• About Us
    • Welcome to the Old School Henstead
    • Why Choose Us
    • Our Aims
    • Our People
    • Inspection Reports
    • Senior School Entry & Scholarships
    • Policies
  • Admissions
    • Open Days
    • Come And See Us
    • Our Prospectus
    • Fees
  • The School Day
    • Breakfast Club
    • Lunches
    • After School Clubs
    • Prep
    • Holiday Clubs
  • Curriculum
    • Teaching & Learning
  • Pastoral
    • Assemblies
    • Forms
    • Houses
    • School Council
    • Uniform
  • Sports
    • Sports
    • Outdoor Education
  • The Arts
    • Art & Design
    • Drama
    • Music
  • Early Years
    • Early Years Department
    • Nursery
    • Aims & Objectives
  • Contact
    • Our Details
    • Vacancies
    • Contact Form & Map
  • Parents Area
    • Upcoming Events
    • Term Dates
    • Newsletters
    • PTFA
Start typing and press
Enter to search
open search form close search form
  • Telephone: 01502 741150
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
Follow
Skip to content
The Old School Henstead

The Old School Henstead

The Old School Henstead is an independent prep school in Suffolk, Henstead, for boys and girls aged 2 1/2 to 11 years old. Sign up for our next open day today.

open search form close search form
  • About Us
    • Welcome to the Old School Henstead
    • Why Choose Us
    • Our Aims
    • Our People
    • Inspection Reports
    • Senior School Entry & Scholarships
    • Policies
  • Admissions
    • Open Days
    • Come And See Us
    • Our Prospectus
    • Fees
  • The School Day
    • Breakfast Club
    • Lunches
    • After School Clubs
    • Prep
    • Holiday Clubs
  • Curriculum
    • Teaching & Learning
  • Pastoral
    • Assemblies
    • Forms
    • Houses
    • School Council
    • Uniform
  • Sports
    • Sports
    • Outdoor Education
  • The Arts
    • Art & Design
    • Drama
    • Music
  • Early Years
    • Early Years Department
    • Nursery
    • Aims & Objectives
  • Contact
    • Our Details
    • Vacancies
    • Contact Form & Map
  • Parents Area
    • Upcoming Events
    • Term Dates
    • Newsletters
    • PTFA
By: Admin 20 August 202230 April 2025
School Journal

Looking for a nursery or school place?

Contact us for details of availability or to arrange a visit.

We would be delighted to show you round the school – including the nursery – at a time to suit your busy family schedule. Please contact the school office on office@theoldschoolhenstead.co.uk or 01502 741150 to make arrangements.

Related

21st March 2025

In School Journal

School Journal

Post navigation

21st March 2025

Useful Information

  • Newsletters
  • Term Dates
  • Upcoming Events
  • Come And See Us

A day spent paddleboarding in the sunshine with a A day spent paddleboarding in the sunshine with a glorious view of Mount Snowdon? Yes please! ⛰️

Especially when you follow it up with a walk around Dorothea Quarry, a World Heritage site, and a game of Pooh sticks 😁
We conquered Snowdon! ⛰️ Then went and had a We conquered Snowdon! ⛰️

Then went and had a dip in the lake to cool off 💙 Today has once again shown the determination and teamwork of the Henstead children. They managed to get to the summit in an incredible 2hrs 45 mins!
This year's trip to Wales is off to a great start! This year's trip to Wales is off to a great start! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The children did an incredible job at gorge scrambling today. They had to undertake rock climbing, waterfall scaling and abseiling  as well as scrambling up the gorge. The entire time we could see how well they supported each other and worked as a team to make it to the top! 

Once we returned to our base another intense game of Risk began whilst dinner was in the oven. The children  planned the menu and bought all the food for the week yesterday evening. We are so proud of all of our year fives and sixes - Well done team! 💪
We are recruiting! We are looking for a kind, pat We are recruiting!

We are looking for a kind, patient and dedicated one-to-one Learning Support Assistant to work three days a week (term time only), supporting a pupil in Upper Key Stage Two with complex medical and learning needs. This is a highly rewarding role that offers the chance to make a real difference in a child’s daily school experience.

The successful candidate will be compassionate, adaptable and capable of building a strong, trusting relationship with the pupil. You will provide personalised support to help them engage in learning and feel safe, valued and supported throughout the school day.

While dyslexia training is desirable, it is not essential. 

Full medical training will be provided so no previous medical experience is required, just a willingness to learn and a caring, dependable nature.

Due to the child’s age, it is likely they will move on to a senior school in or around Loddon, Norfolk. With this in mind, we are ideally looking for someone who would be open to the possibility of continuing in the role and transitioning with the child to that location, should the opportunity arise.

For more information, please contact: d.sonn@theoldschoolhenstead.co.uk
Nutritious Nettles🍲👍 Last week, our senior Nutritious Nettles🍲👍

Last week, our senior pupils rolled up their sleeves in Food Tech and made nettle soup from scratch. Along the way, they learned that nettles are packed with iron, calcium, and vitamin C—great for giving the immune system a natural boost.

The stinging nettle might have a prickly reputation, but it turns out this humble plant has some wonderful healing properties. 

According to the pupils, it tasted great, too!

#nettles #nettlesoup #cookingatschool #foodtech
Anyone Fancy a Swim? The boys and girls were deli Anyone Fancy a Swim? 
The boys and girls were delighted to see the ducks again and loved watching them swimming in the sunshine. 🥰
They've grown so much since they hatched just before the Easter holiday!
Buckets, splashes, sunny fun - beach days are numb Buckets, splashes, sunny fun - beach days are number one! 😀

We had a fantastic day at the beach last Thursday - how lucky we are to live so close.  It's such a joy to be able to hop on the minibus and be building sandcastles and splashing in the waves in no time.  Beach days = best days!

#beachlife #funwithfriends #seaside 
😀☀️❤️🏖
It's great to be back! It's great to be back!
Henstead Easter Holiday Club! There's still time t Henstead Easter Holiday Club!
There's still time to sign up for our Easter Holiday Club. 😀🌟
We have a fantastic line-up of fun activities to keep your kids entertained, all run by our dedicated teaching staff. 
From baking Easter treats to exciting scavenger hunts, with acres of glorious countryside to roam and play, we've got it covered. 
Primary-aged children who don't currently attend Henstead are very welcome to join us!
For more details, email office@theoldschoolhenstead.co.uk
Load More Follow on Instagram

Pages

  • Contact Us
  • Newsletters
  • Policies

Find Us On

  • Telephone: 01502 741150
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
© The Old School Henstead Educational Trust Limited, Toad Row, Henstead, Nr Beccles, Suffolk NR34 7LG. Tel. +44 (0)1502 741150. Company No. 01459291. Charity No. 279265
Manage Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}