95 – 97 Surbiton Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 2HW
10 reasons to choose Surbiton High Girls' Prep School
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Surbiton High Girls’ Prep School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 83. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Kingston Upon Thames and one of the 4 best primary schools for 0.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Surbiton High Girls’ Prep School is an independent prep day school for girls between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Christian school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Surbiton High School, an all-through school to age 18, and is a member of United Learning. Surbiton High Girls’ Prep School fees range from £5,681 (Rec) to £7,302 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Surbiton High Girls’ Prep School usually has two classes per year, and an average class size of 23 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
After Year 6 most Prep pupils move up to Surbiton High Girls’ School.
The Surbiton High Girls' Prep School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. From Reception to Year 6 the school reinforces Claxton’s ‘Learning Habits’. The ‘connected’ curriculum links some subjects through cross-curricular topics. As well as National Curriculum subjects, the curriculum includes PSHE, French, Spanish. It is an Apple Distinguished School to reflect the high degree of integration of digital learning in the curriculum. Each pupil may participate in over 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 and languages throughout. Specialist teachers for maths, English, computing, art and science gradually introduced from Years 3 to 5.
Sport at Surbiton High Girls' Prep 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 Surbiton High Girls' Prep School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and two-thirds take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Four choirs and 9 instrument ensembles. The school is one of the top 50 UK prep schools for the breadth of its creative and performing arts extra-curriculum.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Surbiton High Girls' Prep School
Surbiton High Boys’ Preparatory School (0.2 miles); Educare Small School (1.1 miles); Shrewsbury House School (1.9 miles).
Surbiton High School (0.2 miles); Kingston Grammar School (1 mile); London Tutorial College (1.2 miles).
The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form Centre (0.2 miles); Tiffin School (1.1 miles); The Tiffin Girls’ School (1.9 miles).