OPEN AFTERNOON: Friday 7th February @ 3.30–5pm
At Sompting Abbotts …
… we understand the financial pressures you face, especially with the VAT imposition. We're committed to offering you a more affordable, first-class education.
Your child will benefit from our small class sizes, caring teachers, and rich curriculum, leading to excellent academic results.
You can count on us to provide a nurturing environment where your child thrives academically and prepares for a bright future, all at a more accessible price point than many other schools.
The best way to see our school is by stepping inside and meeting our pupils and staff! Our Open Afternoon on Friday 7th February is an informal opportunity for you to get a sense of school life, discover our green ethos, and explore the grounds, woodland and sports facilities.
If you’d like to visit, it would help us with numbers if you could fill in the short registration form below. (If you’re seeing this at short notice, however, feel free to simply drop in.)
Sompting Abbotts was founded in 1921 …
… and is a historic family-owned West Sussex prep school for boys and girls aged 2 to 13 years that’s within easy reach of Worthing, Steyning, Hove and Shoreham-by-Sea.
We’re a small school (one form per year group) and our average class size is 15 children. Excellent pastoral care is the foundation upon which everything else is built and the safety, well-being and happiness of pupils is our top priority.
So, as well as a school, we’re also a close and warm community – of pupils, staff and parents – all who know each other well and care for one another.
We achieve strong academic results while seeking to engage all our children’s different passions – especially in the creative arts, drama and sports.
Our 30 acres of grounds are part of the South Downs National Park and we’re blessed with one of the most beautiful school sites in the country. We make the most of it! The outdoor experience is a defining feature of a Sompting Abbotts’ education.
When? Friday 7th February 2024 from 3.30-5pm
You’re welcome to bring your child/children with you.
Find a space in the school car parking areas and head to the Main School Reception.
You’ll be taken to the Library for a welcome cup of tea
We’ll introduce you to one of our pupils who will be your ‘tour guide’
Not sure how to find us? A map and driving directions are here.
Orientate yourself about the school before you come with this quick pdf.
Hello and welcome: 3.30pm - 4pm
Chat informally with the Headmaster Mr Chris Gunn (pictured), Principal Mrs Patricia Sinclair, senior pupils and other staff over a cup of tea in the Library.
See and explore: 4pm - 5pm
Tours of the Main School, Pre-Prep and Nursery. We’ll allocate you a Year 6, 7 or 8 pupil ‘guide’. You can also visit the woods, play areas, gardens, sports facilities and grounds.
“Sompting Abbotts is wonderful family school where my children are getting such a solid start in life … a proper academic education full of encouragement, ambition, manners and friendships. It’s somewhere children can really ‘be children’. I love the focus on the environment and that they still do the old-fashioned things like conker competitions, play hide-and-seek in the woods and can climb trees.”
IS MY CHILD’S WRAP-AROUND CARE INCLUDED?
Yes. Parents pay no additional charge for before- and after-school care at Sompting Abbotts. You can leave your Pre-Prep child (under 8s) in our care from 8am - 4.30pm and Prep-age child (8 - 13) from 7.30am to 6pm.
SENIOR SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP DESTINATIONS
In the last 10 years, our boys and girls have continued their academic educations – many with awards and exhibitions – at: Lancing College, Brighton College, Hurst College, Winchester, Sherborne, Roedean, Christ's Hospital, Seaford, Worth, Dulwich, Brighton Girls', Farlington and Burgess Hill Girls', among others. We believe that while striving for excellence and exam success is important, it is the character of the pupils leaving us that sets them apart and, often, makes them the first choice of many senior schools.
PARENT FEEDBACK
Sompting Abbotts’ Nursery and Pre-School
"The best outdoor learning and play facilities for nursery children in Sussex"
• We welcome children aged two to five years
• We accept WSCC’s Extended Free Entitlement of 15/30 hours and Childcare Vouchers
• 30 acres of wildlife grounds, woodland and regular forest-school activities
• Walled garden with wooden adventure playground, sandpit, willow dome, mud kitchen, bikes and trikes
• Located close to Worthing, Shoreham, Lancing and Steyning
• Healthy home-cooked lunches
• Open from 8.30am to 3.15pm, with free wraparound care from 8am and until 4.30pm
OPEN AFTERNOON: Friday 7th February at 3.30 – 5pm
If you can’t make the date and would like to arrange an individual visit at another time, please call the school office on 01903 235960 or email Mrs Patricia Sinclair at office@somptingabbotts.com