Stanley Road, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire TF1 3LB
10 reasons to choose Wrekin College, The Old Hall School
Top line
Wrekin College, The Old Hall School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 81. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Telford and one of the 3 best primary schools for 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Wrekin College, The Old Hall School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the junior division of Wrekin College, an all-through school to age 18, and is a member of The Allied Schools group. Wrekin College, The Old Hall School fees range from £3,830 (Rec) to £6,010 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Wrekin College, The Old Hall School has two classes per year and an average class size of 18 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Old Hall pupils move up to Wrekin College at the end of Year 6.
The Wrekin College, The Old Hall School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, philosophy, Spanish. Cross-curricular topic-based learning to Year 2, and for humanities from Year 3. 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 and visiting speakers. Forest School to Year 2. Adventure residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport and music throughout, and for languages, DT, RS, and computing from Year 3.
Sport at Wrekin College, The Old Hall School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Wrekin College, The Old Hall School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils, as is drama from Year 3. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir and several instrument ensembles. The choir has a strong track record in national choral competitions. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 5.50pm.
Find another school near Wrekin College, The Old Hall School
Haberdashers’ Castle House School (9 miles); Prestfelde School (11.1 miles); St Winefride’s RC Independent School (12.4 miles).
St Peter’s Church of England Primary School, Bratton (2.9 miles); Priorslee Primary Academy (3.9 miles); John Wilkinson Primary School (8.7 miles).
Wrekin College (0.7 miles); Shrewsbury High School (12.5 miles); Shrewsbury School (13 miles).
Thomas Telford School (3.2 miles); Newport Girls’ High School Academy Trust (8.1 miles); Adams’ Grammar School (8.3 miles).