The Gate, 40 Hastings Road, Bexhill-On-Sea, East Sussex TN40 2NH
10 reasons to choose Battle Abbey Prep School
Main point of differentiation
With a Schoolsmith Score® of 78, and the lowest fees in the area, Battle Abbey Prep School is the low cost all-rounder of prep schools in Eastbourne and Hastings. It is also the smallest.
School fundamentals
Battle Abbey Prep School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 months and 11 years. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Battle Abbey School, an all-through school to age 18. Battle Abbey Prep School fees range from £3,087 (Rec) to £5,112 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT but include lunches.
Average class size
Battle Abbey Prep School 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 Battle Abbey School.
The Battle Abbey Prep School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish. Topic-led curriculum to Year 2, separate subject teaching from Year 3 with timetabled cross-curricular STEAM projects. 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. Beach School and Forest School to Year 2. Residential trips from Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Battle Abbey Prep School
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. Sporting achievement at a national level includes swimming.
The Arts at Battle Abbey Prep School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir and one or two instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.45m to 5.45pm.
Find another school near Battle Abbey Prep School
Claremont Prep & Pre-Prep Schools (6.9 miles); Vinehall School (12.1 miles).
Ninfield Church of England Primary School (3.8 miles); St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, St Leonard’s (4.1 miles); Netherfield Church of England Primary School (9.6 miles).
Claremont School (6.9 miles); Buckswood School (9.1 miles); Battle Abbey School (10.1 miles).
St Richard’s Catholic College (0.6 miles); Claverham Community College (7.1 miles); Ratton School (12.7 miles).