Broadway, Fleetwood, Lancashire FY7 8JW
10 reasons to choose Rossall Preparatory School
Top line
Rossall Preparatory School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 80. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Cumbria and Lancashire.
School fundamentals
Rossall Preparatory School is an independent prep day and boarding school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 3 months 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 junior division of Rossall School, an all-through school to age 18. Rossall Preparatory School fees are £4,638 per term (2025/26). Full boarding fees are £11,730 per term. Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Rossall Preparatory School usually has one class per year, sometimes two, and an average class size of 17 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
At the end of Year 6, most Preparatory School pupils move up to Rossall School.
The Rossall Preparatory School curriculum
School uses a thematic curriculum for all year groups; the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP). Curriculum also includes PSHE, French, Spanish, German. 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 a residential trip in Year 6. The school is a member of the Round Square Organisation, a network of 150 schools worldwide committed to practical, cross-cultural and collaborative education, based on six IDEALS (International, Democracy, Environmentalism, Adventure, Leadership, Service).
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for music, languages, computing and sport throughout.
Sport at Rossall Preparatory School
School offers over 15 different sports through the year, through both the curriculum and extra-curriculum. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3. Golf academy and an Elite Football Programme with Manchester City. In recent years the school has enjoyed national success in golf.
The Arts at Rossall Preparatory School
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs and some instrument ensembles. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs. Piano and Performing Arts academies in the senior school.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Rossall Preparatory School
The St Anne’s College Grammar School, Junior School (11 miles); AKS Preparatory School (12.1 miles); Kirkham Grammar Junior, Infant & Pre-School (12.4 miles); Stonyhurst College, St Mary’s Hall (36.5 miles); Sedbergh Prep School, Casterton (40.8 miles).
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys (2.4 miles); Baines Endowed School (3.2 miles); Kincraig Primary School (3.2 miles).
Rossall School (0 miles); The St Anne’s College Grammar School (11 miles); AKS Lytham (12.1 miles); Kirkham Grammar School (12.4 miles); Stonyhurst College (36.5 miles).
Blackpool and the Fylde College (3 miles); Hodgson Academy (5 miles); St Bede’s Catholic High School (13.8 miles).