Heath Mount School, Hertford SG14

Schoolsmith Score®; 89.

One of the best independent prep schools in Hertford and one of the 5 best primary schools for 5 miles.

On average, 17.4 pupils per class and 11.9 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.

Destinations for Heath Mount School leavers are one of 30 independent day and boarding schools. Haileybury takes 30% on average, Bishop's Stortford College, Felsted, and The Leys a further 20% between them. On average, 50%-60% (63% in 2020) of pupils win awards and scholarships.

School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHEE, reasoning, French, Spanish, Latin. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.

Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages throughout, for art, DT and computing from Year 3, and for most subjects from Year 5.

In Years 7 to 8 pupils can follow the Common Entrance curriculum, or the Heath Mount Libellum which blends core ISEB subjects with a 'Building Learning Power' skills and enquiry based approach to languages and the humanities. It also assesses participation and attainment in non-academic subjects such as art, music, drama, DT, computing, and sport.

Pupils have 3.5 hours of sport per week. 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 athletics, badminton, golf, swimming.

Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Three choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The choir has a strong track record in national choral competitions having won or reached finals in the International Eisteddfod, Llangollen, BBC Children's Choir of the Year, and BBC Songs of Praise School Young Choir of the Year competitions. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.

Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.30pm. Facility for occasional boarding.