Gray Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 2DZ
10 reasons to choose Loughborough Amherst Preparatory School
Top line
Loughborough Amherst Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 76. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Loughborough and one of the 3 best primary schools for 0.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Loughborough Amherst Preparatory School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (40%/60%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Our Lady’s Convent School, an all-through school to age 18. Loughborough Amherst Preparatory School fees range from £4,365 +VAT (Rec) to £4,495 +VAT per term (2024/25).
Average class size
Loughborough Amherst Preparatory School is a small school, with mixed-age classes, and an average class size of 18.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6 most Prep School pupils move up to Loughborough Amherst School.
The Loughborough Amherst Preparatory School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, Spanish, Latin. Subjects are linked by themes throughout the school. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers. Residential trips from Year 2.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for art and science in Year 6.
Sport at Loughborough Amherst Preparatory School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year.
The Arts at Loughborough Amherst Preparatory School
Music is taught as discrete curricular subject to all pupils. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about a third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, orchestra and over five instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.45am to 6.00pm. Loughborough Nursery, part of the same foundation, is on the same campus and is open for 51 weeks of the year.
Find another school near Loughborough Amherst Preparatory School
Fairfield Prep School (0.5 miles); Ratcliffe College Prep School (7 miles); Plumtree School (11.5 miles).
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy, Loughborough (0.4 miles); Holywell Primary School (1.9 miles); Hathern Church of England Primary School (3.7 miles).
Loughborough Amherst School (0 miles); Loughborough Grammar School (0.2 miles); Loughborough High School (0.2 miles).
South Charnwood High School (9.4 miles); Rushey Mead Academy (9.9 miles); Babington Community College (10.4 miles).