King’s Rochester Prep and Pre-Prep A GSG School
- King’s Rochester Prep and Pre-Prep
St Nicholas House
King Edward Road
Rochester
Kent
ME1 1UB - Head: Mr Tom Morgan & Mrs Kellie Crozer
- T 01634 888590
- F 01634 888507
- E [email protected]
- W www.kings-rochester.co.uk/
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 3 to 13 with a linked senior school
- Read about the best schools in West Kent and East Kent
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Medway
- Pupils: 361 (139 in pre-prep; 222 in prep)
- Religion: Church of England/Christian
- Fees: Day £12,720 - £18,630 ; Boarding £27,945 pa
- Open days: Whole school open mornings: September and May; Reception open morning: March; Year 7 open mornings: November and March
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: King's School Rochester
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Music truly embedded into school life, as you would expect with a cathedral school. All do class music and singing as well as some theory and composing – all taught by music specialists. We observed buzzy classrooms alight with readiness to learn – pupils ultra-keen to tell us what they were working on, much of it kinaesthetic (eg playdough puzzles for maths). The fact that they all stand up (some slower than others) when a visitor walks in belies the...
What the school says...
Boarding is from the age of 11 - Year 7. We educate the Choristers of Rochester Cathedral Choir.
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Choir school - substantial scholarships and bursaries usually available for choristers.
Sports
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head of Preparatory School
Head of prep: Since September 2018, Tom Morgan BMus RCM (40s). Emotionally intelligent and good-humoured. Charming, with no airs and graces and an understated office – even made our tea (mugs, not cups and saucers). Previously deputy head of the Prebendal School in Chichester. A cathedral chorister, he is a graduate of the Royal College of Music where he met his wife, Camilla (a TA at the school) and together they have four children, three of whom are at King’s (eldest at uni). He has also worked at Swanbourne House, Ashdown House and Chafyn Grove. Clearly not a man plagued by bad moods, with parents and pupils saying he is jovial, smiley and bubbly at all times – he certainly had a cheery word for all passers-by during our visit, although...
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Special Education Needs
Please enter a general description of your SEN provision here.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| King's School Rochester | 2023 | Majority to the senior school |
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