8 Mattock Lane, Ealing, London W5 5BG
10 reasons to choose Clifton Lodge School
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Clifton Lodge School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 77. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Ealing and one of the 5 best primary schools for 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Clifton Lodge School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school, and is a member of the Cognita Schools group. Clifton Lodge School fees range from £5,495 (Rec) to £5,995 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Clifton Lodge School has one class per year and an average class size of 14 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for Clifton Lodge School leavers are one of 15 independent senior schools and some KIngston and Slough grammar schools. The most popular destinations have historically been Merchant Taylors’ School, City of London Boys’ School, Hampton, John Lyon School, Notting Hill & Ealing High School, St Augustine’s Priory, and St Benedict’s School.
The Clifton Lodge School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, critical thinking, French, Latin. The curriculum style is the ‘Core Knowledge Approach’, which emphasises a sequential acquisition of facts. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers. Two residential trips open to Years 3 and above.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for music and sport from Nursery, for foreign languages from Reception, for art from Year 1, for science from Year 3 and for maths and English from Year 5.
Sport at Clifton Lodge School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Clifton Lodge School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir and one or two instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Clifton Lodge School
Durston House (0.5 miles); St Benedict’s Junior School (1 mile); Notting Hill and Ealing High Junior School (1.2 miles).
Christ the Saviour Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles); Montpelier Primary School (1.1 miles); Mount Carmel Catholic Primary School, Ealing (1.1 miles).
Ealing Independent College (0.3 miles); St Benedict’s School (0.8 miles); Notting Hill and Ealing High School (1.2 miles).
Twyford Church of England High School (1.4 miles); Elthorne Park High School (1.5 miles); Drayton Manor High School (1.6 miles).