Higham, Rochester, Kent ME3 7PA
10 reasons to choose Gad's Hill Kindergarten & Junior School
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Gad’s Hill Kindergarten & Junior School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 75. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Rochester and one of the 7 best primary schools for 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Gad’s Hill Kindergarten & Junior 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 the junior division of Gad’s Hill School, an all-through school to age 16. Gad’s Hill Kindergarten & Junior School fees range from £5,482 (Rec) to £6,820 per term (2026/27). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Gad’s Hill Kindergarten & Junior School usually has one class per year, sometimes two, and an average class size of 15 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
50% of pupils move up to Gad’s Hill School at the end of Year 6. And 50% move on to a grammar school.
The Gad's Hill Kindergarten & Junior School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, Spanish. Subjects are taught separately, though a topic approach is used for the humanities subjects. 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 for Early Years and residential trips from Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, drama, art, DT and computing throughout.
Sport at Gad's Hill Kindergarten & Junior 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 Gad's Hill Kindergarten & Junior School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir 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 Gad's Hill Kindergarten & Junior School
St Andrew’s School, Rochester (3.3 miles); King’s School Rochester Junior School (3.4 miles); Bronte School (5.1 miles).
The Pilgrim School (2.8 miles); Cobham Primary School (3.3 miles); Chattenden Primary School (3.4 miles).
Gad’s Hill School (0 miles); The King’s School, Rochester (3 miles); Rochester Independent College (3.2 miles).
Fort Pitt Grammar School (3.7 miles); Gravesend Grammar School (4.1 miles); The Rochester Grammar School (4.1 miles).