3 Springfield Road, Wallington, Surrey SM6 0BD
10 reasons to choose Collingwood School
Main point of differentiation
With a Schoolsmith Score® of 75 and the lowest fees in the area Collingwood School is the low cost all-rounder of prep schools in Sutton. It is also the only co-ed prep, and it has the smallest class sizes. (read the area review here)
School fundamentals
Collingwood School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (60%/40%) 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, and is a member of the Inspired Learning Group. Collingwood School fees range from £4,128 (Rec) to £4,374 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Collingwood School has one class per year and an average class size of 14 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for most Collingwood School leavers are a local grammar or independent school.
The Collingwood School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish. 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 5.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for science and art from Year 3.
Sport at Collingwood School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Collingwood 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 about one third take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs and one or two instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.30am to 6.30pm.
Find another school near Collingwood School
Cumnor House School for Girls (1.8 miles); Laleham Lea School (2.3 miles); Seaton House School (2.5 miles).
Stanley Park Junior School (0.9 miles); St Mary’s Roman Catholic Junior School, Carshalton (0.9 miles); Muschamp Primary School (1.3 miles).
Sutton High School (2.5 miles); Croydon Metropolitan College (3.1 miles); Whitgift School (3.4 miles).
Wallington County Grammar School (0.7 miles); St Philomena’s School (1.1 miles); Wallington High School for Girls (1.1 miles).