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Dean Close Preparatory School & Pre-Prep, Cheltenham GL51

Lansdown Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 6QS

Dean Close Preparatory School & Pre Prep, Cheltenham GL51

10 simple reasons to choose Dean Close Preparatory School & Pre-Prep

Independent prep school and nursery in Cheltenham.
For pupils aged 3 to 13 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day and boarding school. Around 20% of pupils board, all are full boarders. Boarding starts from Year 3.
Religious character; Church of England.
Choir school. Academically selective admissions policy. Choristers selected on singing ability.
Large school with an average of three classes per year.
Prep school to Dean Close School, an all-through school to age 18.
Dean Close Preparatory School & Pre-Prep fees range from £2,900 (Rec) to £7,200 per term (2022/23). Full boarding fees range from £7,175 to £9,575 per term.

10 better reasons to choose Dean Close Preparatory School & Pre-Prep

Schoolsmith Score®; 91.
One of the best independent prep schools in Cheltenham and one of the 4 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
On average, 17.5 pupils per class and 9.9 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 8, most Prep School pupils move up to Dean Close School.
School curriculum, an adaptation of the National and ISEB Curricula, also includes PSHE, French, Latin.The school is one of the 50 prep schools with the most extensive academic and hobby extra-curricular programmes in the UK.
Specialist teachers for music, art, languages, computing, drama and sport throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
The DCPS Award is a scheme to encourage Years 3 to 8 to participate in the co-curricular; the arts, life skills, and community service.
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 equestrian events, hockey, rugby 7s, shooting, trampolining.
School educates the choristers of the Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum. 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. 3 choirs (excluding the choristers), orchestra and 11 instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.

Find another school near Dean Close Preparatory School & Pre-Prep

Independent Prep Schools

Day: Cheltenham College Preparatory School (1.3 miles); Berkhampstead School (2.2 miles); The Richard Pate School (2.5 miles). Boarding: Cheltenham College Preparatory School (1.3 miles); Rendcomb College, Junior School (11.5 miles); Bredon Junior School (16.1 miles).

State Primary Schools

Gloucester Road Primary School (0.9 miles); Naunton Park Primary School (1.4 miles); Holy Apostles' Church of England Primary School, Charlton Kings (2 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Day: Dean Close School (0.5 miles); The Cheltenham Ladies' College (1.1 miles); Cheltenham College (1.1 miles). Boarding: Dean Close School (0.5 miles); Cheltenham College (1.1 miles); The Cheltenham Ladies' College (1.1 miles).

State Senior Schools

Pate's Grammar School (1.5 miles); Balcarras School (3 miles); Sir Thomas Rich's School (5.2 miles).

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