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 kilometers from the center of the city.

School Hours: the children are expected to arrive at school at 7:30 am in time for assembly at 7:45 am.
The infants in Grade 0 and Grade 1 finish at 12:30 p.m; Grade 2 finishes school at 1:30 p.m;
Grade 3 to 7 finish classes at 2:00 p.m and from Grade 2 to 7 they attend a supervised homework hour from 2:00 p.m to 3:00 p.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 1:00 p.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 passes and 4 second class passes.

2023_9 first class passes with Merit, 14 first class passes, 3 second class passes, 1 third class pass and 2 pupils were in the top 50.

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 old 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 center 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 – 2025-2026

Name	Position
Joy Farrell	Founder
Frances Farrell	Director
Nelford Motsi	Head Teacher
Nonsikelelo Ngcamphalala	Administration
Angel Mabuza	Administration
Twi Ngomane	Secretary
Celiwe Malinga	Office Assistant
Shauneen Nurcombe-Thorne	Teacher
Simphiwe Dlamini	Teacher
Nester Mutsigwa	Teacher
Gabisile Mncina	Teacher
Edlyn Manzinde	Teacher
Nompumelelo Ncongwane	Teacher
Tapiwa Machinda	Teacher
Precious Mhlanga	Teacher
Mukisha Beuta	Teacher
Nongcebo Mdziniso	Teacher
Mcebo Dludlu	Teacher
Mpholisile Magongo	Teacher
Lizbert Chagwinya	Teacher
Jean Marie Niyibigira	French Teacher
Melusi Dlamini	Computer Teacher
Gcinumuzi Dlamini	Sports Coach
Alice Mazibuko	Support Staff
Nicholas Magongo	Support Staff
Sabatha Hlophe	Support Staff
Mazwi Sigudla	Support Staff
Dumsile Sigudla	Support Staff
Phindile Magongo	Support Staff
Estelie Mhlanga	Support Staff
Nosimilo Simelane	Support Staff