In the Junior School, we take pride in providing our pupils with an extensive and broad co-curricular programme.
The Forder Programme is named after our pioneering second Headmaster, the Reverend Forder, who believed passionately that schools should offer more to the education of young people than classroom learning.
We believe that all pupils in the Junior School have the potential to become whoever they want to be, and our ambitious, varied and unique Forder provision allows pupils to select activities that excite and challenge them, enabling them to uncover new skills and talents that they may never have known they had before.
Activities run daily; before and after school, during lunch breaks and as part of our timetabled curriculum.
Forder Programme activities begin from Reception, and the number of options increases as children progress through the Junior School and become more confident making independent choices about clubs they wish to pursue.
Each Forder activity sits within one of our five College Values, to encourage diversity of skill acquisition and experiences for all pupils: Curiosity, Compassion, Creativity, Courage and Core.
In addition to a wide range of wellbeing, sport, music, art and drama activities, we offer an extensive range of activities which change on a termly basis. These include activities such as debating, philosophy, architecture, yoga, LAMDA, chess and mindfulness.
We are also pleased to work with a wide range of external providers who offer bespoke after school activity programmes to our Junior pupils including: M:Tech (music tech), Munchkins Sports, Champions Theatre Arts, BEAM Academy and TypingsCool. This offers parents and pupils the opportunity to access these specialist activities conveniently on school site immediately following the school day.
With over ninety activities taking place in the Junior School every week, there is so much to look forward to.
Every Junior School pupil is challenged to embrace the spirit of the College motto – Albam Exorna – by taking ownership of this journey, embracing new experiences and creating meaningful memories on their pathway through the Junior School, College and on into their wider life outside of school.
Trips and Residentials
The Forder Programme
