A warm and friendly school where we celebrate uniqueness to provide a happy and safe, learning environment where your child is challenged and supported to achieve personal excellence.  Each year up to 24 children aged 3+ are admitted to the Lower Kindergarten (Nursery) class. Other places for older children are sometimes available and enquiries are always welcome.

We lay solid foundations for a future relevant lifelong love of learning.

A truly nurturing and safe environment for your child to grow.

Situated in Horsforth and acknowledged as one of the North’s leading independent prep schools, we welcome over 180 pupils between the ages of 3 and 11.

Children are at the heart of everything we do and we are passionate that they enjoy a positive experience, in a caring, structured, safe and secure environment. To ensure we are laying solid foundations for a lifelong love of learning, to gain knowledge and skills, and develop personal attributes, relevant to their futures, we have made significant investment in our early years provision creating bespoke-designed classrooms and continuous access to an exceptional outdoor space.

“We knew from our first visit to the school that it was perfect. Every day our instincts are justified, as we watch our little girl blossom into a confident, delightful and happy little person.” A Parent

With 51 weeks a year provision for all children, recent investment and development in Sport  and our plans for further investment and development in STEM we aim to balance both academic and Extra-Curricular spheres of school life and honour our school motto – ‘Giving a flying start to the citizens of tomorrow.’

Our aim is to provide a first class, future focused all-round education with committed and supportive pastoral care enabling us to develop the whole child.

Our children regularly secure a place at their first choice of senior school and we enjoy an excellent scholarship success rate.

The most recent Independent Schools Inspectorate report judged the School as ‘excellent’ (the highest level) for the quality of the pupils’ achievements and personal development.

“The children and staff work harmoniously together creating a special place, with a uniquely happy atmosphere.” ISI Inspectorate

Our children adore their school,  love learning and there is a true sense of fun – please do come and meet them.

“The pupils’ attitudes to learning are exceptional” ISI Inspectorate

The school is easily accessible from Leeds, Bradford and Harrogate.

Success in Entrance Exams

In 2023, the class of 18 children worked with incredible focus and determination to achieve excellence in the 11+ Entrance Exams.

A total of 29 independent school places were offered – including three scholarships in total at: The Grammar School at Leeds, Bradford Grammar School, Woodhouse Grove School, and Ashville College.  Places were also secured at Horsforth School, Roundhay School, Allerton High School, Fulford School, Lawnswood School and Heckmondwike Grammar.

Headteacher Mrs Coulson said: “From the age of three, every pupil at Froebelian benefits from a nurturing, bespoke and dynamic learning environment where we support them to develop a life-long love of learning and equip them with solid foundations for their future lives.  The Froebelian Family is tremendously proud of all of our Year 6 pupils and we are confident that each and every one has received a genuine ‘flying start’ which has provided them with the perfect springboard for their chosen senior school.”

Assessment

At Froebelian, we do not participate in national testing (e.g. SATs). Instead, we prefer to focus on delivering holistic provision through a rich, broad and balanced curriculum offer which supports pupils’ academic progress as well as their personal development.

Children are assessed regularly each year using nationally standardised materials to help ensure our pupils maintain high academic standards and levels of progress. Almost all our children work at the national age-related level and over half exceed national age-related expectations in English and Maths.

In our most recent end of year assessments, the children performed extremely well as can be seen in the table below. Please note that assessments did not take place in 2020 due to COVID.

In the past, children at Froebelian performed consistently above national standards in National Curriculum Tests (SATs).

Charity

Each year as one of the leading independent schools in Leeds, The Froebelian supports a local charity. We believe that children benefit from a close involvement with the charity and this helps them to understand the value of helping others.

This sits well with the ethos of the school, particularly our original school motto of “Serve and Endeavour”…..read more

Music

Music at Froebelian is an important aspect of school life and is taught to all age groups by a specialist teacher. Specialist peripatetic instrumental teachers visit school and pupils are encouraged to learn an instrument, including voice, in addition to the recorder...read more

Drama

The latest Form IV and Form III pupil entrants for Drama examinations achieved an outstanding set of results with everyone receiving distinctions. The examiner commented on how very confident children were and how impressed she was with all of their performances.
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Sport

Sport is an important and integral part of the curriculum and life at Froebelian.

As one of the leading independent preparatory schools in the North, we know that our many co-educational sporting opportunities and achievements help complement our excellent academic success.……….read more

IT Provision

At Froebelian, technology is blended safely and securely into every part of the curriculum.

In the classroom, we enhance teaching and learning by embracing new and innovative uses of technology.  Our aim is to create learning environments which promote analytical skills, emotional intelligence, teamwork, adaptability, creative thinking, problem-solving, and global citizenship across the school curriculum.

iPads are used in every classroom to enhance diverse learning activities, such as enabling collaborative and creative tasks and resource sharing as well as being essential tools for teacher and peer feedback.

The importance of strong and safe digital skills is instilled across the curriculum and the children are regularly taught about online safety and their responsibilities as online citizens.  Appropriate monitoring and filtering safeguards are in place as outlined in our online safety policy.

In addition to IT in the wider curriculum, Froebelian offers designated IT lessons which focus on coding and digital citizenship. We also offer extra-curricular coding clubs run by specialist teachers.

Do contact us if you would like any further information.