36 Kent Road, Southsea, Hampshire PO5 3ES
10 simple reasons to choose Portsmouth High Prep School
Independent prep school and nursery in Southsea.
For pupils aged 3 to 11 years.
Girls' school.
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Academically selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Prep school to Portsmouth High School, an all-through school to age 18.
Portsmouth High Prep School fees range from £2,751 (Rec) to £3,627 per term (2022/23).
10 better reasons to choose Portsmouth High Prep School
Schoolsmith Score®; 82.
One of the best independent prep schools in Southsea and one of the 3 best primary schools for 0.5 miles.
On average, 15 pupils per class and 10 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 6, most Prep pupils move up to Portsmouth High School.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It is thematic in pre-prep, but then all subjects are taught separately from Year 3. Curriculum also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Mandarin, Latin. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for most subjects from Year 3.
School enhances the curriculum with a programme of day trips and visitors including residential trips for the senior pupils. Pupils in all year groups participate in Beach School and Forest School sessions.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative 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 most take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, orchestra and one or two 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 Portsmouth High Prep School
Independent Prep Schools
St John's College Lower & Middle Schools (0.2 miles); Mayville High Pre-Prep & Junior Schools (0.5 miles); Portsmouth Grammar Junior School (0.8 miles).
State Primary Schools
Harrison Primary School (8.8 miles); St Alban's Church of England Primary School (9 miles); Redlands Primary School (9.1 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
St John's College, Southsea (0.2 miles); Portsmouth High School (0.2 miles); Mayville High School (0.5 miles).
State Senior Schools
St Edmund's Catholic School (1.3 miles); Cams Hill School (7.7 miles); Oaklands Catholic School (7.8 miles).