Abingdon Preparatory School A GSG School
- Abingdon Preparatory School
Josca's House
Kingston Road
Frilford
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX13 5NX - Head: Craig Williams
- T 01865 391570
- F 01865 391042
- E [email protected]
- W www.abingdon.org.uk/prep/
- A mainstream independent school for boys aged from 4 to 13 with a linked senior school
- Read about the best schools in Oxford and Oxfordshire
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Oxfordshire
- Pupils: 219
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: £14,670 - £22,350 pa
- Open days: Wednesday 3 November, Years 3 to 8 Open Evening, online. Saturday 6 November, Pre-Prep Open Morning, online.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Abingdon School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
A school that offers everything that bright, busy boys could want without any hint of prep school stuffiness. We visited on a Wednesday, always an exciting moment in the prep school week: fixtures. It’s sports galore for those that want it, with current strengths in cross-country, football, cricket. Both forms of rugby available – contact and touch – ‘schools have got much better’ at getting everyone out there and having a go, reckons head. Cricket team photos line the corridors, the 7ths as prominent as the 1sts.
What the school says...
Abingdon Prep is a lively, stimulating and friendly school with high expectations of behaviour and endeavour. Independence, self-confidence and respect are promoted through a caring and encouraging atmosphere. We balance high academic studies with the creative and performing arts, sport and a formidable extracurricular programme. From September 2024, we will welcome girls to our pre-prep and from September 2025, into years 3 to 6. ...Read more
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Sports
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2017, Craig Williams MA (Oxon) PGCE. Educated at Bradfield College and studied geography at Oxford. Previously deputy head at Thorngrove and before that head of geography and cricket at Taunton Prep. Headmaster material through and through: both parents were teachers; brother is head at Lord Wandsworth College (‘though we don’t talk shop’); loved his own time at school. He’s even a keen cricketer, playing for Bradfield Old Boys regularly and opening the batting for his club in the Thames Valley league.
Has successfully opened a fabulous new teaching block, allowing for better facilities in music, science and DT: ‘we wanted to make sure the children had the best opportunities’, and help them find what they love. ‘Where are they going to find this passion for the arts if they don’t...
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Special Education Needs
'At Abingdon Preparatory School (formerly Josca's) there is a small learning support department. Children experiencing difficulties are referred to the department and advice is offered to form and subject teachers, along with parents. In some cases, tuition in small groups is given. Very occasionally one-to-one support is provided, usually for a short period. 'The needs of gifted children are addressed by form and subject teachers, with some input from subject specialists.' 09-09
Leavers' destinations
School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
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Abingdon School | 2024 | 9 | Scholarships: 1 sport (Abingdon School), 1 DT (Abingdon School), 2 Drama (Abingdon School), 2 Music Exhibitions (Abingdon School) and 3 Academic Scholarships (Abingdon School) including the Mercer's Award |
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