Collegiate Prep School

Since 2016, David Edwards BEd MA (early 50s). The son of an RAF officer, he spent much of his childhood in Wiltshire and for most of his posts he has not strayed far from his roots, with spells at Dauntsey’s and Wycliffe College Prep - then an

Straight into the nursery and pre-prep but for year 3 and beyond, there is a two-day taster session and entrance assessments.

The majority go on the upper school by way of entrance assessments. ‘It’s not a shoo-in and it may not be the right place’, the head told us, adding that, 'we are transparent with parents’. That said, there have only been two children who have not

Full fees – at the more reasonable end of the scale – are payable from the start. No scholarship or bursary provision at this level.

Up the hill and across the road from the upper school sits the lower school in its gracious white building with more modern additions grouped around a central tarmacked area, the jewel in the crown being the timber-clad EYFS building completed in

Down to earth and accessible, as independent prep schools go, with a wealth of opportunities and facilities made available by the upper school. Proud of its heritage, yet confronting it and seeing it through a 21st century lens and promoting 21st