Hearnville Road, Balham, London SW12 8RS
10 reasons to choose Hornsby House School
Main point of differentiation
With a Schoolsmith Score® of 82, Hornsby House School is the largest, and highest scoring, prep school in Balham and Streatham. It offers the widest variety of performing arts and the joint highest number of extra-curricular clubs. (read the area review here)
School fundamentals
Hornsby House 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. Hornsby House School fees range from £7,530 (Rec) to £8,082 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Hornsby House School has three classes per year and an average class size of 21 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for Hornsby House School leavers are one of 30 London day schools with Dulwich College, Emanuel, Alleyn’s, JAGS, Streatham & Clapham High, and Whitgift accounting for 70% of pupils. 30-40% of pupils win awards and scholarships.
The Hornsby House School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHCE, reasoning, French, Spanish. 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 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, drama, computing, DT and art throughout, and for science from Year 3.
Sport at Hornsby House School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in gymnastics.
The Arts at Hornsby House School
Art, music, dance (to Year 4), and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Three choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.45am to 5.15pm.
Find another school near Hornsby House School
Broomwood Prep Girls & Pre-Prep (0.5 miles); Eveline Day School (0.6 miles); Broomwood Prep Boys (0.7 miles).
Trinity St Mary’s Church of England Primary School (0.2 miles); Holy Ghost Catholic Primary School, Balham (0.4 miles); Henry Cavendish Primary School (0.9 miles).
Emanuel School (1.2 miles); Streatham and Clapham High School (1.5 miles); Thames Christian School (3 miles).
Chestnut Grove School (0 miles); La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School (1 mile); Ernest Bevin College (1.1 miles).