High Road, Chigwell, Essex IG7 6QF
10 reasons to choose Chigwell School, Prep & Pre-Prep
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Chigwell School, Prep & Pre-Prep has a Schoolsmith Score® of 83. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Chigwell and one of the 6 best primary schools for 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Chigwell School, Prep & Pre-Prep is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Chigwell School, an all-through school to age 18. Chigwell School, Prep & Pre-Prep fees range from £7,266 (Rec) to £8,520 per term (2026/27). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Chigwell School, Prep & Pre-Prep has two classes per year rising to three and an average class size of 21 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Almost all pupils at Chigwell School, Prep & Pre-Prep move up to the senior school at the end of Year 6. A four-year average for attainment in Year 6 SATS puts Chigwell Prep in the top 2.5% of all prep and primary schools in England, ranging from the top 0.6% in 2019 to the top 10.3% in 2016.
The Chigwell School, Prep & Pre-Prep curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes philosophy, PSHEE, French. The school is one of the 50 prep schools with the most extensive academic and hobby extra-curricular programmes in the UK.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, Woodland School sessions up to Year 4 and an Annual Activities Week residential trip for Years 5 and 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, art, DT and computing throughout.
Sport at Chigwell School, Prep & Pre-Prep
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in football, hockey, swimming.
The Arts at Chigwell School, Prep & Pre-Prep
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.45am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near Chigwell School, Prep & Pre-Prep
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Chigwell School (0 miles); Bancroft’s School (4.3 miles).
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