Overthorpe Hall, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX17 2BS
10 reasons to choose Carrdus School
Top line
Carrdus School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 80. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Banbury and one of the 3 best primary schools for 7 miles.
School fundamentals
Carrdus School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (30%/70%) 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 the junior division of Tudor Hall School, an all-through school to age 18. Carrdus School fees range from £4,775 +VAT (Rec) to £5,330 +VAT per term (2024/25).
Average class size
Carrdus School has one class per year and an average class size of 16 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
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.
The Carrdus School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes STEM, PSHE, French, Latin. 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. 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 a residential trip for Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, art, drama, computing and languages throughout.
Sport at Carrdus 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 Carrdus 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 half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two 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 7.50am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Carrdus School
St John’s Priory School (2.8 miles); Winchester House School (8 miles); Sibford Junior School (10.2 miles).
Chipping Warden Primary Academy (6.2 miles); Helmdon Primary School (7.8 miles); Sibford Gower Endowed Primary School (10 miles).
Tudor Hall School (4.6 miles); Bloxham School (5.7 miles); Sibford School (10.2 miles).
Southam College (14.7 miles); Royal Latin School (15.8 miles); Sponne School (17.1 miles).