St Nicholas House, King Edward Road, Rochester, Kent ME1 1UB
10 reasons to choose King's Rochester Prep & Pre-Prep Schools
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King’s Rochester Prep & Pre-Prep Schools has a Schoolsmith Score® of 82. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Rochester and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1 mile.
School fundamentals
King’s Rochester Prep & Pre-Prep Schools is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 3 and 13 years. It is also a Choir School. Boarding from Year 7 for the very small number of pupils who board. 60% are full boarders and 40% are weekly or flexi boarders. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to The King’s School, an all-through school to age 18, and is an associated member of the Woodard Corporation. King’s Rochester Prep & Pre-Prep Schools fees range from £5,159 (Rec) to £7,557 per term (2025/26). Full boarding fees are £11,335 per term. Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
King’s Rochester Prep & Pre-Prep Schools has two classes per year and an average class size of 19 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6 about 20% of King’s Rochester Prep pupils leave for a grammar school. Invariably, the 80% who stay on move up to the senior school at the end of Year 8.
The King's Rochester Prep & Pre-Prep Schools curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHEE, French, German, Latin. It is an Apple Distinguished School to reflect the high degree of integration of digital learning in the curriculum. 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 and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, art and computing throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at King's Rochester Prep & Pre-Prep Schools
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 athletics.
The Arts at King's Rochester Prep & Pre-Prep Schools
School educates the choristers of Rochester Cathedral. 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 two-thirds take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir (in addition to the Choristers), orchestra and five 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 6.30pm.
Find another school near King's Rochester Prep & Pre-Prep Schools
St Andrew’s School, Rochester (0.2 miles); Gad’s Hill Kindergarten & Junior School (3.4 miles); The New Beacon School (22.6 miles); Kent College Prep School, Pembury (22.8 miles); Dulwich School Cranbrook Prep (23.8 miles).
St William of Perth Catholic Primary School, Rochester (0.9 miles); The Pilgrim School (1.2 miles); Oaklands School, Chatham (2.8 miles).
The King’s School, Rochester (0.3 miles); Rochester Independent College (0.3 miles); Gad’s Hill School (3.4 miles); Cobham Hall (6.1 miles).
Fort Pitt Grammar School (0.8 miles); The Rochester Grammar School (1 mile); Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School (1.2 miles).