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A traditional and fun prep with a modern edge and emphasis on extracurricular, where girls learn through experience not worksheets or pressure. A great place for a rich grounding and springboard to confident futures (either at the senior school or elsewhere).
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Overview & data
- Pupil numbers
- 125 ·
- Religion
- Inter-denominational
- Fees
- £22,137 pa
- Local authority
- Kent County Council
- Linked schools
Headteacher
Headmistress
Ms Louise Chamberlain
Since June 2023, Louise Chamberlain, previously vice principal at CATS, Cambridge, for a year. Before that, head of biology, assistant head of welfare and deputy head of pastoral care for 14 years at Worth School. Degree in applied microbiological
Entrance
Non-selective. From age 2 into recently refurbished nursery, but reception and year 3 most popular entry points, Admissions through taster sessions and informal chat with parents. but places at any time if spaces. Nursery and pre-school became co-ed
- Open days
- February
Exit
About 70 per cent move up to the senior school. All girls take the same entrance ISEB Common Pre-Test in maths, English, VR and NVR as external applicants, with preparation starting in year 5. Others mostly to local grammars, or indies, eg Sevenoaks
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Money matters
- Fee information
- £22,137 pa
Our view
Once on the same site as the senior school, the juniors packed up and moved to bigger premises five minutes’ away back in 1992. And while still very part of a ‘one school ethos’, parents say the junior school – a charming Edwardian house with modern
The last word
A traditional and fun prep with a modern edge and emphasis on extracurricular, where girls learn through experience not worksheets or pressure. A great place for a rich grounding and springboard to confident futures (either at the senior school or
