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Ratcliffe College Prep School, Leicester LE7

Fosse Way, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, Leicester LE7 4SG

Ratcliffe College Prep School, Leicester LE7

10 simple reasons to choose Ratcliffe College Prep School

Independent prep school and nursery in Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, Leicester.
For pupils aged 3 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day and boarding school. Less than 5% of pupils board, all are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 6.
Religious character; Roman Catholic.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Medium sized school with an average of two classes per year.
Prep school to Ratcliffe College, an all-through school to age 18.
Ratcliffe College Prep School fees range from £3,951 (Rec) to £5,151 per term (2022/23).

10 better reasons to choose Ratcliffe College Prep School

Schoolsmith Score®; 79.
One of the best independent prep schools in Leicester and one of the 3 best primary schools for 5 miles.
On average, 20.6 pupils per class and 17.2 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 6, most Prep School pupils move up to Ratcliffe College.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHCE, French, Latin. Subjects are linked through 'thematic topics' throughout. School values are informed by Catholic social morality. Religious Education accounts for 10% of curriculum time. There is daily collective worship and prayer, and observance of Catholic celebrations. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, languages, and music throughout, and for art, drama, DT, computing, and science in Year 6.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. Residential trips from Year 5.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in hockey.
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the English curriculum until Year 5 when it too is taught separately. All pupils learn an instrument in class and around half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir and some instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.

Find another school near Ratcliffe College Prep School

Independent Prep Schools

Day: Fairfield Prep School (7 miles); Loughborough Amherst School Preparatory School (7 miles); St Crispin's School Prep (9.1 miles). Boarding: Trent College, The Elms (18.7 miles); Repton Prep (25.3 miles); Maidwell Hall School (30.9 miles).

State Primary Schools

Thrussington Church of England Primary School (2.9 miles); Rothley Church of England Primary Academy (3.1 miles); Gaddesby Primary School (5.6 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Day: Ratcliffe College (0 miles); Loughborough Grammar School (7 miles); Loughborough High School (7 miles). Boarding: Ratcliffe College (0 miles); Loughborough Grammar School (7 miles); Trent College (18.7 miles).

State Senior Schools

Soar Valley College (5.5 miles); Rushey Mead Academy (5.7 miles); Babington Community College (7.2 miles).

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