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Manor House Prep School, Little Bookham KT23

Manor House Lane, Little Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey KT23 4EN

Manor House Prep School, Little Bookham KT23

10 reasons to choose Manor House Prep School, Little Bookham

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Manor House Prep School, Little Bookham has a Schoolsmith Score® of 81. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Leatherhead and one of the 4 best primary schools for 5 miles.

School fundamentals

Manor House Prep School, Little Bookham is an independent prep day school for girls between the ages of 2 and 11 years. It has a co-ed nursery. From 2024 to 2027 the school will evolve into the mixed pre-prep and the girls prep divisions of the Effingham Schools Trust. It is a Christian school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Manor House School, an all-through school to age 16, and is a member of the Effingham Schools Trust. Manor House Prep School, Little Bookham fees range from £3,995 (Rec) to £5,695 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT but include lunches.

Average class size

Manor House Prep School, Little Bookham has one class per year and an average class size of 14 pupils.

Leavers' destinations

At the end of Year 2, most boys transfer to Cransmore School, also part of the Trust. Girls stay on at Manor House and most move up to the senior school after Year 6.

The Manor House Prep School, Little Bookham curriculum

School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHEE, reasoning, French, Spanish, Latin. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.

More on the curriculum

There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, Forest School to Year 2 and residential trips from Year 3.

Specialist teaching

Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for science, art and computing from Year 3.

Sport at Manor House Prep School, Little Bookham

School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.

The Arts at Manor House Prep School, Little Bookham

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 some instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.

Wraparound care

Wraparound care from 7.45am to 6.00pm.

Find another school near Manor House Prep School, Little Bookham

Independent Prep Schools

St Teresa’s Preparatory School, Effingham (2 miles); Cranmore Preparatory School (3.3 miles); Downsend School (5.8 miles).

State Primary Schools

St Peter’s Catholic Primary School, Leatherhead (4.3 miles); St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Dorking (5.9 miles); St Paul’s Church of England Primary School, Dorking (6.3 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Manor House School, Little Bookham (0 miles); St Teresa’s School, Effingham (2 miles); Box Hill School (4.5 miles).

State Senior Schools

Howard of Effingham School (0.6 miles); St Andrew’s Catholic School (4.5 miles); Rosebery School (7 miles).

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