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Clifton College Prep & Pre-Prep, Bristol BS8

The Avenue, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3HE

10 simple reasons to choose Clifton College Prep & Pre-Prep

Independent prep school and nursery in Clifton, Bristol.
For pupils aged 3 months to 13 years.
Mixed school (about 60% boys).
Day and boarding school. Around 10% of pupils board, 80% are full boarders and 20% are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 4.
Religious character; Church of England.
Academically selective admissions policy from Year 3.
Large school with an average of three classes per year.
Prep school to Clifton College, an all-through school to age 18.
Clifton College Prep & Pre-Prep fees range from £3,775 (Rec) to £6,575 per term (2022/23). Full boarding fees range from £9,155 to £10,845 per term.

10 better reasons to choose Clifton College Prep & Pre-Prep

Schoolsmith Score®; 92.
One of the best independent prep schools in Bristol and one of the 6 best primary schools for 1 mile.
On average, 15.2 pupils per class and 6.3 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 8 most Prep pupils move up to Clifton College.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, French, Spanish, German, Mandarin, Latin. CReSTeD recognised dyslexia facility. School participates in both the Eco Schools programme and the Forest School programme (to Year 3). The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, for all subjects except English, history, geography and RS from Year 4, and for all subjects from Year 6.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. Forest school to Year 3. Residential trips, including outdoor adventure, from Year 3.
There are five games sessions per week, taking up 20% of curricular time. Including PE and swimming, sport is 29% of the curriculum. School is one of the 50 prep schools with the most extensive sports offers in the UK. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in hockey, netball, rugby 7s, skiing.
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and the majority take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. 80-strong choir, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The school is one of the 50 prep schools with the most extensive creative and performing arts extra-curricular programmes in the UK.
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm. Facility for occasional boarding.

Find another school near Clifton College Prep & Pre-Prep

Independent Prep Schools

Day: Clifton High School, Nursery to Junior Schools (0.4 miles); Queen Elizabeth's Hospital Junior School (1 mile); Bristol Grammar Infant and Junior School (1 mile). Boarding: Badminton Junior School (1.7 miles); Tockington Manor School (10.1 miles); Royal High Prep School, Bath (13.8 miles).

State Primary Schools

Ss Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Redland (0.8 miles); Westbury Park School (1.1 miles); Southville Primary School (1.6 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Day: Clifton College, Upper School (0.2 miles); Clifton High School (0.4 miles); Queen Elizabeth's Hospital (1 mile). Boarding: Clifton College, Upper School (0.2 miles); Clifton High School (0.4 miles); Badminton School (1.7 miles).

State Senior Schools

Cotham School (1 mile); Redland Green School (1.1 miles); Bristol Cathedral Choir School (1.5 miles).

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