Birdcage Lane, Savile Park, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX3 0JB
10 simple reasons to choose The Gleddings Preparatory School
Independent prep school and nursery in Savile Park, Halifax.
For pupils aged 6 months to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 60% boys).
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
The Gleddings Preparatory School fees are £3,205 per term (2020/21).
10 better reasons to choose The Gleddings Preparatory School
Schoolsmith Score®; 76.
One of the best independent prep schools in Halifax and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1 mile.
On average, 20.7 pupils per class and 13.2 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Leavers' destination schools for most Gleddings Preparatory School pupils is one of the two Calderdale (partial) grammar schools; Crossley Heath Grammar, and North Halifax Grammar. Over the past 15 years Gleddings Prep has an average pass rate of 86% in the Halifax Grammar Schools Exam.
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French, Mandarin, Latin. There are also some extra-curricular academic clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, computing, and languages throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Consistently reinforced programmes for character education; 'YOU CHOOSE', and higher order thinking skills; 'THINK!'. 'Fit for Life' in Year 6 introduces broader skills such as enterprise, managing money, oracy, citizenship, outdoor pursuits, DIY.
School offers over 10 different sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Choir, orchestra and one or two instrument ensembles. Up to 10 extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs per year group per term.
Wraparound care from 7.15am to 6.00pm. Nursery care for 50 weeks of the year.
Find another school near The Gleddings Preparatory School
Independent Prep Schools
Hipperholme Grammar Junior School (4.8 miles); The Mount School, Huddersfield (5.8 miles); Heathfield School (6 miles).
State Primary Schools
All Saints' CofE VA Junior and Infant School (0.8 miles); Copley Primary School (1 mile); Parkinson Lane Community Primary School (1.2 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Hipperholme Grammar School (4.8 miles); Rishworth School (6.3 miles).
State Senior Schools
The Crossley Heath School (0.7 miles); Trinity Academy, Halifax (3.9 miles); The North Halifax Grammar School (4.3 miles).