Radley Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3PS
10 reasons to choose Our Lady's Abingdon Lower School
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Our Lady’s Abingdon Lower School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 78. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Abingdon and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Our Lady’s Abingdon Lower School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 7 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Our Lady’s Abingdon, an all-through school to age 18. Our Lady’s Abingdon Lower School fees range from £5,615 (Rec) to £6,735 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Our Lady’s Abingdon Lower School has a mixed Year 3 and 4 class, separate classes for Years 5 and 6 and an average class size of 12 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, nearly all Lower School pupils graduate seamlessly to Our Lady’s Abingdon School.
The Our Lady's Abingdon Lower School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and emphasises Catholic social morality. Curriculum also includes PSHEE, French. 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 for Years 4 and 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, for DT from Year 4 and for science from Year 5.
Sport at Our Lady's Abingdon Lower School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Our Lady's Abingdon Lower 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 about a third take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir and one or two instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near Our Lady's Abingdon Lower School
The School of St Helen and St Katharine, Junior Department (1.2 miles); Chandlings (2.4 miles).
Long Wittenham Church of England Primary School (5.3 miles); Appleton Church of England Primary School (6.5 miles); St Michael’s Church of England Primary School, Oxford (7 miles).
Our Lady’s Abingdon (0.1 miles); Abingdon School (1 mile).
John Mason School (0.9 miles); Cheney School (6.7 miles); Didcot Girls’ School (6.7 miles).