Drama in Watford

“I have enjoyed my experience with the team so far, most especially my compliance officer, Nush. His timely updates on my shifts, check up on my journey and to get my feedback with my experience after work with every school. Above all, Nush appears very kind and polite with his engagement with not only myself, but colleagues I have recommended for work also. I’m grateful to GSL for the opportunity to work together.”

“My daughter is very happy with her ballet classes at Rise Studios. Great and friendly teachers.”

“Sperate parati is - surely - better rendered "Prepare yourselves and hope for the best"?”

“Our daughter (now in year 8) has been at Edge Grove since year 6 having spent all her previous schooling in the French system. We joined the school at a time when the new headmaster, Me Evans, was still putting in place his vision, but we felt that he knew exactly what he was wanting to do, and we completely bought into that vision. We have not been disappointed. The pastoral care has been first rate, particularly helping our daughter in the transition to a British Independent school. From what we have seen, any pastoral issues are dealt with speedily and sensitively. Great emphasis is put on politeness and creating the right environment for learning, whilst enjoying everything that the school has to offer. The education curriculum is innovative, supportive and stretching, and the school is doing a fantastic job of supporting all year 8 pupils in preparation for CE, truly differentiating based on the schools they are applying to and the exams they will be taking. Extra-curriculum activities are great too - the Director of Music is fantastic and the improvement in the quality of all school music activities has been marked, while the head of girls' games is really raising the bar too. Staff go beyond what one might expect and respond rapidly and helpfully to any questions or concerns. The parent community is friendly and welcoming. The school certainly deserves its recent rating of Excellent in all regards from the Independent Schools Inspection. I highly recommend the school to any prospective parent.”

“A stage for everyone They believe that everyone should have opportunities to enhance their lives through creative and educational activities in environments that are positive and welcoming to all, regardless of people’s background or abilities.”

““Inspiring our children and community to be the very best that they can be!” As a Trustee I feel really privileged and proud to be involved in this journey. “Inclusive” is not only our name but core to everything we do to help our community fulfil the hopes and dreams of our children. Every day our 3 Watford primary schools – Beechfield, Cherry Tree and Laurance Haines work closely together to create great opportunities which inspire our pupils to learn and develop skills to adapt and succeed in our ever changing world. Each school is very much a part of the local community with its own distinct characteristics and curriculum –we don’t believe that one size fits all but a nurturing philosophy underlines everything we do. As part of a group of schools we provide opportunities for our children to participate and share in exciting projects across the schools – whether sporting, outdoors or creative - for example our art display in Watford Museum or the more recent song written and performed to celebrate and thank Covid-19 key workers. Supporting our people to succeed is a core belief and strength – we are lucky to include former pupils among our teaching staff! Working together enables the sharing and development of best practice whilst addressing workload too. Good career progression is available across the Trust schools. “if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together – African Proverb”

“I love this school because it’s so funny and they take good care of you.”

“Small, intimate and inexpensive. Excellent performance and a lovely way to spend the afternoon watching a matinee performance”

“best school ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1”

“We stayed at the holiday accommodation while our spaniel was looked after for a day or two. Lovely couple who did a fab job.”

“Very nice school. Staff is the best. My daughter is very happy.”

“An outstanding support centre lead by a totally committed head that changes the lives of the young people referred to it.”

“Excellent school focused on values, discipline and overall wellbeing of children. Very happy with everything the school has to offer!”

“Great school with amazing and friendly. Really excellent and highly recommendable.”

“It is an outstanding school in our area. The best. My kid has picked up lot of things in his first year in Nursery. Staff are awesome they take special interest and very patient. Good party areas for the kids, pool for seniors. Their socialising calender is good, there is one or other program every month. Be it a cake charity or fund rising by Raffle or summer fair all are fun filled. Mine love to go to school every day.”

“the school is awesome and very polite and helps everyone when they need it, they are trying to make Westfield a better place in which they are succeeding”

“A really nice school, safe environment and helpful teachers; best school yet!”

“I went here years ago as a kid and honestly? I'm super glad I went here. My secondary school experience was horrible and I barely learnt anything, but thanks to this school I had a base knowledge and understanding on how to deal with certain things. The students in my class were lovely too (from my memory) and the teachers were really good at their job. I know if I went to another primary school my experiences that I had would have been drastically different so I'm seriously grateful that the staff that worked here did such a great job. From my memory they also had a good choice of after-school clubs and my sister (who also went here) was in one of them. I'm doing a Level 3 Diploma now in college and I feel like I owe this school a thank you and I don't know how else to do that other than write a review. So thank you! I'd imagine the school has changed a lot since I've been here (since it was around 6-5ish years ago) but I'd also assume that it's still the same in a weird way. I recommend sending your children here, I really do.”

“Two of my children went to Yavneh - one was in the first intake when Yavneh opened under the auspices of Dr Coleman. The school had a positive impact on my children, especially my daughter who thrived under the kindness and care of the teachers - with high academic results. My son has become a fiercely independent individual who thinks for himself and has set himself high standards which he follows through on. This is partly due to the education and ethos of this school.”