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St Margaret’s Preparatory School, Calne SN11

Curzon Street, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 0DF

St Margaret's Preparatory School, Calne SN11

10 simple reasons to choose St Margaret's Preparatory School

Independent prep school and nursery in Calne.
For pupils aged 2 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day school.
Religious character; Church of England.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Medium sized school with an average of two classes per year.
Standalone prep school, with the same governance as St Mary’s School, Calne.
St Margaret's Preparatory School fees range from £3,405 (Rec) to £4,635 per term (2021/22).

10 better reasons to choose St Margaret's Preparatory School

Schoolsmith Score®; 82.
One of the best independent prep schools in Calne and one of the 3 best primary schools for 10 miles.
On average, 13.2 pupils per class and 10.2 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 6, 80-90% of St Margaret's Prep pupils move on to one of 12 independent day or boarding schools. Others go to one of 6 state secondaries. Of the girls, about 50% move up to St Mary's, Calne.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum. It is thematic in pre-prep, with more discrete subject teaching in Years 3 to 6. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish, Latin. UNICEF Rights Respecting Gold accreditation. Also, there are five extra-curricular academic clubs per term.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages and computing throughout, and for art from Year 3.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. Residential trips from Year 3.
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
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 around half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Three choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs. 'Sing Up!' Platinum Award accreditation.
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm. Minibus service.

Find another school near St Margaret's Preparatory School

Independent Prep Schools

Heywood Preparatory School (10 miles); Emmaus School, Primary (13.4 miles); Calder House School (13.4 miles).

State Primary Schools

Kington St Michael Church of England Primary School (9.4 miles); St Mary's Broughton Gifford Church of England Primary School (11.2 miles); Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School (11.8 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

St Mary's Calne (0 miles); Marlborough College (12.9 miles); Emmaus School (13.4 miles).

State Senior Schools

Sheldon School (6.4 miles); Hardenhuish School (6.6 miles); Royal Wootton Bassett Academy (10.1 miles).

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