1 High Street, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire HP16 9AA
10 simple reasons to choose Gateway School
Independent prep school and nursery in Great Missenden.
For pupils aged 2 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 60% boys).
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Large school with an average of three classes per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
Gateway School fees range from £3,800 (Rec) to £4,230 per term (2022/23).
10 better reasons to choose Gateway School
Schoolsmith Score®; 80.
One of the best independent prep schools in Great Missenden and one of the 3 best primary schools for 3 miles.
On average, 14.2 pupils per class and 9.1 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Over the last three years, destinations for 42% of Gateway School leavers have been a local grammar school such as Dr Challoner’s, Royal Grammar, Aylesbury Grammar, and Aylesbury High. A further 29%/30% have gone to a local independent (day) school, such as Berkhamsted, Pipers Corner, and Royal Masonic School for Girls. Around 28% have left for a non-selective state school.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, French. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, art and computing throughout, for drama from Year 3, and for all subjects from Year 5.
School 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. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in football.
Art, music, and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Three choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 7.45am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Gateway School
Independent Prep Schools
Pipers Corner School, Prep & Pre-Prep (4.3 miles); Chesham Preparatory School (7.1 miles); Heatherton House School (7.6 miles).
State Primary Schools
Prestwood Junior School (1.6 miles); Little Kingshill Combined School (2.2 miles); Great Kingshill Church of England Combined School (4 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Pipers Corner School (4.3 miles); Wycombe Abbey School (7.4 miles); Tring Park School for the Performing Arts (9.6 miles).
State Senior Schools
Chesham Grammar School (5.4 miles); Dr Challoner's Grammar School (5.6 miles); The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (5.9 miles).