Sports

Sport is an important part of life at Kew College Prep. We want our pupils to leave prep school having enjoyed as wide a range of sports as possible, either through our school curriculum or through our extracurricular clubs. We believe that exposure to Sports can boost self-confidence and social skills, and we encourage our pupils to develop their physical fitness in both team and individual sports.

Our Sports department regularly arranges matches and tournaments with other schools, and all our children get to experience the thrill and challenge of playing as team members, irrespective of sporting ability.

An eventful education

There’s always something going on at Kew College Prep. These are just some of the annual highlights you and your children can look forward to:

Sports

Every summer, we hold our annual Sports Day, which involves all children from Nursery to Year 6, at the King’s House Sports Ground in Chiswick. Children from Years 3 to 6 also have a chance to compete at our Swimming Gala.

To finish off the Autumn Term, Years 3 to 6 take part in a netball and football tournament for The Rudolph Cup, while Year 2 enjoy our festive-themed Jingle Bell Races. There are also numerous sporting fixtures against other schools, and charity fundraising events with a sporting theme.

Charity

Children take an active part in our fundraising work. Each year, each House presents a charity, chosen by the children themselves, to the Junior House, staff, Kew College Friends (KCF) and governors, with the final choice decided democratically in an election. Pupils then raise money through cake sales, mufti days in school and through other activities.

Founder’s Day

Every March, we celebrate Founder’s Day, to commemorate Mrs Hamilton-Spry, who gifted the school and its buildings to our charitable trust in 1985. She bought the school in 1953 from the original founder, Mrs Ellen Upton, who started out in rooms over a shop in Kew Village in 1927.

Founder’s Day is an off-curriculum day in school, with children given an opportunity to enjoy new experiences and activities that extend and challenge them, as well as providing immense enjoyment.

Book Day

We celebrate Book Day every year with an off-curriculum timetable to immerse ourselves in the joy of reading and related activities such as author events, the Big Read and reading with the younger years.

Other Subject Days

Throughout the year, we run specialist days when the whole school timetable is devoted to a single subject, such as History, Art, or Science. These are great opportunities for children to study different aspects of these important subjects, above and beyond the requirements of the curriculum.