Effingham Crescent, Dover, Kent CT17 9RH
10 reasons to choose Dover College Prep School
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Dover College Prep School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 78. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Dover and one of the 3 best primary schools for 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Dover College Prep School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) 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 the prep school to Dover College, an all-through school to age 18. Dover College Prep School fees range from £4,400 (Rec) to £5,867 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Dover College Prep School has one class per year and an average class size of 9 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6 75% of Prep School pupils move up to Dover College. Those who leave go to local grammar schools.
The Dover College Prep School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, art, DT, science and computing from Year 5.
Sport at Dover College Prep 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 Dover College Prep 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 about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Three choirs and some instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 5.20pm. Minibus service.
Find another school near Dover College Prep School
Northbourne Park School (9.1 miles); St Faith’s Prep School (15.2 miles); Kent College Junior School, Canterbury (17.5 miles).
Green Park Community Primary School (1.3 miles); Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School (2.7 miles); St Margaret’s-at-Cliffe Primary School (4.6 miles).
Dover College (0 miles); The King’s School Canterbury (16 miles); St Edmund’s School, Canterbury (17.6 miles).
Dover Grammar School for Girls (0.6 miles); Dover Grammar School for Boys (1.1 miles); Duke of York’s Royal Military School (1.9 miles).