Braintree Road, Felsted, Essex CM6 3JL
10 reasons to choose Felsted Preparatory School
Top line
Felsted Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 89. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Felsted and one of the 6 best primary schools for 10 miles.
School fundamentals
Felsted Preparatory School is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 13 years. Boarding from Year 5 for the 10% of pupils who board. All are weekly or flexi boarders. 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 Felsted School, an all-through school to age 18. Felsted Preparatory School fees range from £4,710 (Rec) to £9,342 per term (2025/26). Full boarding fees are £12,714 per term. Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Felsted Preparatory School has two Reception classes rising to three then four, and an average class size of 19 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 8 nearly all Prep pupils move up to Felsted School.
The Felsted Preparatory School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, French, Spanish, German, Latin. STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths) projects feature in developing pupils’ thinking and collaboration skills. The school hosts a national inter-school STEM competition. The Prep has a Primary Science Quality Mark Gold accreditation and an accredited Gifted & Talented programme. 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 7. The school also has Eco Schools Green Flag accreditation.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for music, art, languages, computing, drama and sport throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Felsted Preparatory School
5 Games sessions per week. School is one of the 50 prep schools with the most extensive sports offers in the UK. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in golf, hockey, netball, rugby 7s, squash.
The Arts at Felsted Preparatory School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and three-quarters take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.15am to 5.45pm (sometimes 7.45pm for prep). Facility for occasional boarding.
Find another school near Felsted Preparatory School
New Hall Preparatory School (10.1 miles); St Anne’s School (10.9 miles); Bishop’s Stortford College Prep & Pre-Prep School (14.5 miles); Holmwood House School (20.7 miles).
Felsted Primary School (0.8 miles); Lyons Hall School (7.6 miles); Perryfields Junior School (8.6 miles).
Felsted School (0.2 miles); New Hall School (10.1 miles); Gosfield School (13.6 miles).
St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford (8.9 miles); Chelmsford County High School for Girls (9.1 miles); King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (10 miles).