The Mary Bassett Lower School

My eldest currently attends The Mary Bassett school’s pre-​school, and my youngest will be joining her when old enough. This is quite a small school, and all the staff are friendly and professional. They have a mini farm on site for the children to learn about animals, including two goats, rabbits and chickens (I think they are planning more soon). The school has recently introduced an early intervention approach to teaching, which means that they are trying to assess children before they start to experience difficulties, in the hope that they will be able to smooth out anything before it becomes a big problem. My daughter loves it there, and enjoys the wide range of activities which are provided (and rotated on a daily basis I believe). This is almost like a quiet village school, except it is in the town which makes it easy to get to! The uniform is fairly standard and all items are available locally from the cheaper distributors like supermarkets and Woolworths (until recently)