6 London Road, Great Glen, Leicester LE8 9DJ
10 simple reasons to choose Stoneygate School, Prep and Pre-Prep
Independent prep school in Great Glen, Leicester.
For pupils aged 3 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Prep school to Stoneygate School, an all-through school to age 16.
Stoneygate School, Prep and Pre-Prep fees range from £4,006 (Rec) to £5,023 per term (2021/22).
10 better reasons to choose Stoneygate School, Prep and Pre-Prep
Schoolsmith Score®; 77.
One of the best independent prep schools in Leicester and one of the 4 best primary schools for 5 miles.
On average, 17.3 pupils per class and 11.6 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At age 11 some pupils leave for local independent schools, including Leicester Grammar School, part of the same foundation. Some stay on at Stoneygate Senior School to sit 13+ exams for Oakham School, Uppingham School, and the Stamford Endowed Schools, among others. A few stay on after 13 to take GCSEs at Stoneygate Senior School.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Latin. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for most subjects, apart from maths and English, from Year 4.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. Residentials from Year 3. Pre-Prep pupils have timetabled Forest School lessons. Years 3 to 6 have sessions within the PSHE programme.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and over half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Three choirs, two orchestras and several instrument ensembles. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 8.15am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near Stoneygate School, Prep and Pre-Prep
Independent Prep Schools
Leicester Grammar Junior School (1.1 miles); Leicester High School for Girls, Juniors (4.6 miles); Leicester Preparatory School (5.5 miles).
State Primary Schools
Church Langton Church of England Primary School (4.4 miles); Sparkenhoe Community Primary School (6.4 miles); Foxton Primary School (6.7 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Leicester Grammar School (1.1 miles); Leicester High School for Girls (4.6 miles); St Crispin's School (6 miles).
State Senior Schools
Beauchamp College (3 miles); Gartree High School Oadby (3.2 miles); Sir Jonathan North Community College (5.8 miles).