1 Branch Place, Hoxton, London N1 5PH
10 reasons to choose Rosemary Works School
Top line
Rosemary Works School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 74. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Hoxton and one of the 4 best primary schools for 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Rosemary Works School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school. Rosemary Works School fees are £7,390 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Rosemary Works School is a single form entry school with two-mixed age classes and an average class size of 13 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for most Rosemary Works School leavers are one of 10 North/East London independent schools. 20% move on to a local state schools, but the mix can swing wildly from year to year. The most popular independent destinations are Channing School, North Bridge House School in Canonbury and Forest School.
The Rosemary Works School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and is thematic for all year groups. It also includes ‘Life Learning’ (with meditation, mindfulness and massage), reasoning, Democratic Time, Enterprise, Topical Talk, Philosophy 4 Children, Current Affairs, Spanish. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers, Forest School for all pupils to Year 6. Residential trip for Year 5 and 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for music, Spanish and Forest School from Nursery, for sport from Year 5.
Sport at Rosemary Works School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year.
The Arts at Rosemary Works School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the music, English and co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm. Nursery provision for 49 weeks of the year, and Playscheme for Reception to Year 6 through the holidays from 8.00am-6.00pm, also for 49 weeks of the year.
Find another school near Rosemary Works School
St Paul’s Waldorf School (1.3 miles); The Lyceum (1.5 miles); Dallington School (1.7 miles).
St John the Baptist Church of England Primary School, Hoxton N1 (0.4 miles); St Mary’s Church of England Primary School, Islington (0.7 miles); William Tyndale Primary School (0.8 miles).
North Bridge House Senior Canonbury (1.1 miles); City of London School for Girls (1.9 miles).
Central Foundation Boys’ School (1.2 miles); Green Spring Academy Shoreditch (1.3 miles); Highbury Grove School (1.4 miles).