Rocester, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire ST14 5BS
10 simple reasons to choose Abbotsholme Prep School
Independent prep school and nursery in Uttoxeter.
For pupils aged 2 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day and boarding school. Less than 5% of pupils board, 40% are full boarders and 60% are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 3.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Very small school, with less than one class per year (combined year groups).
Prep school to Abbotsholme School, an all-through school to age 18.
Abbotsholme Prep School fees range from £3,230 (Rec) to £4,850 per term (2022/23). Full boarding fees are £8,850 per term.
10 better reasons to choose Abbotsholme Prep School
Schoolsmith Score®; 84.
One of the best independent prep schools in Uttoxeter and one of the 3 best primary schools for 7 miles.
On average, 14.8 pupils per class and 11.8 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 6 most Prep School pupils move up to Abbotsholme School.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, French, Spanish, German. Thursday afternoon carousel of Outdoor Education, Farm and Equestrian, and Performing Arts for Years 3 to 6.School operates its own outdoor/woodland education programme ('Forest Schools (KS1) or Outdoor Education (KS2))' and every prep class has a weekly lesson at the working farm for lessons in growing vegetables and animal husbandry. 'During the Summer Term, Years 1 – 6 participate in a multi activity camp sleeping under canvas. For years 1 & 2 this is for one night on the school sports fields, and for the older students this is for two nights in the Peak District National Park.' 'Every October for 2 days the whole prep school goes hill walking in various local areas, staying overnight in local bunkhouses'. 'From Reception class up all pupils have timetabled hands on time on the Farm, working with the animals and undertaking practical and useful tasks.' The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport and languages throughout, for computing, music, dance and drama from Year 3, and for science from Year 5.
The school has a highly developed outdoor education programme which includes; timetabled sessions on the Working Farm for all, a two day October Peak District hike for all, and a Summer Term outdoor adventure residential camp for Years 1 to 6.
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, including equestrian, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in orienteering.
Art, music, and performing arts (dance and drama) are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Dance taught to the highest standard (Alkins School of Dance). All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Three choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 5.30pm. Buses leave at 5.10pm.
Find another school near Abbotsholme Prep School
Independent Prep Schools
Day: The Prep at Denstone College (2.8 miles); St Wystan's School (17.2 miles). Boarding: Repton Prep (19.5 miles).
State Primary Schools
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Uttoxeter (5.3 miles); Clifton Church of England Primary School, Ashbourne (6.2 miles); Church Broughton Church of England Primary School (8.2 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Day: Abbotsholme School (0 miles); Denstone College (2.8 miles). Boarding: Abbotsholme School (0 miles); Denstone College (2.8 miles).
State Senior Schools
Painsley Catholic College (8.6 miles); Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (9.3 miles); John Taylor High School (17.8 miles).