Milestones House, Blundells Road, Tiverton, Devon EX16 4NA
10 reasons to choose Blundell's Preparatory School
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Blundell’s Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 84. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Tiverton and one of the 3 best primary schools for 7 miles.
School fundamentals
Blundell’s Preparatory School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (60%/40%) 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 prep school to Blundell’s School, an all-through school to age 18. Blundell’s Preparatory School fees range from £3,462 (Rec) to £6,222 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Blundell’s Preparatory School has two classes per year to Year 4, three classes from Year 5, and an average class size of 14 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Prep School pupils move up to Blundell’s School.
The Blundell's Preparatory School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHEE, reasoning, Creative Arts and STEM theme days and weeks, French. 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 3. Weekly outdoor and woodland learning sessions up to Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport and music throughout, for languages from Year 2, for art, DT, science and computing from Year 3, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Blundell's Preparatory School
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 Blundell's Preparatory School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Three choirs, string group and wind band. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm. Minibus service.
Find another school near Blundell's Preparatory School
Wellington Prep School (13.1 miles); Exeter Cathedral School (16.3 miles); The Maynard Junior School (16.7 miles).
Uplowman Church of England Primary School (3.6 miles); The Duchy School Bradninch (6.9 miles); Hemyock Primary School (11.3 miles).
Blundell’s School (0.3 miles); Wellington School (13.1 miles).
Uffculme School (6.7 miles); Kingsmead Academy (17.6 miles); St Peter’s Church of England Aided School (18 miles).