of conversation about life at St Augustine’s Priory and in Lower II.  Mrs Knowles, Deputy Head, Juniors first read two extracts from ‘Mind Their Hearts’ by David Boddy: ‘When youngsters are ten years old, something special happens.  The intellect starts…

Girls on Board

4th October 2019

Truth in Action. In an inspiring dialogue, last week, Mrs George, Deputy Head, Seniors delivered a session with Form III entitled ‘Girls on Board’.  She reports: ‘Girls on Board was set up by a British Headmaster a number of years ago in a response to try to tackle the difficulties girls face with friendships. He…

National Poetry Day

4th October 2019

Words and Truth. In the same week as the launch of ‘The God Who Speaks – A Year of the Word’, the diocesan theme for the coming year, Thursday 3rd October marked National Poetry Day 2019 and, not only that, but the 25th national Poetry Day! The theme of this year’s National Poetry Day was…

The God Who Speaks

4th October 2019

A Year of the Word. Who can forget the mesmeric beginning of the fourth Gospel, the Gospel of St John: ‘In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God and the Word was God.’ The power of these words never fails to move and, following on from last year’s diocesan theme of ‘Adoremus…

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Strengthening Our Community: The Return of Boys to our Preps and Pre-Preps

We are excited to share that, from September 2026, boys will begin moving up from our Nursery into Reception, marking the gradual reintroduction of boys into our Prep and Pre-Prep School.

This step reflects growing interest from families who value our strong holistic ethos and unique grounds and setting and would like their sons and daughters to share their educational journey together.

At St Augustine’s, our strong sense of community, academic excellence, and deep care for each individual child remain at the heart of everything we do. This is a natural evolution of our school rather than a change to who we are, building on our strengths and allowing us to offer the same joyful, inspiring education to even more children.