The Hall, Great Finborough, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 3EF
10 reasons to choose Finborough Preparatory School
Top line
Finborough Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 80. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Stowmarket and one of the 2 best primary schools for 10 miles.
School fundamentals
Finborough Preparatory School is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. Boarding from Year 3 for the very small number of pupils who board. 95% are full boarders and 5% are weekly or flexi boarders. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Finborough School, an all-through school to age 18. Finborough Preparatory School fees range from £3,803 (Rec) to £4,876 per term (2025/26). Full boarding fees range from £10,988 to £11,291 per term. Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Finborough Preparatory School usually has one class per year, sometimes two, and an average class size of 20 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6 most Prep School pupils move up to Finborough School.
The Finborough Preparatory School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and is guided by Steven Covey’s ‘Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’. It also includes PSHE, French, Spanish. The school has a CReSTeD recognised dyslexia facility. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers. Forest School to Year 2. Residential trip for Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages, art, DT and computing throughout.
Sport at Finborough Preparatory School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. Tennis academy. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in rugby.
The Arts at Finborough Preparatory School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir and some instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near Finborough Preparatory School
Old Buckenham Hall School (6.7 miles); The Meadows Montessori School (14.5 miles); Ipswich Preparatory School (15 miles); Framlingham College Prep School (18 miles).
Kersey Church of England Primary School (10.3 miles); Somersham Primary School (11.1 miles); Henley Primary School (11.8 miles).
Finborough School (0 miles); Ipswich School (15.2 miles); St Joseph’s College, Ipswich (16.8 miles).
Thurston Community College (12 miles); Debenham High School (12.1 miles); Hadleigh High School (12.1 miles).