Mary Reid

Surbiton Boys' Preparatory School occupies a large Victorian house in Avenue Elmers. It is part of the Surbiton High family of independent schools.

Yesterday the Prep School held their prizegiving in Surbiton Assembly Rooms and it was good to see the whole school, with teachers and parents all together in one hall.  Each class sang to us and the Year 6 leavers gave us a well-rehearsed and clearly spoken summary of their time at the school.

More celebrations of achievement today when I gave out certificates to people who had taken courses with 'Learn English at Home'.  This highly successful project gave one-to-one English tuition to over 70 people in their homes last year, and provided classes in gardening, confidence building, baby massage and 'Keep up with your children', amongst others. Most of the learners are women isolated in their homes by lack of English, and the tuition opens up a new world to them.