What child doesn’t love to collect handfuls of glossy brown conkers? At Sompting Abbotts, they don't just fill their pockets — even socks become makeshift pouches. And so, at this time of the year, we send the children out into our school grounds to look for shiny conkers (not that they need any persuading).
Read MoreFollowing our earlier announcement in July of the shortlisted entries for the Independent Schools of the Year 2023 awards, we're delighted Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School has been selected as a Finalist in the Independent School of the Year for Environmental Achievement category.
Read MoreSompting Abbotts warmly welcomes Mr Chris Gunn as Headmaster, taking the mantle from Mr Stuart Douch who served from 2013-2023. We're grateful that Mr Douch will continue to enrich our community as Head of English and History. We extend our heartfelt gratitude for his excellent past leadership.
Read MoreAt Sompting Abbotts, we adopt a school-wide ethos that embodies our commitment to the environment. Its principles – 'Embrace Nature; Embrace Learning; Embrace Childhood' – are threaded through our teaching, influencing every child's journey from Pre-Prep to Upper Prep. Our 30-acre grounds and woodland in the South Downs National Park are at its roots.
Read MoreSompting Abbotts’ annual Speech Cup of Poetry and Performance saw every child from Years 3 - 8 learn and recite a poem by heart! The best performances were chosen at a special competition in front of an audience of their peers and their parents. It was judged by an external expert adjudicator.
Read MoreChoosing the right Senior School for your child can feel daunting and is a big decision. Stuart Douch, Headmaster of Sompting Abbotts Prep School, offers his suggestions for how to go about doing your research and what considerations to factor in.
Read MorePupils have been working as dissection detectives in the science lab at Sompting Abbotts Prep School. They have been investigating Barn Owl pellets found in the school grounds.
Read MoreOrnithology is not a subject on many school timetables but it is at West Sussex school Sompting Abbotts. Here teacher David Buckingham believes that birdwatching helps children ‘tune in’ and connect with nature mindfully. Patience is needed. And most children benefit from developing patience!
Read MoreSompting Abbotts has been selected for a prestigious Green Award in the Independent Schools of the Year Awards. This award is for the school which most impresses the judges by the way in which it has made a decisive and positive contribution to the environment.
Read MoreChildren in Year 4 have recorded this lovely version of the wonderful poem 'This is the Best Kind of Classroom' by Yorkshire poet Ian McMillan which reflects Sompting Abbotts’ strong focus on hands-on green learning. They did their reading in situ in the school’s ‘Top Woods’!
Read MorePerhaps the most exciting part of the filming of the school’s new Pre-Prep video happened during a forest-school class when nature delivered up a wonderful surprise ...
Read MoreSompting Abbotts Sports Day 2021 was different but still brilliant! We couldn’t have parents in attendance as usual due to the restrictions but we made a wonderful event of it - with lots of traditional (and more innovative!) races.
Read MoreSompting Abbotts’ Headmaster Stuart Douch is interviewed by the BBC on his opinions over the school return.
Read MoreChildren at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School have put their feelings of frustration about lockdown into their video performance of their class poem Lockdown, lockdown, tell me when?
Read MoreHow much should you correct your Key Stage 1 child when you hear them read aloud to you? Should you force them to sound out the word? Do you get them to read every day? If they don't want to, do you insist or just not bother? Here, you'll find our top 10 tips for how to hear your child read aloud. It's a skill in itself that's useful for parents to 'learn' to support their child on their learning-to-read journey!
Read MoreChildren aged 2 to 13 at Sompting Abbotts Prep School have recorded a 16-track album of traditional Christmas carols to bring some festive joy to their parents who can't this year attend their usual Christmas Nativity and Carol Services.
Read MoreTo demonstrate what they have achieved during lockdown, the children and staff at Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School have created this virtual performance of Pachelbel’s Canon, one of the most loved and famous pieces of music. Head of Music Annette Williamson arranged the piece so string players of all levels could play together (from children aged 6 to 11), alongside their teachers.
Read MoreNormally this summer term, we would have held our annual Sports Day, a highlight and much-looked forward to part of our school calendar. As this couldn’t take place this year, we invited all our children instead to take part in our Virtual Sports Challenge 2020.
Read MoreDiscover why Latin is not just ‘another language’. Research shows that the more children learn of Latin, the better they perform in all other curriculum areas.
Read MoreA not-seen-before series of photos of Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School in the 1930s has been uncovered in a vintage prospectus that had been tucked away for nearly a century in a cupboard at the school.
Read MoreFollowing our earlier announcement in July of the shortlisted entries for the Independent Schools of the Year 2023 awards, we're delighted Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School has been selected as a Finalist in the Independent School of the Year for Environmental Achievement category.
Sompting Abbotts warmly welcomes Mr Chris Gunn as Headmaster, taking the mantle from Mr Stuart Douch who served from 2013-2023. We're grateful that Mr Douch will continue to enrich our community as Head of English and History. We extend our heartfelt gratitude for his excellent past leadership.
At Sompting Abbotts, we adopt a school-wide ethos that embodies our commitment to the environment. Its principles – 'Embrace Nature; Embrace Learning; Embrace Childhood' – are threaded through our teaching, influencing every child's journey from Pre-Prep to Upper Prep. Our 30-acre grounds and woodland in the South Downs National Park are at its roots.
Sompting Abbotts’ annual Speech Cup of Poetry and Performance saw every child from Years 3 - 8 learn and recite a poem by heart! The best performances were chosen at a special competition in front of an audience of their peers and their parents. It was judged by an external expert adjudicator.
Pupils have been working as dissection detectives in the science lab at Sompting Abbotts Prep School. They have been investigating Barn Owl pellets found in the school grounds.
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What child doesn’t love to collect handfuls of glossy brown conkers? At Sompting Abbotts, they don't just fill their pockets — even socks become makeshift pouches. And so, at this time of the year, we send the children out into our school grounds to look for shiny conkers (not that they need any persuading).