2 West Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 1PD
10 reasons to choose Highfield Preparatory School
Main point of differentiation
Highfield Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 79, and is one of the smaller prep schools in the Maidenhead area. Despite its size, it has one of the most varied arts provisions.
School fundamentals
Highfield Preparatory School is an independent prep day school for girls between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It has a co-ed pre-prep for sibling brothers. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, with a new senior department to age 16, and is a member of the Chatsworth Schools group. Highfield Preparatory School fees range from £4,360 +VAT (Rec) to £5,580 +VAT per term (2024/25).
Average class size
Highfield Preparatory School has one class per year and an average class size of 12 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for most Highfield Preparatory School leavers are one of 15 local independent or state day schools with girls’ schools being the most popular. Newlands School for Girls can account for up to 40% of leavers. Grammar Schools such as Kendrick School, Wycombe High and the co-ed Sir William Borlase are regular destinations. For independents it’s mainly The Abbey School in Reading, Queen Anne’s, Luckley House (co-ed) and The Marist School. On average, 50%-60% go to grammar/selective maintained, and 50% to independent schools. As an addtional option, the school will open an all-girls senior school, starting with Year 7, in September 2024.
The Highfield Preparatory School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHEE, reasoning, French, Spanish. Topic based linking of history and geography and other subjects throughout. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different 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 4.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, for science from Year 3, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Highfield Preparatory 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 Highfield Preparatory 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. Two choirs, orchestra and one or two 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 Highfield Preparatory School
St Piran’s School, Maidenhead (0.8 miles); Claires Court Junior Schools (2.2 miles); Herries Preparatory School (6.1 miles).
Furze Platt Junior School (0.9 miles); Oldfield Primary School, Maidenhead (1.1 miles); St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead (1.2 miles).
Claires Court Schools (0.2 miles); Eton College (7.1 miles).
Burnham Grammar School (4.3 miles); The Westgate School (5 miles); Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School (5.4 miles).