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The Manor Preparatory School, Abingdon OX13

Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX13 6LN

The Manor Preparatory School, Abingdon OX13

10 simple reasons to choose The Manor Preparatory School

Independent prep school and nursery in Shippon, Abingdon.
For pupils aged 2 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 70% girls).
Day school.
Religious character; Church of England.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Large school with an average of three classes per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
The Manor Preparatory School fees range from £4,860 (Rec) to £5,920 per term (2022/23).

10 better reasons to choose The Manor Preparatory School

Schoolsmith Score®; 86.
One of the best independent prep schools in Abingdon and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1 mile.
On average, 19.1 pupils per class and 11.9 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Destinations for The Manor Preparatory School leavers are one of 20 local independent day schools. With current Year 6 data for girls only, the most popular future schools are St Helen & St Katherine (50% of leavers) and Headington School (10-20%). 20% of pupils win awards and scholarships.
School curriculum also includes Learning for Life, French, Latin. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, drama, and languages throughout, for DT and cookery from Year 2, and for all subjects from Year 5.
School offers a programme of day trips and visitors to enhance the curriculum. Residential trips for the senior pupils.
School offers over 20 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and an extensive extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in athletics, cross country, netball, swimming.
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Over half of the pupils learn a musical instrument (from Year 3). Four choirs, two orchestras and 10 instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in over 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm. Minibus service.

Find another school near The Manor Preparatory School

Independent Prep Schools

The School of St Helen and St Katharine, Junior Department (0.3 miles); The Unicorn School, Juniors (0.9 miles); Cothill House (2.1 miles).

State Primary Schools

Appleton Church of England Primary School (5.2 miles); Long Wittenham Church of England Primary School (6.1 miles); St Michael's Church of England Primary School, Oxford (7.5 miles).

Independent Senior Schools

The School of St Helen and St Katharine (0.3 miles); Abingdon School (0.7 miles); The Unicorn School, Abingdon (0.9 miles).

State Senior Schools

John Mason School (0.9 miles); Cheney School (7.2 miles); Didcot Girls' School (7.3 miles).

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