Primary
Primary Department
General overview
Welcome to the Muntham House Primary Department!
Muntham House School is incredibly proud of its ever-expanding Primary Department. Set in a self-contained section of our school grounds, with seven spacious, well-resourced classrooms, and plenty of secure outdoor space with high-quality play equipment. We cater for pupils in Key Stages 1 and 2; occasionally, we also support pupils in lower Key Stage 3 to aid their transition to secondary.
The Primary Team assesses the placement of our children and young people across our primary classes based on stage rather than age, individual needs such as Social and Emotional Development, and other Special Educational Needs. The academic ability and age of pupils are also taken into consideration to determine which groups they are placed into.
All behaviours and events are seen as learning opportunities as our pupils are supported in gaining a greater understanding of how their own emotions and personal choices impact both themselves and others. Pupils are supported with strategies to help manage their own emotions and self-regulate alongside their academic education programme.
Throughout the department, the National Curriculum is followed to ensure the highest teaching opportunities for our pupils, which are then enriched further through the experiences and resources that we can offer our pupils with such a high staff-to-pupil ratio. Each school day is tailored to accommodate pupils' individual, personal and sensory needs, ensuring brain breaks and physical activity are readily available to keep learners engaged. The unit is designed with this in mind, providing the pupils with outdoor play equipment, sensory areas and a close working relationship with therapists to include classroom sensory equipment.
The link below to our Therapy Centre will provide further information.
We currently have four Lower Primary Classes, set in their own spacious grounds complete with an all-weather race track and a state-of-the-art playground. In Upper Primary, we have three classes alongside a 5-a-side football pitch, play fort and play swing. Click on the links to explore each area further.
As with all our pupils of every age, our full range of therapies is available to primary pupils once they have completed their wellbeing assessment with our Therapy Department. This includes working alongside Buzz, Doug, and Daphne, our school dogs, who help regulate pupils. The Primary department works closely alongside the Therapy Department, which includes Speech and Language Therapy, Play Therapy, Drama Therapy, Music Therapy and Counselling.
