
We’re Special
What makes us special?
Auckland Park Preparatory School (APPS):
• Provides a small, intimate environment with charming, homely buildings and beautiful gardens;
• Instils a caring, nurturing ethos where the strengths of each child are developed;
• Has well qualified, dedicated class teachers and subject specialists;
• Offers leadership/personal development opportunities for each of the girls;
• Encourages a wide participation in sport and extra mural activities;
• Offers Music, Art and Drama as an integral part of the curriculum and extra mural programme;
• Has a broad academic programme with a full calendar of cultural and sporting activities and events;
• Prepares the Grade 0 girls well in literacy, numeracy and life skills through an exciting programme of experiences;
• Has library/media facilities where girls are assisted and research is undertaken;
• Provides computer literacy and computer assisted learning from Grade 0 with computers and iPads;
• Encourages entrepreneurship skills;
• Has a life skills, remediation and counselling programme;
• Has first language speakers who teach Zulu and Afrikaans as first additional languages;
• Has on-site speech therapists and an occupational therapist;
• Supports social/cultural diversity among the school body;
• Conducts regular school assemblies;
• Has an established outreach programme;
• Has girls who are welcomed by high schools nationwide.