458 Rayners Lane, Pinner, Middlesex HA5 5DT
10 reasons to choose Buckingham Preparatory School
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Buckingham Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 77. It is one of the best independent prep schools in Pinner and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Buckingham Preparatory School is an independent prep day school for boys between the ages of 3 and 11 years. 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. Buckingham Preparatory School fees range from £3,700 (Rec) to £4,750 per term (2023/24).
Average class size
Buckingham Preparatory School has one class per year and an average class size of 17 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for 30% of Buckingham Preparatory School leavers are one of four grammar schools; Queen Elizabeth’s Boys’, Watford Grammar, Dr Challoner’s or St Clement Danes. 70% of leavers go on to one of 6 or 7 independent schools, with Merchant Taylors’, Haberdasher’s Askes’, John Lyon and Aldenham accounting for most.
The Buckingham Preparatory School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French. 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 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for art from Year 3.
Sport at Buckingham Preparatory School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Buckingham Preparatory School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and two-thirds take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir and one or two instrument ensembles. Annual ‘Expressive Arts Week’. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Buckingham Preparatory School
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