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Swanbourne House School, Milton Keynes MK17

Swanbourne, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK17 0HZ

Swanbourne House School, Milton Keynes MK17

10 simple reasons to choose Swanbourne House School

Independent prep school in Milton Keynes.
For pupils aged 4 to 13 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day and boarding school. Around 20% of pupils board, 35% are full boarders and 65% are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 3.
Religious character; Church of England.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Medium sized school with an average of two classes per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
Swanbourne House School fees range from £3,752 (Rec) to £6,487 per term (2020/21). Full boarding fees are £8,904 per term.

10 better reasons to choose Swanbourne House School

Schoolsmith Score®; 87.
One of the best independent prep schools in Milton Keynes and one of the 4 best primary schools for 7 miles.
On average, 15.1 pupils per class and 10.5 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Leavers' destination schools for Swanbourne House School pupils in any given year are one of 20 independent day and boarding schools. Stowe School usually accounts for 20%-25% of leavers. The next most popular destinations are Bloxham School, Rugby School, Uppingham, and St Edward's Oxford. They account for 30%-35% of leavers between them. 20%-30% of pupils win awards and scholarships. As a member of The Stowe Group from January 2021, pupils are guaranteed a place at Stowe School, subject to meeting academic requirements.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It is a 'creative curriculum' with cross-curricular linking for humanities, arts and computing to Year 4. In Years 7 and 8 the Pre Senior Baccalaureate is a skills-based curriculum to complement discrete subject teaching for core subjects. The curriculum also includes PSHE, French, Latin. There are a small number of academic clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, computing, and languages throughout, and for all subjects from Year 5.
School enhances the curriculum with educational trips and visitors. Forest School for the youngest pupils. Saturday Enrichment Programme for Years 5 to 8, has replace Saturday lessons and broadens the curriculum with new outdoor, practical, artistic, enterprise, and language activities.
School offers over 15 different sports. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in skiing.
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and over half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. 3 choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. Over 5 different visual and performing arts clubs per year group per term.
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.

Find another school near Swanbourne House School

Independent Prep Schools

Day: Milton Keynes Preparatory School (7 miles); The Grove Independent School (10.1 miles); Broughton Manor Preparatory School (12.7 miles). Boarding: Thornton College, Preparatory (12.8 miles); Beachborough School (14 miles); Winchester House School (16.2 miles).

State Primary Schools

Drayton Park School (5.7 miles); Priory Rise School (6.7 miles); St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Bletchley (6.7 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

Day: Akeley Wood Senior School (12.6 miles); Thornton College (12.8 miles); Stowe School (12.9 miles). Boarding: Thornton College (12.8 miles); Stowe School (12.9 miles); Tring Park School for the Performing Arts (16.7 miles).

State Senior Schools

Royal Latin School (8.8 miles); Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School (9.4 miles); Aylesbury Grammar School (9.6 miles).

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