Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 7AA
10 reasons to choose Fairstead House School
Top line
Fairstead House School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 77. It is one of the best independent prep schools in Newmarket and the best primary school for 10 miles.
School fundamentals
Fairstead House School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 months 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 King’s Ely group of schools. Fairstead House School fees range from £4,288 +VAT (Rec) to £4,779 +VAT per term (2024/25).
Average class size
Fairstead House School has one class per year and an average class size of 14 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for most Fairstead House School leavers are one of 10 local independent schools, in particular Perse Upper School, Stephen Perse Foundation, King’s Ely, The Leys School, and St Mary’s School Cambridge.
The Fairstead House School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, French. 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, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages and art throughout.
Sport at Fairstead House 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 Fairstead House 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, an 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 6.00pm.
Find another school near Fairstead House School
Landmark International School, Infants & Juniors (11.2 miles); Brookes School, Lower School (12 miles); Cambridge Steiner Lower School (12.9 miles).
Fulbourn Primary School (11.6 miles); The Spinney Primary School (12.7 miles); Great Abington Primary School (13.6 miles).
Landmark International School (11.2 miles); Brookes Cambridge (11.4 miles); Cambridge International School (12.6 miles).
Soham Village College (6.9 miles); Bottisham Village College (7.8 miles); St Bede’s Inter-Church School (13.5 miles).