Parsonage Lane, Little Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 4SU
10 reasons to choose Elm Green Preparatory School
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Elm Green Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 80. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Chelmsford and one of the 3 best primary schools for 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Elm Green Preparatory School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school. Elm Green Preparatory School fees range from £3,890 (Rec) to £4,095 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT but include lunches.
Average class size
Elm Green Preparatory School has two classes per year to Year 4, one from Year 5, and an average class size of 18 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for most Elm Green Preparatory School leavers are one of 15 Essex grammar local independent day schools, with a roughly 50%/50% split between the two. Maybe 10% leave for a non-selective state school. The most popular grammar destinations are Colchester County High, Colchester Royal Grammar, King Edward VI Grammar, and Chelmsford County High. For independents it is Felsted School, New Hall School, and Colchester High School. 30% of pupils win scholarships. A four-year average for attainment in Year 6 SATS puts Elm Green Prep in the top 3.1% of all prep and primary schools in England.
The Elm Green Preparatory School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHCEE, reasoning, 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 and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages and computing throughout, for science, history, and geography from Year 3, and for maths and English from Year 5.
Sport at Elm Green 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 Elm Green Preparatory School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils, as is drama from Year 3. All pupils learn an instrument in class and some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir 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.
Find another school near Elm Green Preparatory School
Heathcote School (1.5 miles); St Anne’s School (6.3 miles); Maldon Court Preparatory School (6.4 miles).
Hatfield Peverel St Andrew’s Junior School (4.2 miles); Beehive Lane Community Primary School (5.8 miles); Chipping Hill Primary School (5.8 miles).
New Hall School (6.5 miles); St John’s School, Billericay (11.6 miles); Felsted School (15.3 miles).
Moulsham High School (6.2 miles); Maltings Academy (6.2 miles); Chelmsford County High School for Girls (7 miles).