Cross Deep, Twickenham, Surrey TW1 4QJ
10 reasons to choose St Catherine's Prep School, Twickenham
Main point of differentiation
St Catherine’s Prep School, Twickenham has a Schoolsmith Score® of 79, and is the only Catholic prep school Twickenham and Hampton. It is all-girls and has the smallest class sizes.
School fundamentals
St Catherine’s Prep School, Twickenham is an independent prep day school for girls between the ages of 7 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to St Catherine’s School, an all-through school to age 18. St Catherine’s Prep School, Twickenham fees are £5,324 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT and lunches.
Average class size
St Catherine’s Prep School, Twickenham has one class per year and an average class size of 16 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6 most Prep School pupils move up with a guaranteed place to the senior school; St Catherine’s School, Twickenham.
The St Catherine's Prep School, Twickenham curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French. School values are informed by Catholic social morality. Religious Education accounts for 10% of curriculum time. There is daily collective worship and prayer, and observance of Catholic celebrations. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 4.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, computing and languages throughout, and for drama, DT and food & nutrition from Year 3.
Sport at St Catherine's Prep School, Twickenham
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Catherine's Prep School, Twickenham
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, orchestra and some instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near St Catherine's Prep School, Twickenham
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