Higham, Rochester, Kent ME3 7PA
10 simple reasons to choose Gad's Hill Kindergarten & Junior School
Independent prep school and nursery in Rochester.
For pupils aged 3 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Junior division of Gad's Hill School, an all-through school to age 16.
Gad's Hill Kindergarten & Junior School fees range from £3,452 (Rec) to £4,304 per term (2022/23).
10 better reasons to choose Gad's Hill Kindergarten & Junior School
Schoolsmith Score®; 75.
One of the best independent prep schools in Rochester and one of the 7 best primary schools for 5 miles.
On average, 14.8 pupils per class and 11.8 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
50% of pupils move up to Gad's Hill School at the end of Year 6. And 50% move on to a grammar school.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, Spanish. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, drama, art, DT and computing throughout.
Subjects are taught separately, though a topic approach is used for the humanities subjects. School also offers a programme of day trips and visitors to enhance the curriculum. Residential trips for the senior pupils.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Choir and one or two instrument ensembles. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Gad's Hill Kindergarten & Junior School
Independent Prep Schools
St Andrew's School, Rochester (3.3 miles); King's Rochester Prep & Pre-Prep Schools (3.4 miles); Bronte School (5.1 miles).
State Primary Schools
The Pilgrim School (2.8 miles); Cobham Primary School (3.3 miles); Chattenden Primary School (3.4 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Gad's Hill School (0 miles); The King's School, Rochester (3 miles); Rochester Independent College (3.2 miles).
State Senior Schools
Fort Pitt Grammar School (3.7 miles); Gravesend Grammar School (4.1 miles); The Rochester Grammar School (4.1 miles).