Five Ashes, Mayfield, East Sussex TN20 6HR
10 reasons to choose Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School
Main point of differentiation
With a Schoolsmith Score® of 80, Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School is the highest scoring prep school in the Crowborough and Wadhurst area. It sends more pupils to independent senior schools than other local schools and has developed a skills-based senior school curriculum.
School fundamentals
Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2 and 13 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school, and is a member of the Bellevue Education group. Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School fees range from £3,671 (Rec) to £5,895 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School has one class per year, sometimes two, and an average class size of 19 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for most Year 8 Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School leavers are one of 10 local independent schools with Bede’s, Battle Abbey School and Eastbourne College being the most popular. 30% of pupils win awards and scholarships.
The Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum. It also includes PSHE, French, Spanish, Latin. Topic-led curriculum to Year 2. The Global, Social and Ethics programme is a skills-based humanities curriculum that complements the core ISEB subjects. 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, Woodland Explorers to Year 4 and residential trips from Year 5. Skippers Challenge Award for Years 6 to 8 includes acquiring new skills, personal projects, community service, and adventurous expeditions.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for music, languages, computing, and sport throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Skippers Hill Manor 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 Skippers Hill Manor 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 up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, orchestra and one or two instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 5.45pm.
Find another school near Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School
Annan School (6.9 miles); Sacred Heart School, Wadhurst (8.5 miles); The Mead School (10.2 miles).
Blackboys Church of England Primary School (4.5 miles); St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Crowborough (5.4 miles); Claremont Primary School (9.9 miles).
Mayfield School (2.5 miles); Beechwood School (12 miles); Bede’s School (12 miles).
Heathfield Community College (5.2 miles); Uckfield Community Technology College (7.2 miles); The Skinners’ School (10.6 miles).