Howe Green, Great Hallingbury, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire CM22 7UF
10 reasons to choose Howe Green House
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Howe Green House has a Schoolsmith Score® of 81. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Bishop’s Stortford and one of the 4 best primary schools for 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Howe Green House 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 a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school. Howe Green House fees range from £4,100 (Rec) to £5,350 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Howe Green House has one class per year and an average class size of 18 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for most Howe Green House leavers are one of 15 local independent and grammar schools, the most popular being Bishop’s Stortford College and Felsted School.
The Howe Green House curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, philosophy, reasoning, French. 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 4. All year groups have a timetabled outdoor learning lesson every other week. ‘Skills for Life’ promotes team-building, problem solving, and orienteering.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, science and art/DT throughout, and for drama from Year 3.
Sport at Howe Green House
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in netball.
The Arts at Howe Green House
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects, as is drama from Year 3. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third 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 5.30pm.
Find another school near Howe Green House
Bishop’s Stortford College Prep & Pre-Prep School (4.9 miles); Saint Nicholas School, Lower School (6.6 miles); St Edmund’s Prep, Ware (12.2 miles).
Little Hallingbury Church of England Primary School (1.8 miles); Summercroft Primary School (1.9 miles); Thorley Hill Primary School (2 miles).
Bishop’s Stortford College (4.9 miles); Saint Nicholas School, Harlow (6.6 miles); St Edmund’s College, Ware (12.2 miles).
The Bishop’s Stortford High School (1.8 miles); The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College (2.6 miles); Hockerill Anglo-European College (2.8 miles).