Swan House, 207 Balham High Road, Balham, London SW17 7BQ
10 reasons to choose Eveline Day School
Main point of differentiation
Eveline Day School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 76, and the lowest fees in the area. It is the low cost all-rounder of prep schools in Balham and Streatham. It also has the smallest average class sizes. (read the area review here)
School fundamentals
Eveline Day School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school. Eveline Day School fees are £6,310 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT but include lunches.
Average class size
Eveline Day School has one class per year and an average class size of 8 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for Eveline Day School leavers in any given year are one of 10 London day schools, usually independent. Perennial favourites include Alleyn’s School, Royal Russell School, Hall School Wimbledon, Sydenham High, Streatham and Clapham High, and Emanuel School. About one third of leavers win awards and scholarships.
The Eveline Day School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, Votes for Schools, reasoning, French, Spanish. Geography, history and sometimes other subjects are taught as a cross-curricular topics throughout. 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 and visiting speakers. Residential trips from Year 2.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, art, and computing throughout.
Sport at Eveline Day School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year.
The Arts at Eveline Day 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, orchestra and one or two instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.30pm. School is open 51 weeks per year, and the fees include the holiday club. School owns 7 nurseries.
Find another school near Eveline Day School
Hornsby House School (0.6 miles); Finton House School (0.8 miles); Broomwood Prep Girls & Pre-Prep (1 mile).
Trinity St Mary’s Church of England Primary School (0.2 miles); St Anselm’s Catholic Primary School, Tooting Bec (0.5 miles); Holy Ghost Catholic Primary School, Balham (0.6 miles).
Streatham and Clapham High School (1.9 miles); Emanuel School (2.6 miles); Thames Christian School (2.9 miles).
Chestnut Grove School (0.6 miles); Ernest Bevin College (0.8 miles); La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School (1 mile).