Coundon Road, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 4AU
10 reasons to choose Bablake Junior School & Pre-Prep
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Bablake Junior School & Pre-Prep has a Schoolsmith Score® of 81. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Coventry and one of the 3 best primary schools for 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Bablake Junior School & Pre-Prep 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. It is the junior division of Bablake School, an all-through school to age 18. Bablake Junior School & Pre-Prep fees range from £4,446 (Rec) to £5,081 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Bablake Junior School & Pre-Prep has two or three classes per year, and an average class size of 20 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Junior School pupils move up to Bablake School at the end of Year 6.
The Bablake Junior School & Pre-Prep curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHEE, French, Spanish, German. 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, Forest School to Year 2 and residential trips from Year 4.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for most subjects in Year 6.
Sport at Bablake Junior School & Pre-Prep
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Bablake Junior School & Pre-Prep
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near Bablake Junior School & Pre-Prep
King Henry VIII Junior School (1.8 miles); Pattison College, Prep School (2.6 miles); Crackley Hall School (5.4 miles).
St Osburg’s Catholic Primary School, Coventry (0.3 miles); All Souls Catholic Primary School (1.3 miles); Stanton Bridge Primary School (1.6 miles).
Bablake School (0 miles); King Henry VIII School (1.3 miles); Pattison College (2.6 miles).
Sidney Stringer Academy (1.4 miles); President Kennedy School Academy (2.6 miles); Stoke Park School and Community Technology College (2.7 miles).