Grange Drive, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 5ES
10 reasons to choose Babington House Nursery & Preparatory School
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Babington House Nursery & Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 76. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Chislehurst and one of the 4 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Babington House Nursery & Preparatory School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (40%/60%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Babington House School, an all-through school to age 18. Babington House Nursery & Preparatory School fees are £6,790 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Babington House Nursery & Preparatory School has two classes per year and an average class size of 18 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Babington House Prep girls move up to the senior school. The majority of boys go on to Eltham College.
The Babington House Nursery & Preparatory School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish, German. 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, Forest School to Year 1 and residential trips from Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, art and languages from Year 3.
Sport at Babington House Nursery & Preparatory School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Babington House Nursery & Preparatory School
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 up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs and some instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Babington House Nursery & Preparatory School
Breaside Preparatory School (1.2 miles); Bickley Park School (1.6 miles); Eltham College Junior School (1.8 miles).
St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School, Mottingham (1 mile); St George’s Church of England Primary School, Bickley (1.4 miles); St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Bromley (1.5 miles).
Babington House School (0 miles); Eltham College (1.8 miles); Farringtons School (2 miles).
Bullers Wood School (0.9 miles); St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School (2.3 miles); The Ravensbourne School (2.5 miles).