2 New Change, St Paul's, London EC4M 9AD
10 reasons to choose St Paul's Cathedral School
Top line
St Paul’s Cathedral School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 85. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around St Paul’s and one of the 6 best primary schools for 1 mile.
School fundamentals
St Paul’s Cathedral School is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 4 and 13 years. It is also a Choir School. Full boarding from Year 3 for Choristers only. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school, and is affiliated to the Merchant Taylors’ Company. St Paul’s Cathedral School fees range from £7,218 (Rec) to £7,770 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
St Paul’s Cathedral School has two classes per year and an average class size of 15 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for St Paul’s Cathedral School leavers are over 30 independent day (Year 6) and boarding schools (Year 8). No particular destination school dominates. Half of pupils (and most girls) leave after Year 6 for London day schools. Over 50% of pupils win awards and scholarships, with many choristers winning music scholarships.
The St Paul's Cathedral School curriculum
School uses the thematic International Primary curriculum to Year 4, the National Curriculum and ISEB Common Entrance curricula thereafter. Curriculum also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Latin, Greek. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different 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 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, drama, dance, art, computing, TPR, and languages throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at St Paul's Cathedral School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in football.
The Arts at St Paul's Cathedral School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and all take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. 3 choirs (in addition to the choristers), two orchestras and 10 instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.The school educates the choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral. The 32-36 choristers are professionally trained, with daily singing commitments, yet participate in a full school life as a boarder. Every day there is a morning and afternoon rehearsal, and a cathedral service.
Wraparound care
No wraparound care as such, but with clubs, the school day runs from 8.10am to 5.00pm.
Find another school near St Paul's Cathedral School
The Charterhouse Square School (0.5 miles); Dallington School (0.8 miles); The Lyceum (1.1 miles).
The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark (0.9 miles); Christopher Hatton Primary School (1 mile); The Aldgate School (1 mile).
City of London School (0.4 miles); City of London School for Girls (0.5 miles); The Royal Ballet School (1.6 miles); Westminster School (2.6 miles).
London Nautical School (1.1 miles); Central Foundation Boys’ School (1.1 miles); Ark Globe Academy (1.5 miles).