St Edmund’s Prep School
St Edmunds Prep School
Org 1: IAPS
Old Hall Green, Ware, Hertfordshire SG11 1DS
Telephone: 01920 824239
Open events: Next Open Day: Friday 14 March 2025
Key dates: Autumn term: Thursday 5 September 2024 to Friday 13 December 2024
Half term: Saturday 19 October 2024 to Sunday 3 November 2024
Spring term: Tuesday 7 January 2025 to Friday 4 April 2025
Half term: Saturday 15 February 2025 to Sunday 23 February 2025
Summer term: Thursday 24 April 2025 to Thursday 3 July 2025
Half term: Saturday 24 May 2025 to Sunday 1 June 2025
Age Range: Nursery, Pre-Prep/Infants, Prep/Junior to 11
Day or Boarding: Day, Day Only
Gender: Co-ed
Chairman of Governors: Mr Paul Raynes, MA Cantab
Head: Mr S Cartwright, BSc Hons Surrey
Deputy Head: Dr F J McLauchlan, MA, PhD Cantab
Assistant Head: Mr G Duddy, BEd Wales
Head of EYFS: Mrs V Penfold, BA London Metropolitan
Age range. 3–11. Co-educational.
Number of pupils. 154.
Fees per term (2024-2025). Day (including lunch): £2,048–£7,104 including VAT from January 2025.
St Edmund’s Prep School, founded in 1874, is a co-educational, independent Catholic Nursery, Pre-Prep and Prep School, situated in beautiful countryside near Ware, Hertfordshire.
Easily accessible from North London, as well as from the main A10, A1 and M11 corridors of Hertfordshire, the School embraces family values and is a place where education is seen as a joint venture involving staff, parents and children.
Guided by Catholic values and principles, St Edmund's strives for excellence and creativity in providing a forward-thinking education for its pupils. Committed to instilling a sense of responsibility in students, the Prep provides them with the foundation upon which they can build a confident and successful future.
Small class sizes allow focused attention, ensuring that children become confident learners both inside and outside the classroom. Facilities are shared with the main College, ensuring pupils have the experiences they need to develop fully in all aspects of their lives. Families of all faiths – and of no faith at all – are warmly welcomed.
The school has a broad, balanced curriculum that caters for the individual child at each stage of their development. Pupils are introduced to a wide range of educational experiences, developing the skills required to deal critically and creatively with the world around them.
Students who join in or before Year 4 are not required to sit the entrance examination for the main College at 11+.
A proud holder of both the Gold Sports Mark for Sport and the England Arts Council Silver Award, St Edmund's Prep is committed to healthy living and both physical and mental wellbeing. Food is home cooked, fresh fruit is provided at break times, and both sport and physical activity are seen as a priority for all. Prep children have access to a floodlit Astroturf facility, as well as an indoor swimming pool, large gymnasium and many acres of beautiful grounds.
A fun range of co-curricular activities is run every day and both breakfast and teatime clubs are available. School bus services run for children over seven from Year 3.
Charitable status. St Edmund’s College is a Registered Charity, number 311073.