St Faith's Prep School Canterbury A GSG School
- St Faith's Prep School Canterbury
5 The Street
Ash
Canterbury
Kent
CT3 2HH - Head: Helen Coombs
- T 01304 813409
- F 01304 813409
- E [email protected]
- W www.stfaithsprep.com
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 2 to 11.
- Read about the best schools in Kent
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Kent
- Pupils: 240
- Religion: None
- Fees: £12,090 - £15,285 pa (last updated on 17/01/2025)
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
There’s no sweeping drive, impressive façade or glitzy reputation but there are happy children, good manners, focused teaching, high expectations and jolly good 11+ results. Parents say it is ‘unstuffy’ and barely feels independent at all. We jumped into a lesson on The Highwayman where year 5s were sensitively writing alternative endings using Surface Pros (touch typing taught in year 3). Pupils say they like the Accelerated Reader programme because it focuses on ‘real books’ and they love getting the ‘word millionaire’ badges where ‘reading anything counts.’ Sport is high on the agenda, with particular excitement when team sheets are posted for fixtures in cricket, hockey, football and rugby. Up to six teams pile...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Since September 2023, Helen Coombs, previously deputy head for 11 years and teacher since 2008. Educated locally at Simon Langton Girls’ Grammar School, followed by a degree in education at Rolle College, University of Plymouth, specialising in early years. She has gained a plethora of accreditations - ‘enough modules to complete several masters over,’ she laughs, including SENCo, mental health first aid and provision for children who have suffered trauma. She has a strong loyalty and respect for her staff and calls the former head her ‘great mentor.’ Pupils say she’s ‘kind and you want to please her.’ Parents say she’s ‘lovely’, ‘an advocate for the children’ and ‘works really hard behind the scenes to make things happen’. ‘A beacon of the school’s family ethos’, according to another parent - perhaps cemented when she...
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Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
|
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
|
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
Y |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
|
| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
|
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
|
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
|
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
|
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School | 2024 | 8 | ||
| Sir Roger Manwood's School | 2024 | 6 | ||
| Dover College | 2024 | 5 | 6 | All Rounder Scholarships (3); Sports Scholarship; Drama Scholarship; Music Scholarship |
| St Edmund's School | 2024 | 5 | 7 | Drama Scholarship; Dance Scholarship; Music Scholarship; Sports Scholarship; Art Scholarships (3) |
| Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys | 2024 | 4 | ||
| Dover Grammar School for Boys | 2024 | 2 | ||
| Dover Grammar School for Girls | 2024 | 2 | ||
| Kent College Canterbury | 2024 | 1 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; Sports Scholarship |
| St Lawrence College | 2024 | 1 |
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