Bellan House, Church Street, Oswestry, Shropshire SY11 2ST
10 simple reasons to choose Bellan House
Independent prep school in Oswestry.
For pupils aged 4 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 60% boys).
Day school.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Junior division of Oswestry School, an all-through school to age 18.
Bellan House fees range from £3,130 (Rec) to £3,810 per term (2022/23).
10 better reasons to choose Bellan House
Schoolsmith Score®; 78.
One of the best independent prep schools in Oswestry and one of the 4 best primary schools for 5 miles.
On average, 13.8 pupils per class and 10.4 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Most Bellan House pupils move up to Oswestry School at the end of Year 6.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, Spanish. School promote positive learning attitudes through its PRIDE programme; Prepared, Responsible, Inventive, Determined, Evaluative. From Year 3, the 'Stretch and Challenge' programme encourages pupils to set their own learning targets. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, and languages throughout, for DT and computing from Year 3, and for science from Year 5.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. All pupils have Forest School sessions. Years 4 to 6 also participate in the John Muir Award. Residential trips from Year 4.
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
Art, and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the creative and extra-curricular programmes. All pupils learn an instrument in class and a third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, orchestra and some instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
School hours are 8.40am to 3.45pm, with childcare available to 6.00pm. Bus service.
Find another school near Bellan House
Independent Prep Schools
Day: Moreton Prep (4.7 miles); Packwood Haugh School (9.1 miles); Ellesmere College Lower School (9.4 miles). Boarding: Moreton Prep (4.7 miles); Packwood Haugh School (9.1 miles); Ellesmere College Lower School (9.4 miles).
State Primary Schools
Selattyn Church of England Primary School (3.3 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Day: Oswestry School (0.2 miles); Moreton Hall School (4.7 miles); Ellesmere College (9.4 miles). Boarding: Oswestry School (0.2 miles); Moreton Hall School (4.7 miles); Ellesmere College (9.4 miles).
State Senior Schools
The Priory School, A Business and Enterprise College (17.7 miles); Belvidere School (19.3 miles); Bishop Heber High School (20.8 miles).