Westbury Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS9 3BA
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Badminton School Prep has a Schoolsmith Score® of 84. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Bristol and one of the 4 best primary schools for 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Badminton School Prep is an independent prep day and boarding school for girls between the ages of 4 and 11 years. Boarding from Year 5 for the 10% of pupils who board. 60% are full boarders and 40% are weekly or flexi boarders. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Badminton School, an all-through school to age 18. Badminton School Prep fees range from £4,402 (Rec) to £5,098 per term (2025/26). Full boarding fees are £10,504 per term. Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Badminton School Prep usually has one class per year, sometimes mixed year groups, and an average class size of 13 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Badminton School Prep pupils move up to the senior school.
The Badminton School Prep curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, French, Spanish, German, Latin. Off-timetable Friday afternoons expand the curriculum with activities such as horse riding, cookery, and fashion design. 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, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, dance and drama throughout, for languages, art, DT and computing from Year 3, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Badminton School Prep
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Badminton School Prep
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and three-quarters take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir and several instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 5.45pm.
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