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Traditional values interlink with more modern teaching methods, with an overarching focus on care and wellbeing. This is a small but happy, nurturing school, bubbling with enthusiasm from pupils and staff alike.
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Overview & data
- Pupil numbers
- 80 ·
- Offers boarding
- Yes ·
- Religion
- Christian
- Fees
- Day £24,402; Boarding £36,981 - £39,552 pa
- Local authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Linked schools
- School ownership
- United Learning
Headteacher
Head
Miss Julia Miller
Since 2014, Julia Miller BA MEd. Having studied history at Queen’s University Belfast, followed by a PGCE, she taught at Banbridge Academy, Victoria College and Cheltenham Ladies’ College, latterly as deputy housemistress and in charge of DofE.
Entrance
At any point from pre-prep to year 6. Girls attend a taster day during which - depending on age - reading, spelling, writing and maths will be assessed through testing, observation and discussion. Written report from previous school required for year
- Open days
- Open mornings throughout the year
Exit
Over three quarters transfer to the senior school – 14 out of 18 in the last academic year. Girls making this transer are no longer required to sit an 11+ exam and instead receive references from the prep. Of the few that leave, South Wilts Grammar
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Boarders
Available from aged 7, boarders enter Walters House for 7-13 years, but only taken up by a small number from the prep (average eight), and can drop to as few as one girl at weekends.
Pupils
Money matters
Means-tested bursaries available and taken up by a handful, plus hardship fund for school trips and other expenses.
Music scholarships to the Godolphin School available on exit and academic, art and sports awards during the first year of senior
- Fee information
- Day £24,402; Boarding £36,981 - £39,552 pa
Our view
Opened in 1993 on land owned by the Godolphin School, the prep sits adjacent, with access to the senior school from the rear. Proximity means that pupils benefit from senior school facilities, including the art and music department, games pitches and
The last word
Traditional values interlink with more modern teaching methods, with an overarching focus on care and wellbeing. This is a small but happy, nurturing school, bubbling with enthusiasm from pupils and staff alike.
