Academic Aims

Main School pupils are aged between 7 and 13 and to the age of 11 work towards Key Stage 2 examinations. Pupils wishing to leave at 11+ are also prepared to sit examinations to the senior school of their choice. However, the majority of pupils stay to 13+. The 11 to 13 years is an important time in the life of Yarlet boys and girls. This is the time when, academically, they are prepared for Common Entrance and Scholarship examinations to senior independent schools. This is also the time when pupils ‘grow up’ – they become more involved in the daily running of the school; take leading roles in plays, concerts and sports teams. At 13, they leave Yarlet as confident young adults, prepared and ready to move on to the next stage of their academic life.

Main School Life

Pupils enter the Main School aged 7, when they join Form 3. For the first two years of Main School, pupils have their own form tutor for the majority of subjects, but are introduced to different specialist subject teachers for certain areas of the curriculum, such as French, ICT, Geography, Sport and Art.

From Form 5 upwards, pupils continue to have form tutors, but all lessons are taught by specialist subject teachers in subject rooms. The role of the form tutor is to provide pastoral and academic support for the pupils and is the first point of contact for parents.