15 Avenue Road, Great Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 3BA
10 reasons to choose Malvern St James Prep
Top line
Malvern St James Prep has a Schoolsmith Score® of 82. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Malvern and one of the 3 best primary schools for 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Malvern St James Prep is an independent prep day and boarding school for girls between the ages of 4 and 11 years. Boarding from Year 3 for the 20% of pupils who board. 90% are full boarders and 10% are weekly or flexi boarders. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Malvern St James, an all-through school to age 18, and is a member of the Galaxy Global Education Group. Malvern St James Prep fees range from £3,134 (Rec) to £5,687 per term (2024/25). Full boarding fees are £10,035 per term. Fees exclude VAT but include lunches.
Average class size
Malvern St James Prep usually has one class per year and an average class size of 10 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Prep pupils move up to Malvern St James, the senior school.
The Malvern St James Prep curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHEEC, French. Two weekly ‘enrichment’ lessons in Years 5 and 6 are termly electives in a broader curriculum which may include independent learning, Young Enterprise, classics, or Spanish. 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, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, art, DT and computing throughout.
Sport at Malvern St James Prep
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Malvern St James Prep
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir and one or two instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm. Minibus service.
Find another school near Malvern St James Prep
The Downs Malvern (3.5 miles); The Elms School, Malvern (4.2 miles); Bredon Junior School (15.6 miles).
Somers Park School (1.8 miles); Madresfield Church of England Primary School (2.1 miles); Hanley Swan St Gabriel’s with St Mary’s Church of England Primary School (4.4 miles).
Malvern St James (0 miles); Malvern College (0.9 miles); The King’s School, Worcester (9.1 miles); Bredon School (15.6 miles).
The Chase (0.7 miles); Hanley Castle High School (5.4 miles); Blessed Edward Oldcorne Catholic College (8.7 miles).