Cottles Park, Atworth, Melksham, Wiltshire SN12 8NT
10 reasons to choose Stonar Prep School
Top line
Stonar Prep School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 83. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Melksham and one of the 4 best primary schools for 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Stonar Prep School is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (40%/60%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. Boarding from Year 5 for the 10% of pupils who board. 95% are full boarders and 5% are weekly or flexi boarders. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Stonar School, an all-through school to age 18, and is a member of the Globeducate Group. Stonar Prep School fees range from £3,630 (Rec) to £4,895 per term (2024/25). Full boarding fees are £10,340 per term. Fees exclude VAT but include lunches.
Average class size
Stonar Prep School has one class per year and an average class size of 14 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6 most Prep School pupils move up to Stonar School.
The Stonar Prep School curriculum
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 each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
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.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, drama and languages throughout, and for computing from Year 3.
Sport at Stonar Prep School
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.
The Arts at Stonar Prep School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and two-thirds take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs and some instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 5.55pm.
Find another school near Stonar Prep School
Emmaus School, Primary (4.8 miles); Heywood Preparatory School (7.3 miles); Royal High Prep School, Bath (9.4 miles); Kingswood Preparatory School, Bath (10.2 miles); Monkton Prep & Pre-Prep (12.1 miles).
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).
Stonar School (0 miles); Emmaus School (4.8 miles); Monkton Combe School (7.6 miles); Royal High School, Bath (9.4 miles).
St Laurence School (3.8 miles); The Corsham School (4.7 miles); St Augustine’s Catholic College (6.4 miles).