Mount Tavy Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 9JL
10 reasons to choose Mount Kelly Prep School
Top line
Mount Kelly Prep School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 88. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Tavistock and one of the 3 best primary schools for 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Mount Kelly Prep School is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 13 years. Boarding from Year 3 for the 10% of pupils who board. 10% are full boarders and 90% are weekly or flexi boarders. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Mount Kelly College, an all-through school to age 18. Mount Kelly Prep School fees range from £4,080 (Rec) to £7,020 per term (2025/26). Full boarding fees are £10,716 per term. Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Mount Kelly Prep School has one class per year to Year 2, two from Year 3, three from Year 7, and an average class size of 17 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Three-quarters of pupils at Mount Kelly Prep School move up to the College at the end of Year 8.
The Mount Kelly Prep School curriculum
School teaches all but core subjects through the thematic International Primary Curriculum to Year 4. Curriculum also includes PSHE, French, Spanish. 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, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 5. Outdoor learning includes a weekly Learning Outside The Classroom lesson in pre-prep and the Shackleton Programme for Years 3 to 8, which includes two Forest School sessions per week for Years 3 and 4, and one week per year of outdoor challenge and bushcraft for Years 5 to 8.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages throughout, for DT, art and computing from Year 3, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Mount Kelly Prep School
5 Games and 1 PE session per week. School offers over 20 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and an extensive extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. Performance Swimming Academy for Year 5 upwards. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in athletics, cross country, rugby 7s, swimming, trampolining.
The Arts at Mount Kelly Prep School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Annual poetry recital competition for Years 3-8. All pupils learn an instrument in class and three-quarters take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Three choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 7.00pm.
Find another school near Mount Kelly Prep School
King’s School, Plymouth (14.2 miles); Plymouth College Preparatory School (14.9 miles); Fletewood School at Derry Villas (16.2 miles); Shebbear College Prep School (31.1 miles); Stover Preparatory School (39 miles); Exeter Cathedral School (39.2 miles).
Lamerton Church of England Primary School (3.8 miles); Mary Tavy and Brentor Community Primary School (3.9 miles); St Andrew’s Church of England Primary School, Buckland Monachorum (6.7 miles).
Mount Kelly College (1.7 miles); Plymouth College (14.9 miles); St Joseph’s School, Launceston (22.1 miles); Shebbear College (31.1 miles).
Devonport High School for Girls (14.1 miles); Plymouth High School for Girls (14.8 miles); Devonport High School for Boys (15.7 miles).