88 the Drive, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire WD3 4DU
10 simple reasons to choose Charlotte House Preparatory School
Independent prep school and nursery in Rickmansworth.
For pupils aged 3 to 11 years.
Girls' school.
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
Charlotte House Preparatory School fees range from £3,975 (Rec) to £4,835 per term (2022/23).
10 better reasons to choose Charlotte House Preparatory School
Schoolsmith Score®; 79.
One of the best independent prep schools in Rickmansworth and one of the 4 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
On average, 15.2 pupils per class and 11.4 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Destinations for 60% of Charlotte House Preparatory School girls is one of 15 independent schools with Royal Masonic School accounting for 25% of leavers. Haberdashers' Askes' Girls and St Helen's School account for a further 10%. 40% of leavers go on to one of 10 maintained schools. St Clement Danes (15%), Watford Grammar School for Girls (10%), Rickmansworth School (8%), and Dr Challoner's High (5%) are the most popular. Around 20% of girls win awards and scholarships.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHEE, reasoning, French, Spanish, Latin. The school is a 'Dyslexia Friendly School'. Dyslexic pupils have shorter interventions three times a week rather than the more common one hour one-to-one per week. Each pupil may participate in over 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages and science throughout.
Day trips and visiting speakers, with residential trips for the senior pupils. Curriculum days promote project and thinking skills with cross-curricular linking for languages, maths, STEM, and art.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the English curriculum. Three choirs and one or two instrument ensembles. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm. Minibus service.
Find another school near Charlotte House Preparatory School
Independent Prep Schools
Royal Masonic School Cadogan House (0.4 miles); York House School (3 miles); Merchant Taylors' Prep School (3.1 miles).
State Primary Schools
Christ Church Chorleywood Church of England School (1.2 miles); Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School (1.2 miles); St John's Catholic Primary School, Rickmansworth (1.6 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Royal Masonic School for Girls (0.4 miles); The Chalfonts Independent Grammar (Newland College) (4 miles); Northwood College (4.1 miles).
State Senior Schools
Rickmansworth School (1.8 miles); St Clement Danes School (1.9 miles); Watford Grammar School for Boys (3.7 miles).