From The Headmasters Desk

Dear Parents

As we rapidly approach another final few weeks at Milverton House I would like to thank all of the children and teachers for their hard work in the recent examination week. This opportunity gives the chance for our older children to practice and perform in formal examination surroundings and preparing them for their vital Year 6 examinations. Parents will be able to discuss examination scores in the parents evenings this week and will get a full educational report in the new style Summer reports. (These will be distributed to the children during their final days of the academic year)

The following weeks are full of excitement and anticipation as the children bid farewell to their class teachers and welcome the challenges of 'Next year' Children will all be meeting their new teachers' in sessions at the end of the school term and will be set the new targets for the Autumn term.

In the coming weeks we have the Civic Hall concert and the Summer Fayre two excellent events for the children to enjoy and participate in creating a fitting end to the academic year. The staff and teachers at Milverton will be bidding a fond farewell to our year 6 children as they take the 'giant' step into 'Big School' and hope that they all keep in touch with their future challenges and successes as Secondary school challenges appear. We will all miss you please come back and see us soon.

Mr Pipe

Deborah from the NSPCC came to the school to collect fundraising envelopes from classes as most have now completed their sporting activities, any remaining envelopes should be returned to the school. In excess of £1000 has been raised congratulations to all of the children and thank you for your generosity to such a worthwhile charity.

Mr Pipe

Rugby Master class
This week the boys in Years Five and Six benefited from a rugby master class from Richard Lang, youth development officer for Leicester Tigers. Richard introduced the boys to some new training techniques and ensured that all had a rewarding and tiring session. This included several strength and conditioning exercises used by some of the Leicester elite teams. Many small matches were used as learning exercises developing confidence in contact and effective ball retention.
many thanks to Richard and Mr Moore who worked hard to set up this opportunity for the Milverton Boys. We look forward to a visit from the Leicester and England coach Graham Rowntree later in the school year.

Football Success
On Wednesday 17th the under 11 boys represented the school in a football match against All Saints . An extremely close first half saw Milverton miss out on several goal scoring opportunities however the score stood at 0- 0 after the first 15 minutes.
After a rousing half time pep talk the Milverton boys returned with added venom and swiftly scored their first goal through Harry Wilkins, matched by several excellent saves by Jordan Kirkbride in the Milverton goal at the start of the second half ensured the score remained level. Numerous excellent individual opportunities were presented to the Milverton team however Harry capitalised on some of these chances scoring two more goals in the second half to record the first hat trick of the season for Milverton.
The boys continued to tackle hard throughout the second half and Jordan maintained a clean sheet in goal. Congratulations to both Harry Wilkins and Samuel Byrne's, both named as players of the match.

School Inspection
The school has evolved considerably since our last inspection in 2005 and the inspection team were delighted by the standards expected by the school. Mrs Harker commented upon the excellent behaviour of the children and the welcoming feel to the school.

Milverton House provides a good standard of education for its pupils, both in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and throughout the school. Provision for pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is outstanding and behaviour is excellent. Pupils enjoy coming to school very much and most parents hold the school in high regard. The school meets all the requirements for registration. HMI 2008

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the Senior management team for their support prior to and following the inspection and to all of the teachers and staff who performed so professionally. Secondly I would like to thank all of the children for their efforts during the inspection including the School Council and Heads of school who spoke so confidently during their interviews.

The school has benefitted from three Outstanding judgments within this inspection and all other areas of the inspection were deemed as Good. I am especially delighted by the improvements promoted by Mrs Masters, Miss Denton and their assistants in the new Pre Prep and Entry environments.

As a result of the good progress children make from their starting points on entry to school, most of them reach standards that are at or above the levels expected by the end of the EYFS. Children achieve well across all areas of learning, although their performance is stronger in creative development and literacy. Parents rightly feel that their children settle quickly into the pre-preparatory class, this is because the staff are caring and have established clear routines and expectations. As a result, children learn to behave well and ensure others’ and their own safety. The strong focus on their personal development effectively contributes to good relationships and children’s self-confidence as learners. The personal development and well-being of the children in the EYFS is outstanding HMI 2008


I look forward to meeting with Nursery parents who would like to bring their children into our Pre Prep and Entry classrooms and places are currently being secured for September 2010.

School Uniform

Having considered various sources for school uniform a variety of web sites have proved useful for items of our current uniform. www.Schooluniform247.co.uk  stock school tights which can be delivered directly to home addresses. The royal blue tights are identical to the tights sold by the School Wear centre. Boys shirts and trousers are similarly available from this site. The school wear centre is due to launch a Milverton Shopping site in January 2009 and a link to this site will be established once this service is active. This should allow parents to order uniform to be delivered to their door through an internet shopping facility.