Mount Pleasant, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire ST5 1DB
10 reasons to choose Newcastle-under-Lyme Prep
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Newcastle-under-Lyme Prep has a Schoolsmith Score® of 81. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Newcastle-Under-Lyme and one of the 5 best primary schools for 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Newcastle-under-Lyme Prep is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Newcastle-under-Lyme School, an all-through school to age 18. Newcastle-under-Lyme Prep fees range from £3,529 (Rec) to £4,362 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Newcastle-under-Lyme Prep has two classes per year and an average class size of 17 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Prep pupils move up to Newcastle-under-Lyme School.
The Newcastle-under-Lyme Prep curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, French. 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.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout.
Sport at Newcastle-under-Lyme Prep
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Newcastle-under-Lyme Prep
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, orchestra and some instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm. Minibus service. Nursery open for 50 weeks of the year.
Find another school near Newcastle-under-Lyme Prep
Edenhurst Preparatory School (1.7 miles); St Dominic’s Priory School, Prep School (9 miles).
St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School, Trent Vale (2.2 miles); Waterside Primary School (2.2 miles); Eaton Park Academy (3 miles).
Newcastle-under-Lyme School (0 miles); St Dominic’s Priory School (9 miles); Denstone College (17.7 miles).
St Joseph’s College (2.1 miles); Alsager School (8.4 miles); Painsley Catholic College (11.4 miles).