Creating Confidence at Truro School Prep

At Truro School, we recognise the importance of delivering outstanding academic results, excellent pastoral care and superb co-curricular offerings and we do this for all of our pupils from Nursery through to Sixth Form.

However, we also pride ourselves on being able to identify and nurture the individual talents of every member of our school community and strive to celebrate those things that make them special; empowering every pupil to grow as confident children into confident adults.

Writing for Talk Education, Head of Truro School Prep, Rob Morse, explains the importance of nurturing this confidence in all of our pupils. “It is the understanding of each and every child, ‘what makes them tick’, that lays the foundation for all that follows. This is at the very heart of what we strive to achieve here at Truro School Prep.

Enabling [every] child (especially those who lack self-esteem) to ‘make their mark’ allows them to develop their self-belief and subsequently excel in areas outside of their natural forte.

Furthermore, it is a team of staff that genuinely knows each individual child and can share with them their successes, even if they fall outside of their own sphere of influence.

Confidence is crucial to success and, as we all know, it is fundamental in ensuring that we make the most of the opportunities that come our way.

The life our children inherit as they leave education will in many ways be considerably more demanding than our own and we must do our utmost to ensure that they are fully prepared to deal with the many challenges, successes and occasional failures that will come their way.

A strong belief in one’s own ability is an excellent foundation and will undoubtedly stand them in good stead for the future. Furthermore, it will allow them to make the most of the plethora of opportunities that school life offers whilst, equally importantly, enabling them to enjoy every moment along the way.”

You can read Rob’s article, View from the Top: Rob Morse on ‘Confidence’, featured in Talk Education this month in full here.