Introduction
The main focus of the Ludgrove curriculum is to build firm academic foundations and encourage a love of learning. We prepare boys for Common Entrance or Scholarship examinations to all the main public schools. We have a very successful track record of sending boys to Eton, Radley, Harrow, Winchester, Marlborough, Stowe and Sherborne, among others. We aim to realise the highest academic expectations for all the boys within a disciplined and well-structured system of proven learning techniques.

Public School Destinations
Due to our close relationships with senior schools, we are able to advise parents on the most suitable public school for their son and we know many of the public school housemasters very well.
With class sizes averaging about 12, we are able to keep a very close eye on a boy's academic progress and individual attention can always be given.

Please click read more to see the schools to which we have recently sent boys.

English
The teaching of English at Ludgrove is dynamic and exciting and the work covered designed to be inspiring and also challenging.

Mathematics
The aim of the department is to encourage each boy to fulfil his mathematical potential.

Science
Ludgrove has two modern and newly refurbished science laboratories, fitted with interactive whiteboards and digital projectors enabling the staff to use educational websites, DVDs and scientific programmes to enhance their lessons.

Modern Languages

The French Department

The main aims of the department are:

1) To make the subject an enjoyable experience, to give a sense of achievement to each boy at a level appropriate to his ability and to provide intellectual stimulation.

2) For each boy to develop the ability to use French effectively in order to learn how to communicate using each of the four linguistic skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing.

3) To develop a wider awareness of all matters French, be they cultural, literary, historical, architectural or culinary! To learn about French life, customs and traditions.

Classics
Latin is introduced in the second year to the nine-year-olds who have three thirty five minute lessons and one prep (PR) each week. The number of lessons increases as a boy moves up the school and he will normally have five per week in his final year. Greek is taught to the top set in the penultimate and top year, with a view to those boys taking a scholarship. We follow a beginners Greek course for the top Common Entrance Latin set, with the aim of the boys taking Level 1 Greek to their chosen public school.

History
History at Prep School should aim to combine giving pupils knowledge and understanding of the past with the investigative and critical skills a young historian requires.

Geography
Please click READ MORE for details of the Geography syllabus.

Religious Studies
Religious Studies is taught throughout the school up to Common Entrance and Scholarship.

Music
Each division has a weekly (years 4 and 5 have two lessons) timetabled music lesson. The boys are exposed to a diverse range of musical styles, from plainsong to gamelan, polyphony to pop. Composition is an important part of the curriculum and is undertaken in projects. Performance, both as a group and individually, also plays a significant part in class music lessons.

Art
The art department at Ludgrove is a thriving department in which a wide variety of disciplines is covered, including art, pottery and carpentry.

The Library
The library houses some 4,000 books – both fiction and non-fiction. There is a collection of magazines – both curriculum-linked and recreational – and also a daily newspaper. The library is open all day every day and the boys have ample opportunity to visit during rest or free time in order to borrow books, read the newspaper/magazines or study quietly.

Learning Support
We have a strong Learning Support department comprising three qualified teachers and two assistants. The department offers support in literacy and numeracy and will arrange assessments, where necessary, to determine a boy's strengths and weaknesses.