Preschool

Welcome to our preschool, a place where boys and girls embark on daily adventures filled with fun, excitement, and unforgettable moments. Nestled in expansive grounds, our preschool offers a vibrant and stimulating environment where young minds can explore, play, and grow.

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Our preschoolers also enjoy all the shared facilities of the school, including all-weather courts, an on-site swimming pool, performance hall, gymnasium, music rooms, dining room, and running track. They embark on exciting excursions via our fleet of minibuses, exploring new horizons beyond the school grounds.

Parents are an integral part of our preschool community, with ample opportunities to engage and contribute. We partner with parents on their child's learning journey, offering daily meet and greets, regular updates via an online journal, parent meetings, and annual written reports.

At St Swithun’s, we offer an extraordinary education for three and four-year-olds, going far beyond the core Early Years Foundation Stage requirements. Our preschool is adventure-filled and girls and boys are immersed in a world of opportunities and exciting experiences.

From the moment they join us in the term after their third birthday, our preschoolers dive into the EYFS curriculum enhanced with activities like outdoor learning, modern foreign languages, sport, cookery, music, and swimming. Set across 45 acres of Hampshire countryside, our school is a paradise for young explorers eager to discover and enjoy the great outdoors.

We celebrate each child’s individuality, guiding their learning through their unique interests and natural curiosity. This fosters the kind of enquiring mind essential for future scientific discoveries and innovations. Our exceptional preschool team, with decades of collective expertise, ensures that every child transitions smoothly and happily to the next stage of their education.

Fully integrated with the prep school, our preschool is nestled in a light, modern, purpose-built facility with dedicated access to a spacious, secure courtyard featuring a sandpit, mud kitchen, and water play area.

Our ultimate goal is to create an environment that is captivating, motivating, and inspiring, instilling in preschool children the message that learning is fun and school is a wonderful place to be. At St Swithun’s, every day is an adventure, brimming with excitement, discovery, and boundless possibilities.

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Admissions

Our dedicated admissions team is here to guide you through every step, from your initial enquiry to the final enrollment. For more information on the process go to our Admissions page.

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