Junior Prep
Ages 5 to 9Small classes, specialist teachers from the first year and afternoons spent outdoors.
Junior PrepAn education with room to grow.
A day and boarding school for girls and boys aged 5 to 18, set in ninety acres of parkland.
- 1894
- Founded, and independent ever since
- 640
- Girls and boys, aged 5 to 18
- 16
- Pupils in an average class
- 90
- Acres of parkland, fields and river
Three schools, one journey.
Children can join at five and stay until eighteen. Each part of the school has its own head, its own buildings and its own pace.
Senior Prep
Ages 10 to 13A broad curriculum, a tutor who knows each pupil well and space to find a passion.
Senior Prep
A welcome from the Head
“We want children to leave us curious, kind and unafraid of hard things. Everything else follows from that.”
The other half of an education.
Afternoons, evenings and weekends are when many pupils find the thing they love.
Sport
Rowing on the river, fourteen pitches and a place in a team for everyone who wants one.
Music and drama
Two orchestras, four choirs and a theatre that is busy every term.
Art and design
Studios open until six.
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clubs and societies, from robotics to mountain walking.
See them allAdmissions
How to apply
Joining Merrowdown, step by step.
Enquire
Tell us about your child and we will send a prospectus.
Visit
Come to an open morning, or book a private tour on a working day.
Apply
Register, then join us for a taster day and a short assessment.
Join
Offers go out well before the new year. New pupils visit again before they start.
News and dates.
All news
Come and see for yourself.
The best way to judge a school is to walk around it on a working day.
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