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North Bridge House Prep School & Pre-Prep

1 Gloucester Avenue, Camden Town, London NW1 7AB

North Bridge House Prep School & Pre Prep, Camden Town NW1

10 simple reasons to choose North Bridge House Prep School & Pre-Prep

Independent prep school and nursery in Camden Town.
For pupils aged 2 to 13 years.
Mixed school (boys and girls taught separately from Year 6).
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Very large school with an average of five classes per year.
Prep school to North Bridge House School, an all-through school to age 18.
North Bridge House Prep School & Pre-Prep fees range from £6,320 (Rec) to £6,840 per term (2021/22).

10 better reasons to choose North Bridge House Prep School & Pre-Prep

Schoolsmith Score®; 82.
One of the best independent prep schools in Camden Town and one of the 3 best primary schools for 0.5 miles.
On average, 17.3 pupils per class and 11.3 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
75% of North Bridge House Prep pupils leave after Year 6, the most popular destination being North Bridge House Senior. 35%-45% of pupils move up, mainly to the Hampstead branch. Otherwise, pupils move on to one of 25 different schools. The most popular, Highgate School, North London Collegiate, City of London Girls, South Hampstead High, Channing, and UCS rarely account for more than 5% of 11+ leavers. It's mainly boys that make up the 25% who stay at the Prep to Year 8, when they head off to one of 12 different schools. Mill Hill Senior is the most popular, taking 35%. City of London School takes 20% of Year 8 leavers.
School curriculum follows the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum. It also includes PPE (philosophy, politics, economics), General Studies, critical thinking, PSHE, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Latin. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs. In recent years the school has enjoyed national tournament success in chess.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages and computing throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
There is Forest School for the pre-prep pupils, and regular educational trips for all year groups. Residential trips from Year 5.
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
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. Five choirs, orchestra and several 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. Minibus service.

Find another school near North Bridge House Prep School & Pre-Prep

Independent Prep Schools

The Cavendish School (0.2 miles); Saint Christina's School (0.9 miles); Queen's College Preparatory School, London (1.2 miles).

State Primary Schools

Primrose Hill School (0.4 miles); Richard Cobden Primary School (0.5 miles); Holy Trinity and St Silas Church of England Primary School (0.7 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Southbank International School, Westminster (1.2 miles); Portland Place School (1.2 miles); Fine Arts College (1.4 miles).

State Senior Schools

The Camden School for Girls (0.9 miles); The St Marylebone CofE School (1.3 miles); Acland Burghley School (1.5 miles).

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