Trumpington Road, Cambridge CB2 8EX
10 reasons to choose The Perse Prep, Pre-Prep & Nursery
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The Perse Prep, Pre-Prep & Nursery has a Schoolsmith Score® of 87. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Cambridge and one of the 5 best primary schools for 1 mile.
School fundamentals
The Perse Prep, Pre-Prep & Nursery is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Christian school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy from Year 3. It is the junior division of The Perse School, an all-through school to age 18. The Perse Prep, Pre-Prep & Nursery fees range from £7,124 (Rec) to £8,269 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
The Perse Prep, Pre-Prep & Nursery has two classes per year to Year 2, three from Year 3, and an average class size of 23 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Perse Prep School pupils go on to The Perse Upper School. ISI Inspectors consider the academic achievement of pupils to be ‘Exceptional’.
The Perse Prep, Pre-Prep & Nursery curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. Extensive use of cross-curricular topics in pre-prep. Learning habits codified as the Perse Learning Philosophy, which defines the values, skills, knowledge, and practices required to succeed in school and beyond. The curriculum also includes PSHE, French, Spanish, Latin. The school is one of the 50 prep schools with the most extensive academic and hobby extra-curricular programmes in the UK.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 2.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at The Perse Prep, Pre-Prep & Nursery
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in athletics, football, hockey, orienteering, table tennis.
The Arts at The Perse Prep, Pre-Prep & Nursery
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and most take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Five or six choirs, an orchestra involving a quarter of the prep school, and up to 20 practicing and occasional instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.45am to 6.00pm. School bus service.
Find another school near The Perse Prep, Pre-Prep & Nursery
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St Alban’s Catholic Primary School, Cambridge (0.9 miles); Newnham Croft Primary School (1.5 miles); The Spinney Primary School (3.2 miles).
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Hills Road Sixth Form College (1.2 miles); Parkside Community College (1.5 miles); St Bede’s Inter-Church School (2.4 miles).