The Ridgeway, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 5QT
10 reasons to choose St John's Preparatory School, Potters Bar
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St John’s Preparatory School, Potters Bar has a Schoolsmith Score® of 75. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Potters Bar and one of the 3 best primary schools for 2 miles.
School fundamentals
St John’s Preparatory School, Potters Bar is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to St John’s Senior School, an all-through school to age 18. St John’s Preparatory School, Potters Bar fees range from £5,400 (Rec) to £5,700 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
St John’s Preparatory School, Potters Bar has one or two classes per year and an average class size of 16 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most St John’s Prep School, Potters Bar, pupils move up to St John’s Senior School in Enfield at the end of Year 6.
The St John's Preparatory School, Potters Bar curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, French. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, drama and languages throughout.
Sport at St John's Preparatory School, Potters Bar
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 St John's Preparatory School, Potters Bar
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 some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir, orchestra and one or two instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.45am to 3.15pm though after school clubs may extend the day.
Find another school near St John's Preparatory School, Potters Bar
Stormont School (1.7 miles); Lochinver House School (2.5 miles); Vita et Pax Preparatory School (4 miles).
Ladbrooke Junior Mixed and Infant School (1.6 miles); Monken Hadley Church of England Primary School (1.9 miles); Hadley Wood Primary School (2.2 miles).
St John’s Senior School, Enfield (0.7 miles); Mount House School (St Martha’s School) (3.3 miles); Susi Earnshaw Theatre School (3.5 miles).
Dame Alice Owen’s School (2.5 miles); Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School (3.6 miles); East Barnet School (3.8 miles).