The Little School is a privately owned school with a Grade 0 for children from the ages of four to six and a primary school with classes from Grades 1 to 7. The classes are small, having not more than 25 pupils in a class.
The school is situated in Pine Valley, Mbabane, three kilometres from the centre of the city.

School Hours: the children are expected to arrive at school at 7:30am in time for assembly at 7:45am.
The infants in Grade 0 and Grade 1 finish at 12:30p.m; Grade 2 finishes school at 1:30p.m;
Grade 3 to 7 finish classes at 2:00p.m and from Grade 2 to 7 they attend a supervised homework hour from 2:00p.m to 3:00p.m. Extra curricular activities are on Tuesdays and Thursdays for all the grades. The activities include :sports and cultural clubs, such as choir, drama, African games, sewing and knitting, chess  and arts and craft.

On Fridays the whole school closes at 1:00p.m.

During the school week the children have computer lessons, class music, library periods,  Practical arts, Physical Education and Siswati and French language.

ACHIEVEMENTS
Since 2006 the Grade 7s have achieved the best results in the country for the Eswatini Primary Certificate – the examination set by the Ministry of Education to mark the end of Primary education and the criterion by which pupils are accepted into High School.
The Little School’s EPC results have been as follows since we started having Grade 7 classes in 2005:

2006: 25 pupils – 13 first class passes with merit and 12 first class passes.

2007: 21 pupils – 12 first class passes with merit and 9 first class passes.

2008: 21 pupils – 16 first class passes with merit, 4 first class passes and one second class pass. Our pupils achieved first and second place in the country and three more were in the top 50.

2009: 24 pupils – 14 first class passes with merit, 7 first class passes and 3 second class passes.

2010: 25 pupils – 16 first class passes with merit, 8 first class passes and 1 second class pass. Two of our pupils achieved 6th and 8th position in the country.

2011: 24 pupils – 11 first class passes with merit, 13 first class passes, one pupil in the top 50 in the country.

2012: 15 first class passes with merit, 6 first class passes, 3 second class passes.

2013: 17 first class passes with merit, 5 first class passes, 2 second class passes.

2014: 15 first class passes with merit, 12 first class passes, 1 second class pass.

2015: 11 first class passes with merit, 7 first class passes, 1 second class pass.

2016: 17 first class passes with merit, 10 first class passes, 4 second class passes.

2017: 9 first class passes with merit, 15 first class passes, 2 second class passes.

2018 – 16 first class passes with merit, 10 first class passes, 2 second class passes

2019 _  14 first class passes with merit, 9 first class passes, 2 second class passes

2020 _

2022 _10 first class passes with merit, 1 first class pass and 4 second class passes

HISTORY
The school was started in 1975 with three children and progressed through the years until by 2005 it consisted of a pre-school, catering for three year olds through to grade 0; and a primary school with classes from Grade 1 to 7. At the beginning it was a single stream school, but it has gradually expanded to provide two classes for each grade.
In 2012 we decided that the school should move to larger premises. A beautiful plot of 5.2 hectares was bought in Pine Valley, 3 km from the centre of Mbabane. There were 12 classrooms, to begin with, and a staff room, an office, toilet facilities playing fields and a beautiful area for agriculture and gardening.
Now we have 15 classrooms, a library, a computer room, an office and a consulting room and a school hall.

The philosophy of the school is based on respect: Respect from the teachers for the children, respect from the children for their teachers, their classmates and playmates, their books, toys and the school environment. Having respect as our ethos virtually does away with the need for rules and punishments.

Abuse, in the form of corporal punishment or mental abuse, such as sarcasm and ridicule, is not tolerated. This in entrenched in the School Code of Conduct, which all pupils and parents are required to sign.

Our staff – 2022

Name	Position
Joy Farrell	The Founder
Frances Farrell	Managing Director
Nomsa Tsela	Administrator
Nelford Motsi	Head Teacher
Lizbert Makota	Senior classes
Nompumelelo Ncongwane	Senior classes
Edlyn Chigume	Senior classes
Thabiso Mhlanga	Senior classes
Smolline Muzekenyi	Senior classes
Precious Mhlanga	Middle School
Nester Mutsigwa	Middle School
Simphiwe Dlamini	Middle school
Martine Ndayisaba	Middle school
Zinhle Dlamini	Infant school
Tapiwa Tombo	Infant school
Gabsile Mncina	Infant school
Fisokuhle Mnisi	Infant school
Jean Marie	French Teacher
Shauneen	Grade 0 class
Alice   Mazibuko	Grade 0 Assistant
Lindiwe Mahlambi	Siswati language
Phumlile Mkhonta	Librarian
Fikile Mndzebele	Computers and IT
Celumusa Msibi	Physical Education and Sports Coach
Joy Magagula	Assistant Teacher
Khanyisile Dube	School Secretary
Celiwe Malinga	Office Assistant
Nicholas Magongo	Grounds Man
Sabatha Dlamini	Grounds Man
Mazwi Sigudla	Grounds Man
Dumsile Sigudla	Support Staff
Estella Mhlanga	Support Staff
Phindile Mtsetfwa Zandile Khumalo	Support Staff
Vusie Simelane	Night Watchman