Bell Hill, Stapleton, Bristol BS16 1BA
10 reasons to choose Collegiate Prep School
Top line
Collegiate Prep School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 81. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Bristol and one of the 3 best primary schools for 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Collegiate Prep School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy from Year 3. It is the junior division of Collegiate School, an all-through school to age 18. Collegiate Prep School fees range from £4,045 (Rec) to £4,885 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Collegiate Prep School typically has two classes per year and an average class size of 14 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6 most Collegiate Prep School pupils move up to the Senior School.
The Collegiate Prep School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French. There is cross-curricular linking of geography and history throughout. The school also offers a Centre National d’Enseignement a Distance accredited bilingual programme for French Nationals. 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 and visiting speakers. Forest School to Year 2 and residential trips from Year 2.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for art, DT and computing from Year 3.
Sport at Collegiate Prep School
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Collegiate Prep School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is taught from Year 3 and is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, 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 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Collegiate Prep School
Bristol Grammar Infant and Junior School (3.6 miles); Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital Junior School (3.7 miles).
Brunel Field Primary School (1.6 miles); Whitehall Primary School (1.7 miles); Bishop Road Primary School (2.2 miles).
Collegiate Senior School (0.1 miles); Bristol Grammar School (3.6 miles); Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital (3.7 miles).
Montpelier High School (2.4 miles); Cotham School (2.8 miles); Redland Green School (2.9 miles).