Solefields Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1PH
10 simple reasons to choose Solefield Preparatory School
Independent prep school.
For pupils aged 4 to 13 years.
Boys' school.
Day school.
Religious character; Church of England.
Non-selective intake.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
Fees range from £4,200 (Rec) to £5,115 per term (2019/20).
10 better reasons to choose Solefield Preparatory School
Schoolsmith Score®; 80.
One of the 3 best independent or state primaries within a 1 mile radius.
On average, 12.2 pupils per class and 8.6 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Pupils go on to one of 10 local grammar schools at 11 (even spread of destinations), or stay to sit for one of 10 independent schools at 13. Typically, 60% of Year 8 leavers go on to Tonbridge or Sevenoaks Schools. 10-20% win scholarships.
School offers a programme of day trips and visitors to enhance the curriculum. Residential trips for the senior pupils.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for most subjects from Year 6.
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French, Spanish, Latin. There are out-of-hours extra help sessions for some subjects and over 5 different academic clubs per year group per term.
School offers over 10 different sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in basketball, judo.
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. 3 choirs, 2 orchestras and one or two instrument ensembles. Over 5 different visual and performing arts clubs per year group per term.
Every pupil gets the chance to represent the school every term. An all inclusive policy.
Find another school near Solefield Preparatory School
Independent Prep Schools
The New Beacon School (1 mile); The Granville School (1.5 miles); Walthamstow Hall Junior School (1.9 miles).
State Primary Schools
St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Sevenoaks (0.8 miles); Lady Boswell's Church of England Primary School (1 mile); Sevenoaks Primary School (1.7 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Sevenoaks School (0.3 miles); Walthamstow Hall (1.3 miles); Radnor House, Sevenoaks (Combe Bank School) (4.2 miles).
State Senior Schools
The Judd School (7 miles); Tonbridge Grammar School (7.4 miles); Weald of Kent Grammar School (7.6 miles).