Cut Hedge Park, Halstead Road, Gosfield, Halstead, Essex CO9 1PF
10 reasons to choose Gosfield Prep School
Top line
Gosfield Prep School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 76. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Halstead and one of the 3 best primary schools for 7 miles.
School fundamentals
Gosfield Prep School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Gosfield School, an all-through school to age 18. Gosfield Prep School fees range from £4,254 (Rec) to £5,957 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Gosfield Prep School has one class per year and an average class size of 14 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6 most Prep School pupils move up to Gosfield School.
The Gosfield Prep School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It is structured as an hour a day for English and maths and a ‘creative curriculum’ for science, history, geography, RE, art, and DT. Curriculum also includes PSHE, reasoning, 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 Forest School for all year groups.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages and computing throughout, and for science, geography and food technology from Year 4.
Sport at Gosfield Prep 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 Gosfield Prep School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the English, creative, and extra curricula. All pupils learn an instrument in class and some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir and one or two instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm. Minibus service.
Find another school near Gosfield Prep School
St Margaret’s Preparatory School, Halstead (3.7 miles); Stoke College, Prep School (12.1 miles).
St Andrew’s Church of England Primary School (1.9 miles); Lyons Hall School (5.5 miles); White Notley Church of England Primary School (9.2 miles).
Gosfield School (0 miles); Stoke College (12.1 miles); Felsted School (13.6 miles).
Maltings Academy (12.2 miles); The Stanway School (12.9 miles); St Benedict’s Catholic College (14.5 miles).