Westbury, Brackley, Northamptonshire NN13 5LB
10 reasons to choose Beachborough School
Top line
Beachborough School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 88. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Brackley and one of the 3 best primary schools for 7 miles.
School fundamentals
Beachborough School is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2.5 and 13 years. Boarding from Year 3 for the 10% of pupils who board. All 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 a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school. Beachborough School fees range from £4,463 (Rec) to £7,008 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Beachborough School usually has two classes per year, sometimes three, and an average class size of 18 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for Beachborough School leavers can be any one of 30 independent day and boarding schools. On average, however, 60% to 70% of pupils go on to Bloxham School and Stowe School . 40%-50% of pupils win awards and scholarships.
The Beachborough School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, STEM (‘Technology, Engineering, Design’),’Enrichment Weeks’, French, Spanish, Latin. 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 (Francis Drake/Discovery lectures). Residential trips from Year 2. The Francis Drake Awards for Years 3 to 8, and the Big Cats Award, for Year 2, encourage participation in the co-curriculum.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, for Technology, Engineering and Design from Year 3, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Beachborough School
School offers over 20 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and an extensive extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in cross country, swimming.
The Arts at Beachborough School
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 from Year 3. Three choirs, orchestra 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 6.45pm. Facility for occasional boarding.
Find another school near Beachborough School
Winchester House School (2.6 miles); Thornton College, Preparatory (9.5 miles); Akeley Wood Junior School (10 miles); Bruern Abbey Preparatory School (13.5 miles).
Bourton Meadow Academy (6.2 miles); Helmdon Primary School (7.2 miles); St Loys Church of England Primary Academy, Weedon Lois (11.7 miles).
Stowe School (4 miles); Akeley Wood Senior School (7.9 miles); Thornton College (9.5 miles); Tudor Hall School (13.7 miles).
Royal Latin School (5.4 miles); Sponne School (12.6 miles); Denbigh School (17.6 miles).