Mill Lane, Rainhill, Prescot, Merseyside L35 6NE
10 reasons to choose Tower College, Pre-Prep, Lower & Middle
Top line
Tower College, Pre-Prep, Lower & Middle has a Schoolsmith Score® of 75. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Prescot and one of the 3 best primary schools for 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Tower College, Pre-Prep, Lower & Middle is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 months and 13 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Tower College, an all-through school to age 16. Tower College, Pre-Prep, Lower & Middle fees range from £2,980 (Rec) to £3,160 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Tower College, Pre-Prep, Lower & Middle has one class per year, sometimes two, and an average class size of 17 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Middle School pupils transfer to Tower College Upper School at the end of Year 8.
The Tower College, Pre-Prep, Lower & Middle curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, Spanish. School broadens the curriculum with a half-termly rotating programme of sporting, artistic, and academic ‘enrichment’ for two periods per week from Year 5. 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, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 7.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for all subjects from Year 7.
Sport at Tower College, Pre-Prep, Lower & Middle
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Tower College, Pre-Prep, Lower & Middle
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the enrichment programme. All pupils learn an instrument in class and some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir and one or two instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Tower College, Pre-Prep, Lower & Middle
Carleton House Preparatory School (9.6 miles); Christian Fellowship School, Lower & Middle School (10 miles).
Lunts Heath Primary School (2.3 miles); St Bede’s Catholic Junior School, Widnes (3.3 miles); St Vincent’s Catholic Primary School, Penketh (5.1 miles).
Tower College (0 miles); Christian Fellowship School (10 miles); Auckland College (11.4 miles).
Rainhill High School (1.2 miles); Wade Deacon High School (3.1 miles); Carmel College (3.3 miles).