Derby Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 4AD
10 reasons to choose Trent College, The Elms
Top line
Trent College, The Elms has a Schoolsmith Score® of 84. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Nottingham and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Trent College, The Elms is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 6 weeks and 11 years. Boarding from Year 5 for the very small number of pupils who board. All are weekly or flexi boarders. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Trent College, an all-through school to age 18. Trent College, The Elms fees range from £4,220 (Rec) to £4,723 per term (2024/25). Fees exclude VAT but include lunches.
Average class size
Trent College, The Elms has two classes per year to Year 1, three from Year 2, five in Year 6, and an average class size of 17 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most pupils at The Elms move up to Trent College at the end of Year 6.
The Trent College, The Elms curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, French. Cross-curricular topic-based teaching of history, geography, science, art and design up to Year 2. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different 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 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, dance, drama and languages throughout, and for art, DT and computing from Year 5.
Sport at Trent College, The Elms
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in football.
The Arts at Trent College, The Elms
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and there is a 1-to-1 sponsored instrument learning scheme for all Year 3 pupils. After Year 3, up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The school is one of the top 50 UK prep schools for the breadth of its creative and performing arts extra-curriculum.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Trent College, The Elms
St Joseph’s School, Nottingham (7.6 miles); Nottingham Girls’ High Infant & Junior School (8.1 miles); Nottingham High Infant & Junior School (8.1 miles); Repton Prep (13.8 miles); Ratcliffe College Prep School (18.7 miles); Wellow House School (27.7 miles).
English Martyrs’ Catholic Voluntary Academy, Long Eaton (0.6 miles); Risley Lower Grammar Church of England Primary School (2.1 miles); Redhill Primary School (5.1 miles).
Trent College (0 miles); Nottingham High School (8.1 miles); Hollygirt School (8.7 miles); Loughborough Grammar School (12.3 miles); Repton School (13.8 miles).
George Spencer Academy and Technology College (2.7 miles); West Park School (6.3 miles); The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy (6.9 miles).