Catherington House, 182 Five Heads Road, Catherington, Waterlooville, Hampshire PO8 9NJ
10 reasons to choose Kingscourt School
Main point of differentiation
Kingscourt School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 79, and offers the best value for money of all Petersfield prep schools.
School fundamentals
Kingscourt School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school, and is a member of the Cognita Schools group. Kingscourt School fees range from £4,647 (Rec) to £4,699 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Kingscourt School has one class per year and an average class size of 16 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for Kingscourt School leavers are one of 12 Hampshire independent schools and five state schools. The most popular schools are Churcher’s College and Portsmouth Grammar School which both take 25% of leavers each per year. 10-20% of pupils win scholarships and awards.
The Kingscourt School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHEE, reasoning, Spanish. 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 and visiting speakers. Curricular Outdoor Learning to Year 4. Residential trips from Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for music, art, languages, computing, sport and science throughout.
Sport at Kingscourt 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 Kingscourt School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs and one or two instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm provided onsite by an external contractor.
Find another school near Kingscourt School
Ditcham Park Juniors (6.6 miles); Bedales Prep School and Pre-Prep (8.9 miles); Portsmouth Grammar Junior School (11 miles).
Buriton Primary School (4.7 miles); St Alban’s Church of England Primary School (5.4 miles); East Meon Church of England Primary School (5.8 miles).
Ditcham Park School (6.6 miles); Bedales School (10.1 miles); Churcher’s College (10.3 miles).
Oaklands Catholic School (4.2 miles); St Edmund’s Catholic School (9.9 miles); Cams Hill School (10.4 miles).