Pupils are happy at Gracefield Preparatory School. Many of them use the word ‘fun’ when they describe school. They find learning ‘interesting and exciting’. Pupils are very proud of their school and work hard. Teachers have high expectations for pupils’ learning. Pupils say that bullying never happens. However, if pupils ‘fall out’, the teachers quickly help them to make friends. Pupils know that they can get any help they need by posting a message into the ‘worry box’. Pupils describe how staff take action to help them quickly. Pupils say that the school is like ‘one big family’. They know each other very well. Pupils are very supportive and tolerant of each other. Those from older year groups support the younger pupils. Pupils say that everyone is kind to each other. Pupils enjoy the wide range of clubs, activities, trips, drama and sports that are provided within and beyond the school. Throughout the year, charitable events, visitors, enterprise days and religious celebrations occur regularly. These enrich the experience of school life for the pupils. Pupils enthuse about these many diverse experiences.