Flempton Road, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 6QJ
10 simple reasons to choose Brookes School, Lower School
Independent prep school and nursery in Risby, Bury St Edmunds.
For pupils aged 3 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day and boarding school. Around 20% of pupils board, 50% are full boarders and 50% are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 5.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Very small school, with less than one class per year (combined year groups).
Junior division of Brookes Cambridge, an all-through school to age 16.
Brookes School, Lower School fees range from £2,695 (Rec) to £3,245 per term (2022/23). Full boarding fees are £8,635 per term.
10 better reasons to choose Brookes School, Lower School
Schoolsmith Score®; 75.
One of the best independent prep schools in Bury St Edmunds and one of the 4 best primary schools for 7 miles.
On average, 10.3 pupils per class and 10.3 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 6, 80% of Brookes Lower School pupils move to a local grammar or independent secondary school. 20% move up to the senior school.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, French. It is thematic throughout, linking subjects to a termly or half-termly topic. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for art, DT and science from Year 3.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers.
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum.
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the thematic curriculum and co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir and one or two instrument ensembles. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm. Minibus service.
Find another school near Brookes School, Lower School
Independent Prep Schools
South Lee School (5.9 miles); Culford Preparatory School (6.3 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Brookes Cambridge (0 miles); Culford School (6.3 miles); Thetford Grammar School (15.9 miles).
State Senior Schools
Bury St Edmunds County Upper School (3.7 miles); St Benedict's Catholic School (3.8 miles); King Edward VI Church of England Voluntary Controlled Upper School (4 miles).