27 Cranley Road, Guildford, Surrey GU1 2JD
10 reasons to choose Tormead Prep School
Top line
Tormead Prep School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 82. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Guildford and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Tormead Prep School is an independent prep day school for girls between the ages of 4 and 11 years. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Tormead School, an all-through school to age 18. Tormead Prep School fees range from £4,524 (Rec) to £7,128 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Tormead Prep School has one class per year to Year 2, two from Year 3, and an average class size of 18 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Prep pupils move up to the senior school, Tormead School at the end of Year 6.
The Tormead Prep School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, Thinking and Learning, French, Spanish, Latin. It is an Apple Distinguished School to reflect the high degree of integration of digital learning in the curriculum. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs. In recent years the school has enjoyed national tournament success in chess.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 4. School has Eco Schools Green Flag accreditation.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages from Year 3.
Sport at Tormead Prep School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in gymnastics.
The Arts at Tormead Prep School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and three-quarters take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, two orchestras and several instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Tormead Prep School
Royal Grammar Preparatory School (0.2 miles); Guildford High Junior School (0.6 miles); Rydes Hill Preparatory School (2.9 miles).
Boxgrove Primary School (0.5 miles); Holy Trinity Pewley Down School (1.1 miles); Busbridge Church of England Junior School (6.2 miles).
Tormead School (0 miles); Guildford High School (0.6 miles); Royal Grammar School, Guildford (1.2 miles).
George Abbot School (1.3 miles); St Peter’s Catholic School (1.6 miles); Guildford County School (1.7 miles).