Wood Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV6 8QX
10 reasons to choose Tettenhall College Preparatory School
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Tettenhall College Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 82. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Wolverhampton and one of the 3 best primary schools for 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Tettenhall College Preparatory School is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. Boarding from Year 6 for the very small number of pupils who board. 25% are full boarders and 75% are weekly or flexi boarders. It is a Christian school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Tettenhall College, an all-through school to age 18. Tettenhall College Preparatory School fees range from £3,519 (Rec) to £5,000 per term (2025/26). Full boarding fees are £11,740 per term. Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Tettenhall College Preparatory School has one class per year, sometimes two, and an average class size of 17 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6 most Prep School pupils move up to Tettenhall College.
The Tettenhall College Preparatory School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French, Spanish. Subjects are taught separately throughout. TC Enrichment Programme for Years 5 & 6 expands the curriculum with non-traditional activities such as philosophy, debating, orienteering and astronomy. 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 2. Forest School Association recognised provider to pupils from Reception to Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, languages and music throughout.
Sport at Tettenhall College Preparatory 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 Tettenhall College Preparatory 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 half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Touring choir and several instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm. Facility for occasional boarding.
Find another school near Tettenhall College Preparatory School
Newbridge Preparatory School (0.7 miles); Wolverhampton Grammar Junior School (1.6 miles); Birchfield School Prep (5.8 miles); The Yarlet School (24 miles); Bromsgrove Preparatory School (24.1 miles).
St Stephen’s Church of England Primary School, Wolverhampton (2.4 miles); St Christopher’s Catholic Primary School, Codsall (2.5 miles); St Bartholomew’s Church of England Primary School, Penn (3.8 miles).
Tettenhall College (0 miles); Wolverhampton Grammar School (1.6 miles); Emmanuel School, Walsall (8.3 miles); Chase Grammar School (10.9 miles); Elmfield Rudolf Steiner School Limited (13 miles).
Wolverhampton Girls’ High School (1 mile); S.Peter’s Collegiate Church of England School (1.5 miles); The Royal School, Wolverhampton (2.8 miles).