Stevenage Road, St Ippolyts, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG4 7JX
10 simple reasons to choose Kingshott School
Independent prep school and nursery in St Ippolyts, Hitchin.
For pupils aged 3 to 13 years.
Mixed school (about 60% boys).
Day school.
Religious character; Non-denominational Christian.
Academically selective admissions policy.
Large school with an average of three classes per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
Kingshott School fees range from £3,855 (Rec) to £4,705 per term (2021/22).
10 better reasons to choose Kingshott School
Schoolsmith Score®; 85.
One of the best independent prep schools in Hitchin and one of the 3 best primary schools for 2 miles.
On average, 16.4 pupils per class and 10.6 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Destinations for most of Year 8 Kingshott School leavers are one of 15 independent day and boarding schools. Up to half go to Haileybury, Bedford School, The Perse School, and St Christopher School Letchworth. Some leave in Year 6 for Hitchin Boys' and Hitchin Girls'. 10-15% 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 STEAM, Young Enterprise, PSHCE, French, Spanish. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, drama, and languages throughout, for art and DT from Year 3, and for all subjects from Year 5.
School offers a programme of day trips and visitors to enhance the curriculum. Residential trips from Year 3. In Years 7 and 8 the 'Incrementum' blends skills with the ISEB curriculum, requiring achievement in the non-core as well as core subjects, a reflective learning log, acquisition of a new skill, and community/charity work.
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.
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and over half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Four choirs, orchestra and 10 instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Kingshott School
Independent Prep Schools
St Francis College, Prep & Pre-Prep (4.8 miles); St Chris Junior School (5.1 miles); Sherrardswood Preparatory School (9.3 miles).
State Primary Schools
Whitehill Junior School (0.5 miles); William Ransom Primary School (1.2 miles); Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School (1.8 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
St Francis College (4.8 miles); St Christopher School, Letchworth (5.1 miles); Sherrardswood School (9.3 miles).
State Senior Schools
Hitchin Girls' School (1 mile); Hitchin Boys' School (1.3 miles); The Priory School (2.5 miles).