95 Newmarket Road, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 2HU
10 reasons to choose Norwich High Prep School for Girls
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Norwich High Prep School for Girls has a Schoolsmith Score® of 82. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Norwich and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Norwich High Prep School for Girls is an independent prep day school for girls between the ages of 3 and 11 years. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the prep department of Norwich High School for Girls, an all-through school to age 18, and is a member of the Girls’ Day School Trust. Norwich High Prep School for Girls fees are £5,259 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Norwich High Prep School for Girls has one class per year to Year 2, two from Year 3, and an average class size of 14 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Prep School pupils move up to Norwich High School.
The Norwich High Prep School for Girls curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE (‘Believing in Butterflies’), reasoning, French. Higher order thinking skills are developed through the ‘Bespoke Curriculum’ for STEM and history and geography. It is an Apple Distinguished School to reflect the high degree of integration of digital learning in the curriculum. 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. Forest School for all pupils up to Year 4.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for science in Year 6.
Sport at Norwich High Prep School for Girls
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Norwich High Prep School for Girls
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 two-thirds take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Norwich High Prep School for Girls
Town Close School (0.3 miles); Norwich Lower School (1.4 miles); Norwich Steiner School, Lower School (1.6 miles).
Trowse Primary School (2.2 miles); Alpington and Bergh Apton Church of England Primary School (6.6 miles); Hockering Church of England Primary Academy (9.5 miles).
Norwich High School for Girls GDST (0 miles); Norwich School (1.4 miles); Norwich Steiner School (1.6 miles).
Notre Dame High School, Norwich (1 mile); Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form Free School (1.1 miles); Hellesdon High School (3.5 miles).