London Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN8 2BX
10 reasons to choose Wellingborough Prep School & Pre-Prep
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Wellingborough Prep School & Pre-Prep has a Schoolsmith Score® of 82. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Wellingborough and one of the 3 best primary schools for 7 miles.
School fundamentals
Wellingborough Prep School & Pre-Prep is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Wellingborough School, an all-through school to age 18. Wellingborough Prep School & Pre-Prep fees range from £4,372 (Rec) to £6,979 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Wellingborough Prep School & Pre-Prep typically has two classes per year and an average class size of 15 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Most Wellingborough Prep pupils move up to the senior school at the end of Year 6.
The Wellingborough Prep School & Pre-Prep curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers. Forest School for the youngest pupils and a residential trip for Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, for computing from Year 1, and for art, DT and science from Year 3.
Sport at Wellingborough Prep School & 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 athletics.
The Arts at Wellingborough Prep School & Pre-Prep
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the English and co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, two string orchestras and several instrument ensembles. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 7.45am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Wellingborough Prep School & Pre-Prep
St Peter’s School, Kettering (7.6 miles); Northampton High Junior School (12 miles); Quinton House Preparatory School (13 miles).
Isham Church of England Primary School (4.6 miles); Barton Seagrave Primary School (6.7 miles); Cranford Church of England Primary School (8 miles).
Wellingborough School (0 miles); Northampton High School (12.1 miles).
Sir Christopher Hatton Academy (1 mile); Southfield School for Girls (7 miles); Bishop Stopford School (8 miles).