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Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School, BH5

St Osmund's Road, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset BH14 9JY

Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School, BH5

10 reasons to choose Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School

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Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 84. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Poole and one of the 6 best primary schools for 5 miles.

School fundamentals

Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. It is a United Reformed Church school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Bournemouth Collegiate School, an all-through school to age 18. Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School fees range from £3,728 (Rec) to £5,242 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.

Average class size

Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School has two classes per year and an average class size of 17 pupils.

Leavers' destinations

Two-thirds of Bournemouth Collegiate Prep School pupils move up to the senior school. Those that don’t, tend to move on to a Bournemouth or Poole grammar school.

The Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School curriculum

School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish. 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. Every year group has a ‘Learning Outside the Classroom week’ every term.

Specialist teaching

Specialist teachers for sport, music, computing, DT and languages throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.

Sport at Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School

School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in sailing, trampolining.

The Arts at Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School

Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the English and co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. 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 5.30pm.

Find another school near Bournemouth Collegiate Preparatory School

Independent Prep Schools

Talbot Heath Junior School (3.2 miles); St Martin’s School, Bournemouth (4.2 miles).

State Primary Schools

St Katharine’s Church of England Primary School, Southbourne (8 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Talbot Heath School (3.2 miles); Bournemouth Collegiate School (6.4 miles); Canford School (7.3 miles).

State Senior Schools

Poole High School (2.8 miles); Parkstone Grammar School (3.5 miles); Magna Academy (3.6 miles).

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