Roche Court, Fareham, Hampshire PO17 5BL
10 reasons to choose Boundary Oak School, Prep and Pre-Prep
Main point of differentiation
Boundary Oak School, Prep and Pre-Prep has a Schoolsmith Score® of 85, and is the joint second highest scoring prep school in Portsmouth and Fareham. It is academically selective, and has particularly wide co-curricular, trips and outdoor learning programmes, underpinned by the Quo Vadis Baccalaureate.
School fundamentals
Boundary Oak School, Prep and Pre-Prep is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. Boarding from Year 6 for the very small number of pupils who board. 60% are full boarders and 40% are weekly or flexi boarders. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Boundary Oak School, an all-through school to age 16, and is a member of the Globeducate Group. Boundary Oak School, Prep and Pre-Prep fees range from £4,500 (Rec) to £7,020 per term (2025/26). Full boarding fees are £11,194 per term. Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Boundary Oak School, Prep and Pre-Prep has one class per year to Year 2, two from Year 3, and an average class size of 17 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6 most Prep pupils move up to Boundary Oak Senior School.
The Boundary Oak School, Prep and Pre-Prep curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, French, Spanish. Up to Year 3 the curriculum is taught through cross-curricular topics for science, history, geography, computing, RE and PSHE. The Quo Vadis Baccalaureate is a two-yearly award in Years 2, 4, 6 and 8 that encourages achievement across the broad curriculum. Each pupil may participate in over 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and camp-outs and residential trips from Year 3. Outdoor Learning is a weekly curricular activity for all year groups, involving ecology, horticulture, and bushcraft. The school has ‘Wilder School’ accreditation from the Hampshire and IOW Wildlife Trust.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, and languages throughout, for art from Year 1, for computing, food tech and drama from Year 4, for science from Year 5, and for all subjects from Year 6.
Sport at Boundary Oak School, Prep and 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. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in swimming.
The Arts at Boundary Oak School, Prep and Pre-Prep
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils, as is drama from Year 4. All pupils learn an instrument in class and about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir and some instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.40am to 6.15pm. Facility for occasional boarding and ‘Ready for Bed’ club.
Find another school near Boundary Oak School, Prep and Pre-Prep
Meoncross Lower School (5.1 miles); West Hill Park School (5.7 miles); Portsmouth Grammar Junior School (8.7 miles); Twyford School (18.9 miles).
Harrison Primary School (1.2 miles); Redlands Primary School (2.2 miles); Botley Church of England Primary School (6.6 miles).
Boundary Oak School, Seniors (0 miles); Meoncross School (5.1 miles); The Portsmouth Grammar School (8.7 miles); Bedales School (20.7 miles).
Cams Hill School (1.9 miles); Bay House School (6.5 miles); St Edmund’s Catholic School (8.1 miles).