We welcome Old Lyonians, parents, guardians and friends of the School to share their experience and skills to support our students career development and empower them to have a better understanding of career opportunities and how they can achieve their career aims.
Our School community is a valuable professional resource for current and former pupils both at the beginning of their careers and throughout their professional lives. Our current pupils have access to the School’s Old Lyonian membership via the Lyonian Association alumni network, which encourages engagement with former students to seek guidance, work experience opportunities, careers events, lectures and talks throughout the academic year.
Our Careers Office has welcomed a number of Old Lyonians, from a range of sectors and professions, who have returned to John Lyon to share their stories from their schooldays and how they have led to where they are now in their careers. We are grateful to all Old Lyonians who have given their time for the benefit of our current pupils.
Pupils have the unique opportunity to be mentored by an Old Lyonian or parent/guardian who works in a sector that interests them. These engagements can be face-to face, telephone, email conversation or via an online platform.
We welcome OLs, parents and friends of the School to visit the School and share your experience and skills with our pupils. Learn more about such opportunities to be involved here.
Look out for information on our News and Events page for our upcoming career events. If you would like to join our panel of speakers, please email [email protected]
We provide a wide range of sporting activities and opportunities for all pupils.
At our Prep School we concur with educational theorists who emphasise the importance of the creative mind and ‘emotional intelligence’ and ‘wellbeing’ – the need to develop the whole personality and our pupil’s imaginations especially. Drama has the power to liberate the mind.
We encourage our pupils to become healthy, independent and responsible members of society. 
At our Prep School, Computing covers the use of electronic technology in all its forms, including computers and other communication devices.
• What is religion?
Art is an integral part of our Prep School’s curriculum, providing our pupils with a unique means of expressing their ideas by allowing them to explore new thoughts and give life to their creative minds.
History is taught throughout the School and pupils are encouraged to find out about events and peoples.
Planet Earth is our only home. It is an mind-blowing, diverse and constantly changing place of awesome beauty and power. 
French is the language of our nearest neighbours, probably the easiest foreign language for English speakers to learn and, after English, one of the most widely-learned languages worldwide.
The core of every science lesson at our Prep School is about developing every pupil’s curiosity in the world around them. 
Mathematics is a key subject for children of all ages at our Prep School.
English is taught using lively and creative methods through a variety of texts and resources incorporating ICT from Pre-Prep onwards.