The Mount, Blundellsands Rd West, Blundellsands, Liverpool L23 6TF
10 reasons to choose St Mary's College Preparatory School
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St Mary’s College Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 75. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Sefton and one of the 4 best primary schools within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
St Mary’s College Preparatory School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 months 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 prep school to St Mary’s College, an all-through school to age 18. St Mary’s College Preparatory School fees are £4,090 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
St Mary’s College Preparatory School has one class per year, sometimes two, and an average class size of 22 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6 most Prep School pupils move up to St Mary’s College, Blundellsands.
The St Mary's College Preparatory School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum, and emphasises Catholic social morality. It is thematic in style, linking subjects across the curriculum into half termly topics. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish. The school has been recognised as an Associate School of The Royal Society for promoting excellence in science. The school offers each child a handful of 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 4.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout.
Sport at St Mary's College Preparatory School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in table tennis.
The Arts at St Mary's College 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 about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, orchestra and some instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.15am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near St Mary's College Preparatory School
Merchant Taylors’ Prep School (1.1 miles); Christian Fellowship School, Lower & Middle School (8.5 miles); Belvedere Preparatory School (9.4 miles).
Merchant Taylors’ School, Crosby (1.1 miles); St Mary’s College, Crosby (1.2 miles).
Formby High School (7.4 miles); Range High School (7.5 miles); St John Bosco Arts College (7.6 miles).