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Hazlegrove Preparatory School, Sparkford BA22

Hazlegrove House, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JA

Hazlegrove Preparatory School, Sparkford BA22

10 simple reasons to choose Hazlegrove Preparatory School

Independent prep school and nursery in Sparkford, Yeovil.
For pupils aged 2 to 13 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day and boarding school. Around 20% of pupils board, 85% are full boarders and 15% are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 3.
Religious character; Church of England.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Large school with an average of three classes per year.
Prep school to King's Bruton, an all-through school to age 18.
Hazlegrove Preparatory School fees range from £3,199 (Rec) to £6,486 per term (2022/23). Full boarding fees range from £7,524 to £9,600 per term.

10 better reasons to choose Hazlegrove Preparatory School

Schoolsmith Score®; 93.
One of the best independent prep schools in Yeovil and one of the 6 best primary schools for 10 miles.
On average, 14.6 pupils per class and 10.8 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 8, up to 50% of Hazlegrove Prep pupils move up to King's Bruton, part of the same foundation. King's Taunton, Sherborne, and Bryanston are also popular destinations. 50%-70% of pupils win awards and scholarships.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum. It is a traditional subject-based curriculum and also includes study skills, PSHE, French, Mandarin, Latin, Greek.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, drama, languages, and sport throughout, for science, computing, and art from Year 3, for all subjects bar English and the humanities from Year 5, and for all subjects from Year 6.
There is outdoor learning throughout the school, with Forest School for pre-prep, and curricular outdoor adventure and bushcraft to Year 8. Comprehensive educational trips and guest speaker programme with residential trips from Year 5.
Sport is a major feature of the curriculum. By Year 4 there are two PE lessons and seven games lessons per week, with matches on Wednesdays and Saturdays. 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 athletics, cricket, cross country, hockey, judo, karate, squash.
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. Five choirs, orchestra and 10 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. Minibus service.

Find another school near Hazlegrove Preparatory School

Independent Prep Schools

Day: Sunny Hill Preparatory School (8.1 miles); Sherborne Preparatory School (9.3 miles). Boarding: Sunny Hill Preparatory School (8.1 miles); Sherborne Preparatory School (9.3 miles).

State Primary Schools

Lovington Church of England Primary School (3.4 miles); Horsington Church School (8.1 miles); Preston Church of England Primary School, Abbey Manor Park (10.5 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Day: Bruton School for Girls (8.1 miles); King's Bruton (8.6 miles); Sherborne School for Girls (9 miles). Boarding: Bruton School for Girls (8.1 miles); King's Bruton (8.6 miles); Sherborne School for Girls (9 miles).

State Senior Schools

Sexey's School (7.7 miles); The Gryphon School (9.3 miles); Huish Episcopi Academy (13 miles).

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