254 Wells Road, Knowle, Bristol BS4 2PN
10 reasons to choose Cleve House School
Top line
Cleve House School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Bristol and one of the 4 best primary schools for 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Cleve House School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (40%/60%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school, with a new senior division to age 16. Cleve House School fees are £3,540 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Cleve House School is a small school, with mixed-age classes, and an average class size of 8.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for one third of Cleve House School leavers are a local independent school. Two-thirds head for a state secondary. A new senior division offering the IB Middle Years Programme will open in Sep 2024.
The Cleve House School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French. Topic-based teaching for PSHE, geography, history, and art up to Year 2. 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 a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for computing from Year 3.
Sport at Cleve House School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports.
The Arts at Cleve House School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and some take extra-curricular instrument lessons. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near Cleve House School
Bristol Grammar Infant and Junior School (2.7 miles); Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital Junior School (2.7 miles); Clifton High School, Nursery to Junior Schools (3.2 miles).
Southville Primary School (1.6 miles); Waycroft Academy (2.8 miles); Whitehall Primary School (2.8 miles).
Bristol Grammar School (2.7 miles); Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital (2.7 miles); Clifton High School (3.2 miles).
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School (1.2 miles); St Brendan’s Sixth Form College (1.8 miles); Bristol Cathedral Choir School (2.2 miles).