Motcombe Park, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 9QA
10 reasons to choose Port Regis Preparatory School
Top line
Port Regis Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 92. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Shaftesbury and one of the 4 best primary schools for 10 miles.
School fundamentals
Port Regis Preparatory School is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 2 and 13 years. Boarding from Year 3 for the 40% of pupils who board. 70% are full boarders and 30% are weekly or flexi boarders. It is a Church of England school, open to all faiths and none. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school. Port Regis Preparatory School fees range from £3,750 +VAT (Rec) to £8,775 +VAT per term (2024/25). Full boarding fees are £11,800 +VAT per term.
Average class size
Port Regis Preparatory School has one class per year to Year 2, three from Year 3, and an average class size of 14 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for Port Regis Preparatory School leavers are one of 30 independent day and boarding schools. Pupils head off in their ones and twos, but Bryanston School is the perennial favourite, accounting for 15%-25% of leavers. Sherborne School is next, taking 10%-15% per year. Around 20% of pupils win awards and scholarships.
The Port Regis Preparatory School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and the ISEB Common Entrance curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE/Life Skills, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek. The school is one of the 50 prep schools with the most extensive academic and hobby extra-curricular programmes in the UK.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, Woodland learning and bushcraft to Year 4 and residential trips from Year 7.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for most subjects from Year 5.
Sport at Port Regis Preparatory School
4 games sessions per week, with matches on Wednesdays and Saturdays. School is one of the 50 prep schools with the most extensive sports offers in the UK. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in athletics, football, gymnastics, hockey, netball, sailing.
The Arts at Port Regis Preparatory School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is timetabled in Years 3 to 5. All pupils learn an instrument in class and three-quarters take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. 2 senior and 4 junior choirs, two orchestras, and over 10 instrument ensembles. The school is one of the top 50 UK prep schools for the breadth of its creative and performing arts extra-curriculum.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm. Minibus service. Facility for occasional boarding.
Find another school near Port Regis Preparatory School
Clayesmore Preparatory School (7.2 miles); Sandroyd School (9.7 miles); Hanford School (10.6 miles).
Wardour Catholic Primary School, Tisbury (6.6 miles); Horsington Church School (12.1 miles); Crockerton Church of England Primary School (14.5 miles).
Clayesmore School (7.2 miles); Bryanston School (15.5 miles).
Gillingham School (3 miles); Sexey’s School (13.7 miles); The Gryphon School (14.8 miles).