21/08/2023
We ended the 2022-23 academic year with an unforgettable Speech Day and performance. Once again the masts of the St Margaret's marquee were erected, with a new seating layout for this year. Parents and loved ones could sit together in...
07/06/2023
On Wednesday 24th May, our athletics team made their way to sunny Southend to take part in the ISA regional qualifiers. All children did amazingly well on the day, we had many children with PB times, heights and distances and...
26/04/2023
Every year our Year 6 pupils achieve such excellent outcomes, and this year is no exception. Their achievements have resulted in a fantastic range of Grammar school and Independent school offers including a very impressive 27 scholarships.
25/04/2023
We were delighted once again by the positive responses to our annual Voice of the Parent survey where the overwhelming responses were extremely positive, with parents telling us how happy both their children and they are with every aspect of...
14/02/2023
Dr Simon Camby, Group Chief Education Director, gives valuable insight into the fundamental backbone of our Cognita holistic education.
31/01/2023
Our MFL teacher, Madame Oakley, is passionate about teaching French and Spanish to all our pupils. Here, she explains how she tailors her teaching programme for each age group, from our 2 year olds in Nursery up to 11 years...
12/12/2022
During British Science Week back in March, we welcomed Sian Cleaver from NASA’s Artemis Programme. Sian, who is Year 1 pupil, Theo's Aunt, is an Industrial Manager for the Orion European Service Module – which is the part of the...
05/12/2022
We are pleased to announce that our school charity of the year is Unicef. Following a long process of carefully researching charities that are supporting current causes, the House Captains presented their ideas to all children and teachers in their...
02/12/2022
Huge well done to Carter, Year 5 and Louis, Year 6 for representing St Margaret's Prep and Team ISA East Anglia at the ISA National Swimming Finals on Saturday 3rd December.
16/11/2022
We are all so proud to have won 'School of the Year' at the Cognita 'O'wards.The gala awards ceremony took place during Cognita's European Leadership Conference, with around 80 schools in attendance from the UK and Europe.
23/09/2022
I have always loved working with children. During my gap year I worked at PGL and had so much fun encouraging children to be brave, resilient and work together as a team. Then during the University holidays I had a...
12/09/2022
During the summer, our show jumping team have been hard at work preparing for the National Schools Equestrian Association (NSEA) National Championships. Both parents and children made the trip to the All-England showground at Hickstead on the 22nd of August...
15/06/2022
On Monday 13th June 5 athletes and their families made the long trip to Manchester for the annual National Athletics Finals. The children had to qualify for this at the regional qualifiers last month by winning their races or events against...
22/05/2022
We’re incredibly proud of our six pupils who qualified for the ISA National Cross Country Championship and travelled to Nottinghamshire to represent St. Margaret’s and the East Anglia region.
21/05/2022
We are incredibly proud of our 2021/22 Year 6 pupils who have stepped up to the challenges of the last few years of prep school life, they’ve pushed themselves academically as well as developing their talents in extra-curricular activities, they’ve...
13/05/2022
On Friday 13th May, four children, along with their families, made the trip to Ipswich High School for the National Triathlon. At this competition the children came up against schools from all over the country, as well as strong club...
26/04/2022
At St. Margaret’s we are committed to inspiring our pupils every day, while ensuring our teachers are equipped with the very best learning tools and resources. To that end, we are delighted to have introduced artificial intelligence (AI)-powered learning platforms...
29/03/2022
Once again we have been overwhelmed by the positive responses to our annual Voice of the Parent survey. 66% or our parent body completed the survey and we are delighted that the huge majority of them told us how happy...
21/03/2022
Following an assembly where we learned more about the crisis in the Ukraine and all about the different charities that are helping, Mrs Moss set a school-wide ‘work for homework’ challenge. Instead of doing their usual 20-30 mins homework each...
11/02/2022
On Friday 11th February, we took 22 pupils from across years 3 to 6 to Finborough School for the ISA Eastern Region Cross Country Championships. Everyone did extremely well, for most it was their first ever cross country event, and...
25/11/2021
“Pupils show respect and are inclusive of everyone in the school community. Those new to the school commented on how easy it is to settle in quickly due to the very welcoming behaviour that is prevalent.” ISI, 2021 We...
08/10/2021
At St. Margaret’s we take the wellbeing and mental health of our pupils, families and staff very seriously, as our SENCO and Mental Health & Wellbeing Lead, Mrs Blackburne explains. Promoting good mental health is part of what we...
22/08/2021
We are looking forward to Miss Johanna Sweeting joining the St. Margaret’s Family in September as a Year 1 form teacher. Miss Sweeting came into school before the summer holidays to meet everyone and we took the opportunity to quiz...
22/08/2021
75th Anniversary Film: The Story of St. Margaret's. Due to COVID- restrictions, our Year 6 leavers had missed out on so many ‘rights of passage’ including a traditional Speech Day and the end of year musical theatre production.