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Forest Preparatory School, Snaresbrook, London E17

College Place, Snaresbrook, London E17 3PY

Forest Preparatory School, Snaresbrook, London E17

10 reasons to choose Forest Preparatory School, Snaresbrook

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Forest Preparatory School, Snaresbrook has a Schoolsmith Score® of 83. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Snaresbrook and one of the 6 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.

School fundamentals

Forest Preparatory School, Snaresbrook is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Forest School, an all-through school to age 18. Forest Preparatory School, Snaresbrook fees range from £7,525 (Rec) to £8,655 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.

Average class size

Forest Preparatory School, Snaresbrook has four classes at Reception and three from Year 3, and an average class size of 16 pupils.

Leavers' destinations

At the end of Year 6, most Forest Prep School pupils move up to the senior school.

The Forest Preparatory School, Snaresbrook curriculum

School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum. In pre-prep, all subjects, apart from English and maths are taught through creative topics. The curriculum also includes PSHEE, reasoning, philosophy, thinking skills, reasoning, Spanish, German, Mandarin. An activities programme introduces life skills such as first aid, money awareness, and debating skills. 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, Forest School to Year 2 and residential trips from Year 4.

Specialist teaching

Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, drama and computing throughout, and for DT from Year 3.

Sport at Forest Preparatory School, Snaresbrook

School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in football.

The Arts at Forest Preparatory School, Snaresbrook

Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Five choirs, orchestra and 7 instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs. Artsmark Gold accreditation.

Wraparound care

Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm. School operates a bus service.

Find another school near Forest Preparatory School, Snaresbrook

Independent Prep Schools

St Aubyn’s School (1.5 miles); Snaresbrook Preparatory School (1.6 miles); Woodford Green Preparatory School (2.2 miles).

State Primary Schools

St Mary’s Church of England Primary School, Walthamstow (0.8 miles); The Woodside Primary Academy (1 mile); Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Wanstead (1.3 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Forest School, Snaresbrook (0 miles); Bancroft’s School (2.7 miles).

State Senior Schools

Walthamstow School for Girls (1.4 miles); Woodford County High School (1.8 miles); Connaught School for Girls (2 miles).

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