Brandeston, Suffolk IP13 7AH
10 simple reasons to choose Framlingham College Prep School
Independent prep school and nursery in Brandeston.
For pupils aged 2.5 to 13 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day and boarding school. Around 10% of pupils board, 20% are full boarders and 80% are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 3.
Religious character; Church of England.
Academically selective admissions policy from Year 3.
Medium sized school with an average of two classes per year.
Prep school to Framlingham College, an all-through school to age 18.
Framlingham College Prep School fees range from £3,165 (Rec) to £5,508 per term (2021/22). Full boarding fees are £8,241 per term.
10 better reasons to choose Framlingham College Prep School
Schoolsmith Score®; 87.
One of the best independent prep schools in Brandeston and one of the 2 best primary schools for 10 miles.
On average, 15.1 pupils per class and 9.6 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 8, 95% of Prep pupils move up to Framlingham College.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, French. Each pupil may participate in over 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, and languages throughout, for art, drama, and computing from Year 3 and for most subjects from Year 6.
There is a rebalancing of the curriculum towards more skills and application of knowledge. Pre-prep pupils already learn through cross-curricular topics. Years 7 and 8 have a thematic curriculum exploring a major theme per term such as innovation, the natural world, identity. They also have a self-directed Extended Project.
School offers over 20 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and an extensive extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in athletics, hockey, tennis.
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and over half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Three choirs, 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. Artsmark Gold accreditation.
Wraparound care from 7.45am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Framlingham College Prep School
Independent Prep Schools
Day: Woodbridge School Prep & Pre-Prep (11.2 miles); Finborough Preparatory School (18 miles). Boarding: Finborough Preparatory School (18 miles); Orwell Park School (18 miles).
State Primary Schools
Easton Primary School (2.9 miles); Wilby Church of England Primary School (10.5 miles); Henley Primary School (12.3 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Day: Framlingham College (4.3 miles); Woodbridge School (10.4 miles). Boarding: Framlingham College (4.3 miles); Woodbridge School (10.4 miles).
State Senior Schools
Thomas Mills High School (4.4 miles); Debenham High School (6.4 miles); Stradbroke High School (12.4 miles).