Faringdon Road, Shippon, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX13 6LN
10 simple reasons to choose The Manor Preparatory School
Independent prep school and nursery.
For pupils aged 2 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 80% girls).
Day school.
Religious character; Church of England.
Non-selective intake.
Medium sized school with an average of two classes per year.
Standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school.
Fees range from £4,510 (Rec) to £5,500 per term (2019/20).
10 better reasons to choose The Manor Preparatory School
Schoolsmith Score®; 86.
One of the 3 best independent or state primaries within a 1 mile radius.
On average, 19.1 pupils per class and 12 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Destination schools typically rank in the top 2% of UK schools by academic achievement. Boys leave at 7, to local preps (typically Abingdon Prep). Girls leave at 11 for one of 10 independent schools. The most popular are St Helen & St Catherine (50% of leavers), Headington, (10-20%), Oxford High (10-15%) and Cokethorpe (10-15%). 20% win scholarships.
School offers a programme of day trips and visitors to enhance the curriculum. Residential trips for the senior pupils.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for all subjects from Year 5.
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French, Latin. There are out-of-hours extra help sessions for some subjects and over 5 different academic clubs per year group per term.
School offers over 20 different sports. 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 the pupils learn a musical instrument (from Year 3). 4 choirs, 2 orchestras and 10 instrument ensembles. Over 10 different visual and performing arts clubs per year group per term.
Out of school hours 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).