Ranby, Retford, Nottinghamshire DN22 8HX
10 simple reasons to choose Worksop College Preparatory School
Independent prep school and nursery in Retford.
For pupils aged 2 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day and boarding school. Less than 5% of pupils board, all are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 2.
Religious character; Church of England.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Prep school to Worksop College, an all-through school to age 18.
Worksop College Preparatory School fees range from £2,795 (Rec) to £4,585 per term (2022/23). Full boarding fees range from £5,160 to £6,962 per term.
10 better reasons to choose Worksop College Preparatory School
Schoolsmith Score®; 86.
One of the best independent prep schools in Retford and one of the 3 best primary schools for 7 miles.
On average, 14.6 pupils per class and 10.6 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
At the end of Year 6, most Prep School pupils move up to Worksop College.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, Spanish. Cross-curricular linking of English and the humanities subjects through half-termly 'Imaginative Learning Projects'. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music, art, DT, and languages throughout, and for maths, science, and computing from Year 3.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. Residential trips from Year 2.
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 orienteering, swimming.
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the creative and co-curricula. All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Chapel choir and some instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 7.45am to 6.30pm. Facility for occasional boarding.
Find another school near Worksop College Preparatory School
Independent Prep Schools
Day: Orchard School, Junior School (8.9 miles); Wellow House School (10.5 miles); Barlborough Hall School (14.5 miles). Boarding: Wellow House School (10.5 miles); Lincoln Minster Pre-Prep & Prep Schools (25.5 miles); S. Anselm's Preparatory School (34.8 miles).
State Primary Schools
Norbridge Academy (5.6 miles); St John's Church of England Academy, Worksop (5.6 miles); Tickhill Estfeld Primary School (9.4 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Day: Worksop College (6.3 miles); Orchard School (8.9 miles); Hill House School (14.6 miles). Boarding: Worksop College (6.3 miles); Mount St Mary's College (15.7 miles); Lincoln Minster School (25.3 miles).
State Senior Schools
Outwood Academy Portland (4.9 miles); Tuxford Academy (10 miles); Wales High School (13.5 miles).