Little Ness, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 2JY
10 reasons to choose Adcote School for Girls, Prep
Top line
Adcote School for Girls, Prep has a Schoolsmith Score® of 80. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Shrewsbury and one of the 4 best primary schools for 10 miles.
School fundamentals
Adcote School for Girls, Prep is an independent prep day and boarding school for girls between the ages of 7 and 11 years. Boarding from Year 3 for the 10% of pupils who board. 90% are full boarders and 10% are weekly or flexi boarders. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Adcote School for Girls, an all-through school to age 18, and a member of the Ray Education Group. Adcote School for Girls, Prep fees are £4,500 per term (2024/25). Full boarding fees are £11,700 per term. Fees exclude VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Adcote School for Girls, Prep 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 Adcote School for Girls.
The Adcote School for Girls, Prep curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, Spanish. Curriculum and co-curriculum designed to achieve CLEAR outcomes in the girls; Confidence, Leadership, Engagement, Achievement and Resilience. 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 and visiting speakers. School has an outdoor learning programme for all year groups. Once every term there is task-oriented Challenge Day, to promote CLEAR outcomes.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, art, DT, computing and humanities throughout.
Sport at Adcote School for Girls, Prep
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in gymnastics.
The Arts at Adcote School for Girls, Prep
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Three choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 5.55pm.
Find another school near Adcote School for Girls, Prep
Packwood Haugh School (5 miles); Shrewsbury High Junior School (8.7 miles); St Winefride’s RC Independent School (9 miles); Prestfelde School (10.1 miles); Bellan House (13.7 miles).
Gobowen Primary School (15.5 miles); Selattyn Church of England Primary School (17 miles); St Peter’s Church of England Primary School, Bratton (20 miles).
Adcote School for Girls (0 miles); Shrewsbury High School (8.9 miles); Shrewsbury School (9.1 miles); Ellesmere College (12 miles).
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