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Stonar Prep School, Melksham SN12

Cottles Park, Atworth, Melksham, Wiltshire SN12 8NT

Stonar Prep School, Melksham SN12

10 simple reasons to choose Stonar Prep School

Independent prep school and nursery in Atworth, Melksham.
For pupils aged 2 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 70% girls).
Day and boarding school. Around 20% of pupils board, 95% are full boarders and 5% are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 5.
Not a school of religious character.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Prep school to Stonar School, an all-through school to age 18.
Stonar Prep School fees range from £3,071 (Rec) to £4,147 per term (2021/22). Full boarding fees are £8,762 per term.

10 better reasons to choose Stonar Prep School

Schoolsmith Score®; 83.
One of the best independent prep schools in Melksham and one of the 4 best primary schools for 5 miles.
On average, 14.7 pupils per class and 9.8 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 6 most Prep School pupils move up to Stonar School.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, Spanish. History, geography, science and DT are taught thematically through the International Primary Curriculum. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, drama and languages throughout, and for computing from Year 3.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. Overseas residential trips from Year 5. All pupils, through to Year 6, have curricular Forest School sessions.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. The school is well known for equestrian sports. Its facilities include a BHS accredited Equestrian Centre.
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about two-thirds take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs 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 5.55pm.

Find another school near Stonar Prep School

Independent Prep Schools

Day: Emmaus School, Primary (4.8 miles); Heywood Preparatory School (7.3 miles); Calder House School (7.5 miles). Boarding: Royal High Prep School, Bath (9.4 miles); Kingswood Preparatory School, Bath (10.2 miles); Monkton Prep & Pre-Prep (12.1 miles).

State Primary Schools

St Mary's Broughton Gifford Church of England Primary School (2.3 miles); Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School (3.6 miles); Bathampton Primary School (6 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Day: Stonar School (0 miles); Emmaus School (4.8 miles); Monkton School (7.6 miles). Boarding: Stonar School (0 miles); Monkton School (7.6 miles); Royal High School, Bath (9.4 miles).

State Senior Schools

St Laurence School (3.8 miles); The Corsham School (4.7 miles); St Augustine's Catholic College (6.4 miles).

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