Alexandra Road South, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 8HX
10 reasons to choose St Bede's College Prep
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St Bede’s College Prep has a Schoolsmith Score® of 78. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Manchester and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1 mile.
School fundamentals
St Bede’s College Prep is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of St Bede’s College, an all-through school to age 18. St Bede’s College Prep fees are £4,057 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
St Bede’s College Prep usually has one class per year, two from Year 5, and an average class size of 17 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Prep pupils move up to St Bede’s College.
The St Bede's College Prep curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, French, Spanish. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs. In recent years the school has enjoyed national tournament success in maths.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout.
Sport at St Bede's College Prep
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 St Bede's College 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 about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near St Bede's College Prep
Withington Girls’ Junior School (2.1 miles); Manchester High School for Girls, Preparatory School (2.4 miles); Moor Allerton Preparatory School (2.8 miles).
St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School, Whalley Range (0.3 miles); Manley Park Primary School (0.7 miles); St Wilfrid’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Hulme (1.2 miles).
St Bede’s College (0 miles); Kassim Darwish Grammar School for Boys (0.5 miles); Withington Girls’ School (2.1 miles).
William Hulme’s Grammar School (0.5 miles); Loreto College (0.8 miles); Trinity CofE High School (1.5 miles).