The Causeway, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 5HA
10 reasons to choose Stormont School
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Stormont School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 81. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Potters Bar and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Stormont School is an independent prep day school for girls between the ages of 4 and 11 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school and a member of the St Albans Education Group. Stormont School fees range from £5,074 (Rec) to £5,611 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT but include lunches.
Average class size
Stormont School has one class per year and an average class size of 17 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for Stormont School leavers are one of 15 independent schools (95% of leavers) and 5 grammar or partially selective schools (5%). Queenswood School (30%), St Alban’s High (15%), and Haberdashers’ Aske’s Girls’ (10%) are the most popular destinations. 25% of girls win awards and scholarships.
The Stormont School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHEE, reasoning, French. 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 4.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, art, computing, and languages throughout, for science and DT from Year 3, for maths and English from Year 4, and for all subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Stormont School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Stormont School
Art, pottery, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, orchestra and one or two instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near Stormont School
Lochinver House School (1 mile); St John’s Preparatory School, Potters Bar (1.7 miles); Vita et Pax Preparatory School (4.6 miles).
Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School (0.7 miles); The Wroxham School (2.3 miles); Brookmans Park Primary School (2.5 miles).
St John’s Senior School, Enfield (2.4 miles); Queenswood School, Hatfield (2.4 miles); Mount House School (St Martha’s School) (3.4 miles).
Dame Alice Owen’s School (2.1 miles); Chancellor’s School (2.3 miles); Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School (3.8 miles).