Heath Road, Little Heath, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 1LW
10 reasons to choose Lochinver House School
Top line
Lochinver House School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 85. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Potters Bar and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Lochinver House School is an independent prep day school for boys between the ages of 3 and 13 years. The school will become co-ed to Year 2 from Sep 2025. It is a Christian school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school and a member of the Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools group. Lochinver House School fees range from £5,985 (Rec) to £7,635 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Lochinver House School has two classes per year to Year 6, three from Year 7, and an average class size of 16 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for Lochinver House School boys are one of 10-15 schools, especially St Albans School (30% of leavers), Haberdasher Aske’s (20%), Aldenham (10%), Queen Elizabeth’s School Barnet (10%), and Haileybury (5-10%). Between 40% and 50% of pupils leave after Year 6 for local independents and grammar schools. 10-20% of pupils win awards and scholarships.
The Lochinver House School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHEE, French, Latin. 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 5.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, drama, and computing throughout, for languages, art, DT, and science from Year 3, for mythology from Year 4, and for all subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Lochinver House School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in basketball, football, swimming.
The Arts at Lochinver House School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and two-thirds take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.45am to 6.00pm. Minibus service.
Find another school near Lochinver House School
Stormont School (1 mile); St John’s Preparatory School, Potters Bar (2.5 miles); Vita et Pax Preparatory School (5.4 miles).
Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School (1 mile); Brookmans Park Primary School (2 miles); The Wroxham School (2 miles).
Queenswood School, Hatfield (2.2 miles); St John’s Senior School, Enfield (3.2 miles); Mount House School (St Martha’s School) (4.2 miles).
Dame Alice Owen’s School (1.8 miles); Chancellor’s School (2.2 miles); Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School (4.4 miles).