Overthorpe Hall, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX17 2BS
10 simple reasons to choose Carrdus School
Independent prep school and nursery in Banbury.
For pupils aged 3 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 80% girls).
Day school.
Religious character; Church of England.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Junior division of Tudor Hall School, an all-through school to age 18.
Carrdus School fees range from £4,055 (Rec) to £4,600 per term (2022/23).
10 better reasons to choose Carrdus School
Schoolsmith Score®; 80.
One of the best independent prep schools in Banbury and one of the 3 best primary schools for 7 miles.
On average, 15 pupils per class and 11.3 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
30% of girls at Carrdus School go on to Tudor Hall, one of the top 10% of UK schools by academic achievement. 30% go to King's High, Warwick, and 40% to one of 20 other independent schools. At 7+ boys go on to prep schools, in particular Croft, Summer Fields, Winchester House.
School curriculum also includes STEM, PSHE, French, Latin. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, art, drama, computing and languages throughout.
The Carrdus Pathway is the school's reference for character development; each school experience should promote the qualities of confidence, imagination, resilience, independence, aspiration, and empathy.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Over half the pupils learn a musical instrument (from Year 3). Two choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 7.50am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Carrdus School
Independent Prep Schools
St John's Priory School (2.8 miles); Winchester House School (8 miles); Sibford Junior School (10.2 miles).
State Primary Schools
Chipping Warden Primary Academy (6.2 miles); Helmdon Primary School (7.8 miles); Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School (10 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Tudor Hall School (4.6 miles); Bloxham School (5.7 miles); Sibford School (10.2 miles).
State Senior Schools
Southam College (14.7 miles); Royal Latin School (15.8 miles); Sponne School (17.1 miles).