St George's School Windsor Castle

St George's is an IB World School authorised in 2023 to teach the IB Primary Years Programme, making it the first standalone prep school in the UK to do so. Its curriculum is built around inquiry, conceptual understanding and the IB learner profile, linking knowledge, skills and mindset across the 3 to 13 journey. In Years 7 and 8 pupils follow the Pre-Senior Baccalaureate, which gives them more choice and leadership opportunities before they move on to senior school.

St George's covers ages 3 to 13. The Early Years Foundation Stage includes Kindergarten (from age 3, mornings or full days) and Reception, followed by the Pre-Prep (Years 1 and 2), the Prep School (Years 3 to 6) and the Senior Prep (Years 7 and 8), where pupils follow the Pre-Senior Baccalaureate before moving to senior schools at 13.

St George's describes its aim as offering no ordinary education: learning that is fun yet rigorous and ambitious, a lifelong love of learning and, above all, happy children. The school places strong relationships between staff, pupils and parents at the centre of its ethos, seeks to build each child's self-esteem and strengths, and through Round Square promotes internationalism, democracy, environmentalism, adventure, leadership and service.

The school sits at the foot of Windsor Castle, directly opposite Windsor & Eton Riverside station and a few minutes from Windsor & Eton Central. Sports facilities include expertly kept playing fields in the private grounds of the castle, an indoor swimming pool and an artificial-turf pitch for hockey and netball. For music there is a recording and music technology suite, and choirs and ensembles perform regularly in St George's Chapel. The school also has a boarding house at its heart, a dining room and bike and scooter storage.

Breakfast, lunch and supper are cooked on site on a three-week menu with soup, a salad bar and options for dietary needs, and lunch and snacks are included in fees. A breakfast club opens at 7:30, after-school care and activities run until 17:45, and a supper club is offered to older pupils. A school bus links Windsor with Maidenhead and Taplow. Means-tested bursaries, sibling discounts and chorister grants are available, and day trips linked to the curriculum are included in fees.

The boarding house lies at the heart of the school and offers weekly boarding (Sunday or Monday to Thursday nights) and flexi boarding for girls and boys from Year 4 upwards. It is also the term-time home of the Chapel choristers. Resident house parents lead a team that includes an assistant house parent, a matron and graduate assistants, and boarders enjoy evening activities after supper. The boarding ethos is built on friendship, adventure and independence.

Every pupil has several sports sessions a week, and from Year 3 all children represent the school in fixtures against other prep schools, with house competitions, IAPS tournaments and sports tours abroad. Sports include swimming and hockey, and older pupils can take part in golf, rowing and fencing events. Music is central: most children learn an instrument and can join ensembles and choirs such as the Supers' Choir, the Chamber Choir and the T-Voices training choir. Drama productions run for every age group, LAMDA lessons are available, and an after-school activities programme runs until 17:45.