Church Hill House, Wilson Way, Horsell, Woking, Surrey GU21 4QW
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Halstead St Andrew’s School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 84. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Woking and one of the 5 best primary schools for 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Halstead St Andrew’s School is the result of the merger of Halstead Prep and St Andrew’s School, completing in Sep 2023. Nursery to Year 2 are to be based at the former Halstead Prep site, Years 3 to 8 at the former St Andrew’s site. It is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2 and 13 years. It is a Christian school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school. Halstead St Andrew’s School fees range from £5,134 (Rec) to £7,412 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Halstead St Andrew’s School usually has three classes per year and an average class size of 13 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
In any given year, destinations for Halstead St Andrew’s School leavers will be one of 15 or so independent schools. Historically, 40-50% of St Andrew’s pupils stayed on to Year 8 with 20%-30% of pupils winning awards and scholarships to a senior school. Halstead Prep girls left at Year 6, with 80% heading to Guildford High, Tormead, St Catherine’s Bramley, Sir William Perkins School, St Teresa’s Effingham or Farnborough Hill. The school intends to extend its own provision to GCSE years, starting from Sep 2026.
The Halstead St Andrew's School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish, 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 and languages throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Halstead St Andrew's School
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in orienteering.
The Arts at Halstead St Andrew's School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and over half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Three or four choirs, orchestra and one or two instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm. Nursery open for 46 weeks of the year.
Find another school near Halstead St Andrew's School
Greenfield School (1.8 miles); Hoe Bridge School (3.6 miles); Ripley Court School (5.4 miles).
St Dunstan’s Catholic Primary School, Woking (2.1 miles); Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School, West End (3.7 miles); New Haw Community Junior School (4.3 miles).
Sir William Perkins’s School (6.4 miles); Royal Grammar School, Guildford (7.2 miles); St George’s College, Weybridge (7.4 miles).
Woking High School (0.6 miles); The Winston Churchill School A Specialist Sports College (2 miles); St John the Baptist Catholic Comprehensive School, Woking (2.4 miles).