Fulwood Row, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire PR2 5RW
10 reasons to choose Highfield Priory School
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Highfield Priory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 81. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Preston and one of the 3 best primary schools for 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Highfield Priory School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school. Highfield Priory School fees are £4,062 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Highfield Priory School usually has one class per year, sometimes two, and an average class size of 18 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for 40% of Highfield Priory School leavers are Lancaster Royal Grammar, Lancaster Girls’ Grammar and, to a lesser extent, Clitheroe Royal Grammar. 60% of leavers go on to independent schools, in particular the Bolton Schools, Kirkham Grammar, and Westholme School. A four-year average for attainment in Year 6 SATS puts Highfield Priory School in the top 0.4% of all prep and primary schools in England.
The Highfield Priory School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, French. School has an accredited Gifted & Talented programme. 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 residential trips from Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport from Reception, and for music, drama, languages, art, DT, science and computing from Year 3.
Sport at Highfield Priory 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 Highfield Priory School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils, as is ‘Highfield Public Speaking, Elocution and Drama’ from Year 3. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir and one or two instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.15am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Highfield Priory School
St Pius X Preparatory School (3.5 miles); Ashbridge Preparatory School (6.9 miles); Westholme Junior & Infants School (9.4 miles).
Longsands Community Primary School (1.6 miles); St Gregory’s Catholic Primary School, Preston (1.8 miles); Sherwood Primary School (2.6 miles).
Abrar Academy (3.2 miles); Westholme School (9.4 miles); Kirkham Grammar School (13.2 miles).
Preston Muslim Girls High School (2.4 miles); Cardinal Newman College (2.8 miles); Archbishop Temple School, A Church of England Specialist College (2.8 miles).