Our Facilities
Buildings and Facilities
The school has expanded above and around the original Victorian building. A modern extension provides a further sixteen classrooms, a multispace area, two gyms, a dining room and spacious art studios.
The school premises are bright and spacious with plenty of outside space including an all weather pitch, used for tennis, cricket, netball and football, as well as a school garden. All are enclosed within the 1.5 acres that adjoin the school building. Our fully equipped and refurbished (summer 2009) science and ICT suites plus computerised library of over 16,000 books provide superb learning spaces within the building. Of all these additions, perhaps the jewel in the crown is the Auditorium which was opened by Sir Peter Hall, at the time a Newton parent, in November 2004. The space includes a professional sound and lighting system.
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The Auditorium
Providing a superb space for assemblies, plays, concerts and evening meetings, the auditorium seats some 300 children and adults.
The Library
Fully refurbished and enlarged in 2009, this beautiful and inviting space is stocked with over 16,000 books and overseen by a full-time librarian. Children can access the catalogue by computer. The Library is used by all children from Nursery to Year 8.
IT Suites
Adjacent to the Library are three air-conditioned ICT rooms each equipped with fully networked PCs for classes of twenty children and an interactive whiteboard. The ICT rooms are increasingly being used as an invaluable teaching resource across the full range of the curriculum.
Science Laboratories
Three new science laboratories were built on the second floor of the Old Building in the summer of 2009. Each laboratory is equipped with an area of tiered seating for demonstration and teaching purposes as well as modular benches for practical work.
The School Garden
Occupying the site of what was once a city farm, the school garden has space for a wildlife sanctuary with a pond, a lawn and orchard, as well as small allotments for the children to cultivate themselves.
Sports Facilities
The all-weather pitch is used by children of all ages for PE, games and as a recreational space in break times. Measuring nearly an acre, the astroturf provides an excellent surface for hockey, cricket, rounders and football.
Our sports' facilities include a 70m x 40m all weather floodlit Astroturf pitch, two cricket nets and two sprung wooden floored gymnasiums. One with bespoke wall bars and a range of child specific gymnastic equipment, the other equipped for indoor team sports.
Our Astroturf pitch is available for hire. Please contact bom@newtonprep.co.uk for an information pack.