Solefields Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1PH
10 simple reasons to choose Solefield Preparatory School
Independent prep school in Sevenoaks.
For pupils aged 4 to 13 years.
Boys' school.
Day school.
Religious character; Church of England.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
Solefield Preparatory School fees range from £3,780 (Rec) to £5,280 per term (2021/22).
10 better reasons to choose Solefield Preparatory School
Schoolsmith Score®; 80.
One of the best independent prep schools in Sevenoaks and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1 mile.
On average, 14.6 pupils per class and 10.4 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Destinations for Solefield Preparatory School leavers are one of 10 local grammar schools at 11 (even spread of destinations), or one of 10 independent schools at 13. Typically, 60% of Year 8 leavers go on to Tonbridge or Sevenoaks Schools. 10-20% of pupils 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 PSHE, reasoning, Thinking Skills, Philosophy, Politics and Ethics, French, Spanish, 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 6.
Though the curriculum is essentially subject based, there are regular whole school cross-curricular 'theme weeks'. There is also a programme of day trips and visitors to enhance the curriculum. Residential trips for the senior pupils.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. 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. Three choirs, two orchestras 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 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).