East Mascalls Lane, Lindfield, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 2QL
10 reasons to choose Great Walstead School
Main point of differentiation
Great Walstead School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 87, and is one of the best prep schools in Haywards Heath. It has a broad curriculum, and one of the strongest outdoor learning programmes.
School fundamentals
Great Walstead School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2.5 and 13 years. It is a Christian school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school and will join the Ardingly Group of schools and the Woodard Corporation. Great Walstead School fees range from £3,996 (Rec) to £7,592 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Great Walstead School has two classes per year to Year 6, three or four from Year 7, and an average class size of 14 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for Great Walstead School leavers are one of 25 independent schools. 40% of leavers go on to Ardingly College, and another 30% to Brighton College and Hurstpierpoint College. 50% of pupils win awards and scholarships.
The Great Walstead School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes Thinking Skills, Learning for Life, reasoning, French, Spanish. 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 residential trips from Year 6. There is an outdoor learning programme for all year groups (‘Mud π philosophy’) including the Annual Outdoor Learning Day.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, and computing throughout, for art and DT from Year 3, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Great Walstead School
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in badminton, football.
The Arts at Great Walstead School
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. Four choirs, two orchestras and several instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Great Walstead School
Ardingly College Prep School (3.9 miles); Cumnor House School (4.1 miles); Burgess Hill Girls’ Pre-Prep & Prep School (8.1 miles).
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Haywards Heath (2.3 miles); Newick Church of England Primary School (5.8 miles); Hamsey Community Primary School (8.9 miles).
Ardingly College (3.9 miles); Burgess Hill School for Girls (8.1 miles); Hurstpierpoint College (8.9 miles).
Warden Park School (3.9 miles); St Paul’s Catholic College (6.8 miles); Downlands Community School (8.5 miles).