Chesterton Manor, Chesterton, Bicester, Oxfordshire OX26 1UY
10 reasons to choose Bruern Abbey Preparatory School
Top line
Bruern Abbey Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 83. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Bicester and one of the 7 best primary schools for 10 miles.
School fundamentals
Bruern Abbey Preparatory School is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys between the ages of 8 and 13 years with dyslexia, dyspraxia or other learning difficulties. Boarding from Year 4 for the 70% of pupils who board. All are weekly or flexi boarders. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Bruern Abbey School, an all-through school to age 16, and is a member of the Bellevue Education group. Bruern Abbey Preparatory School fees are £12,151 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Bruern Abbey Preparatory School usually has three classes per year, and an average class size of 11 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Leavers’ destination schools for Bruern Abbey School pupils are one of 20 mainstream independent boarding schools at Common Entrance. 10% of pupils win awards and scholarships. A new senior division, to GCSE, opened in September 2022.
The Bruern Abbey Preparatory School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHEE, study skills, touch typing, French. Maths and English account for over half the timetable, and other subjects are taught through a thematic skills-based curriculum. Reading is a curricular subject. The school specialises in helping children with specific learning difficulties and has CReSTeD accreditation as a dyslexia specialist provision school. Most needs are met in class so there is limited withdrawal for remedial support. There is extensive use of IT to help learning. The school offers each child a handful of 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 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport and music throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5. SpLD specialist teachers throughout.
Sport at Bruern Abbey Preparatory 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.
The Arts at Bruern Abbey Preparatory School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.15am to 6.10pm. Minibus service to London at the beginning and the end of the week.
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