Church Street, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 8PJ
10 reasons to choose Warminster Preparatory School
Top line
Warminster Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 79. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Warminster and one of the 3 best primary schools for 3 miles.
School fundamentals
Warminster Preparatory School is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. Boarding from Year 3 for the 20% of pupils who board. All are full boarders. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Warminster School, an all-through school to age 18. Warminster Preparatory School fees range from £4,337 (Rec) to £6,935 per term (2025/26). Full boarding fees range from £11,047 to £12,430 per term. Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Warminster Preparatory School has one class per year and an average class size of 13 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Preparatory School pupils move up to Warminster School at the end of Year 6.
The Warminster Preparatory School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum, with a topic-based approach in pre-prep. It also includes PSHE, French. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 5. Forest School for the youngest pupils.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for art from Year 3.
Sport at Warminster Preparatory School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Warminster Preparatory School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and nearly all take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Four choirs and one or two instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.00pm, or 9.30pm with day boarding. Minibus service. Occasional boarding facility. Nursery open for 50 weeks of the year.
Find another school near Warminster Preparatory School
Springmead Preparatory School (6.4 miles); Emmaus School, Primary (12.4 miles); Monkton Prep & Pre-Prep (14.3 miles).
Crockerton Church of England Primary School (2.2 miles); Sutton Veny Church of England Primary School (3.6 miles); The Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy, Devizes (11.5 miles).
Warminster School (0 miles); Emmaus School (12.4 miles); Dauntsey’s (12.7 miles).
St Augustine’s Catholic College (9.5 miles); St Laurence School (13 miles); Lavington School (13.5 miles).