Harewood, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS17 9LE
10 reasons to choose Gateways Prep School
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Gateways Prep School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 80. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Leeds and one of the 3 best primary schools for 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Gateways Prep School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Gateways School, an all-through school to age 18. Gateways Prep School fees range from £3,733 (Rec) to £4,493 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Gateways Prep School has two classes per year, and an average class size of 16 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Prep School pupils move up to Gateways School.
The Gateways Prep School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum, is thematic through pre-prep, and also includes PSHE, reasoning, Spanish, Mandarin. 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 and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, and languages throughout, for maths from Year 3, and for science from Year 5.
Sport at Gateways Prep 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 Gateways Prep School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils, as is drama from Year 5. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir and some 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 Gateways Prep School
The Grammar School at Leeds Primary (2.8 miles); Ashville College Prep School & Pre-Prep (6.2 miles); Moorlands School (6.7 miles).
Harewood Church of England Primary School (0.1 miles); Wigton Moor Primary School (3.7 miles); All Saints Church of England Primary School, Kirkby Overblow (4 miles).
Gateways School (0 miles); The Grammar School at Leeds (2.8 miles); Ashville College (6.2 miles).
Allerton High School (4.5 miles); Roundhay School (5.6 miles); Rossett School (6.2 miles).