Gray Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 2DZ
10 simple reasons to choose Loughborough Amherst Preparatory School
Independent prep school in Loughborough.
For pupils aged 4 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 60% girls).
Day school.
Religious character; Roman Catholic.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Very small school, with less than one class per year (combined year groups).
Prep school to Our Lady's Convent School, an all-through school to age 18.
Loughborough Amherst Preparatory School fees range from £3,740 (Rec) to £3,850 per term (2022/23).
10 better reasons to choose Loughborough Amherst Preparatory School
Schoolsmith Score®; 76.
One of the best independent prep schools in Loughborough and one of the 3 best primary schools for 0.5 miles.
On average, 18.3 pupils per class and 14.6 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 6 most Prep School pupils move up to Loughborough Amherst School.
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.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for art and science in Year 6.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. Residential trips from Year 2.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year.
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. Opportunities for all pupils to perform through music, dance and drama. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
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
Independent Prep Schools
Fairfield Prep School (0.5 miles); Ratcliffe College Prep School (7 miles); Plumtree School (11.5 miles).
State Primary Schools
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy, Loughborough (0.4 miles); Holywell Primary School (1.9 miles); Hathern Church of England Primary School (3.7 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Loughborough Amherst School (0 miles); Loughborough Grammar School (0.2 miles); Loughborough High School (0.2 miles).
State Senior Schools
South Charnwood High School (9.4 miles); Rushey Mead Academy (9.9 miles); Babington Community College (10.4 miles).