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Vita et Pax Preparatory School, Southgate, London N14

6a Priory Close, Green Road, Southgate, London N14 4AT

Vita Et Pax Preparatory School, Southgate, London N14

10 reasons to choose Vita et Pax Preparatory School

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Vita et Pax Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 78. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Southgate and one of the 4 best primary schools for 1 mile.

School fundamentals

Vita et Pax Preparatory School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Interdenominational school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school. Vita et Pax Preparatory School fees range from £5,276 (Rec) to £5,450 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.

Average class size

Vita et Pax Preparatory School has one class per year and an average class size of 11 pupils.

Leavers' destinations

Destinations for 40%-45% of Vita et Pax Preparatory School leavers are an independent school. Mount House School is the most popular destination, accounting for 25% of all leavers. Around 10%-15% leave for a grammar school, and around half of all leavers head for a non-selective maintained school. The last available Year 6 SATS results for Vita et Pax Prep (2018) ranked the school in the top 19% of all prep and primary schools in England.

The Vita et Pax Preparatory School curriculum

School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, Spanish. Whole school cross-curricular STEAM and humanities in development. 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 and languages throughout, and for English and maths from Year 3.

Sport at Vita et Pax Preparatory School

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 Vita et Pax Preparatory School

Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir and orchestra. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.

Wraparound care

Wraparound care from 7.20am to 6.00pm.

Find another school near Vita et Pax Preparatory School

Independent Prep Schools

Salcombe Preparatory School (1 mile); Lyonsdown School (2.1 miles); Palmers Green High School, Prep & Juniors (2.9 miles).

State Primary Schools

Danegrove Primary School (0.9 miles); Trent Church of England Primary School (0.9 miles); Brunswick Park Primary and Nursery School (1.1 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Palmers Green High School (2.9 miles); Susi Earnshaw Theatre School (3.1 miles); Dwight School London (4.2 miles).

State Senior Schools

Southgate School (0.4 miles); East Barnet School (0.7 miles); Ashmole Academy (1.3 miles).

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