The Mount, Blundellsands Rd West, Blundellsands, Liverpool L23 6TF
10 simple reasons to choose St Mary's College Preparatory School
Independent prep school and nursery in Blundellsands, Liverpool.
For pupils aged 6 weeks to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day school.
Religious character; Roman Catholic.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Prep school to St Mary's College, an all-through school to age 18.
St Mary's College Preparatory School fees are £2,665 per term (2021/22).
10 better reasons to choose St Mary's College Preparatory School
Schoolsmith Score®; 74.
One of the best independent prep schools in Sefton and one of the 4 best primary schools within 1.5 miles.
On average, 26.2 pupils per class and 19.6 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 6 most Prep School pupils move up to St Mary's College, Blundellsands.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum, and emphasises Catholic social morality. It is thematic in style, linking subjects across the curriculum into half termly topics. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish. The school has been recognised as an Associate School of The Royal Society for promoting excellence in science. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. Residential trips from Year 4.
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 table tennis.
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 a third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, orchestra and some instrument ensembles. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 7.15am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near St Mary's College Preparatory School
Independent Prep Schools
Stanfield Merchant Taylors' School (1.1 miles); Christian Fellowship School, Lower & Middle School (8.5 miles); Belvedere Preparatory School (9.4 miles).
State Primary Schools
Independent Senior Schools
Merchant Taylors' Boys' School (1.1 miles); Merchant Taylors' Girls School (1.1 miles); St Mary's College, Liverpool (1.2 miles).
State Senior Schools
Formby High School (7.4 miles); Range High School (7.5 miles); St John Bosco Arts College (7.6 miles).