Amie Sewell

Founder and Teacher

Amie founded Small Scholars in 2022 to create a nurturing, play-based learning environment for pre-prep children. Her boutique early education business offers personalised Pre-Kindy and School Readiness programs for children aged 2.5–5.5 years, focusing on confidence, foundational skills, and a smooth transition to school.

Under Amie’s leadership, Small Scholars has grown to two Paddington locations and was a winner in the 2024 Lord Mayor’s Business Awards. Passionate about early learning, she is a trusted resource for families navigating school readiness.

When not teaching and running a business, Amie is a mum of twin boys, Toby and Leo, who were the inspiration behind Small Scholars.

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Rohan Reddy
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Exceptional school readiness program. Our eldest child had a very smooth transition to school because of this program. Sending our youngest here due to benefits with our eldest
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Emerald
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Our child went for a school holiday activity day and enjoyed it. They are keen to go again!
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Simon Sponza
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After being recommended small scholars from a local friend, our youngest attended for a period before starting kindy. He loved going and enjoyed the activities. We felt it definitely helped prepare him for kindy.
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Rose isbell
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I highly recommend the Small Scholars holiday program. I am so appreciative of the care and effort that goes into it. The moment my little boy walks in, there's such a sense of joy and curiosity - all the craft activities are set up and ready to go, and all the equipment outside for games. There's always a lovely buzz in the room. It makes for such a fun, busy and productive day of learning and play during the holidays. Something I could not create at home!!
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Dana Bettell
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Small Scholars has an incredible program and we cannot recommend it highly enough. My son is heading into Prep next year and absolutely loved every single week attending the Prepare for Prep classes. He was always excited to go and came home happy, confident, and proud of what he had learned. He loved the balance of learning and play, especially the beautiful outdoor spaces, climbing and playing on the playground, and being able to learn in such an engaging environment. Having the same amazing teachers each week made such a difference – the consistency helped him build strong connections and confidence. Every week he would come home telling us something new he had learned, which truly shows how meaningful and effective the program is. Thank you to the wonderful team at Small Scholars for preparing him so beautifully and confidently for Prep. We are so grateful for the care, dedication, and passion you bring to your program.
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Emma Gibbs
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My son has been attending Small Scholars for the past three years. First for Mini Mondays (no longer running), then Kindy Readiness classes, and finally School Readiness classes. They also run a fantastic holiday program. Small Scholars is such a gorgeous, warm, inviting environment for children to learn, play and thrive in, and the highlight of every week for my son was always going to “Miss Amie’s”. Amie and the other teachers put so much dedicated work into preparing little ones for kindy and prep, which provides an amazing start (or support) to their early education, or simply operates as an alternative to childcare or kinder (which is why we attended). It’s a beautiful little school that I cannot recommend highly enough. Your children will adore it!
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Christie
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Small Scholars is such a gem! Our son was getting feedback from Kindy that he might need extra help getting ready for school and our neighbour suggested Small Scholars. We are so grateful to have found it. Miss Amie is straight out of Roald Dhal's book Matilda (Miss Honey ofc), with a sweet, calming nature that even mellows me out on drop off and pick up. And our son loves the place! He begs me to take him every day and is making massive progress in his counting and writing. I see that he genuinely enjoys it so much so that I will send my daughter when she gets a little older. Don't pass on this place it's wonderful!
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Madeleine Walsh
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We have had three kids go through Small Scholars, the program has been incredible for our little peoples transition to school. Amie and the team are amazing and our kids have loved their time there, we couldn’t recommend them enough!