Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 7AA
10 simple reasons to choose Fairstead House School
Independent prep school and nursery.
For pupils aged 6 weeks to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day school.
Religious character; Church of England.
Non-selective intake.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
Fees range from £3,363 (Rec) to £3,750 per term (2019/20).
10 better reasons to choose Fairstead House School
Schoolsmith Score®; 80.
The best independent or state primary within a 10 mile radius.
On average, 13 pupils per class and 9.8 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
80% of pupils go on to a selective school; one of 10 local independent schools; The Perse Schools, Stephen Perse, King’s Ely, The Leys and St Mary’s Cambridge are popular. Some go on to local maintained schools.
School offers a programme of day trips and visitors to enhance the curriculum. Residential trips for the senior pupils.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages and art throughout.
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. There are out-of-hours extra help sessions for some subjects and over 5 different academic clubs per year group per term.
School offers over 10 different sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. 3 choirs, orchestra and one or two instrument ensembles. Over 5 different visual and performing arts clubs per year group per term.
Every pupil gets the chance to represent the school every term. An all inclusive policy.
Find another school near Fairstead House School
Independent Prep Schools
Landmark International School, Infants & Juniors (11.2 miles); Brookes School, Lower School (12 miles); Cambridge Steiner School (12.9 miles).
State Primary Schools
Fulbourn Primary School (11.6 miles); The Spinney Primary School (12.7 miles); Great Abington Primary School (13.6 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Landmark International School (11.2 miles); Brookes Cambridge (11.4 miles); Cambridge International School (12.6 miles).
State Senior Schools
Soham Village College (6.9 miles); Bottisham Village College (7.8 miles); St Bede's Inter-Church School (13.5 miles).