Steephill Independent School and Pre-School
‘Pupils are at the heart of everything we do’
- Steephill Independent School
- Off Castle Hill, Fawkham, Longfield, DA3 7BG
- 01474 702107
- secretary@steephill.co.uk
The school has continued to build on its early success and has achieved a reputation for excellent academic results. Small classes and high expectations have led to an outstanding success rate for children applying to selective state schools and selective independent schools. Those children who go to non-selective state schools have an excellent grounding and parents have reported that this has led to them being much more confident at the beginning of their secondary education.
Despite being a mixed ability school, children consistently have an excellent pass rate and often achieve places at super-selectives and gain awards against fees at secondary independents.
Year of Test | Grammar School passes | Independent School places | Independent School Awards | % 11+ pass |
2012 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 88 |
2013 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 83 |
2014 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 80 |
2015 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 82 |
2016 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 85 |
2017 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 72 |
2018 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 100 |
2019 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 87 |
| 2020 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 86 |
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
| 2022 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 88 |
| 2023 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
SATS
Steephill School pupils last took SATS at the end of year six in 2009 when they were very successful - 55th in The Times top one hundred prep schools.
Now, however, without the pressure of SATS, the children can enjoy a stimulating and creative time in their last year to capitalise on their learning throughout the primary curriculum. This also gives them an excellent preparation for secondary school.