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East Midlands
This map illustrates the location of some of the leading independent schools in this region. A directory of schools, categorised by area, is listed below and on the following pages.
Bedfordshire
BEDFORD 1 Bedford Modern School
Derbyshire
DERBY 2 Repton School
Leicestershire
LOUGHBOROUGH 3 Fairfi eld Prep School 4 Loughborough Amherst School 5 Loughborough Grammar School 6 Loughborough High School
Lincolnshire
LINCOLN 7 Lincoln Minster School
Northamptonshire
NORTHAMPTON 8 Northampton High School 9 Spratton Hall School
Rutland
OAKHAM 10 Oakham School UPPINGHAM 11 Uppingham School
Bedfordshire
Bedford Girls’ School
PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • GIRLS Bedford, MK42 0BX Headteacher: Miss Jo MacKenzie Total pupils: 950
bedfordgirlsschool.co.uk
Bedford Modern School
PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • CO-ED Bedford, MK41 7NT Headteacher: Mr Alex Tate Total pupils: 1199
bedmod.co.uk
Bedford School
PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • BOARDING • BOYS Bedford, MK40 2TU Headteacher: Mr James Hodgson Total pupils: 1079
bedfordschool.org.uk
Orchard School and Nursery
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • CO-ED Barton-Le-Clay, MK45 4RB Headteacher: Mrs Anne Burton Total pupils: 100
orchardschool.org.uk
Pilgrims Pre-Preparatory School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • CO-ED Bedford, MK41 7QZ Headteacher: Mrs Jo Webster Total pupils: 348
pilgrims-school.info
Polam School
DAY • CO-ED Bedford MK40 2BU Headteacher: Mr Darren O’Neil Total pupils: 118
polamschool.co.uk
St Andrew’s School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • SENIOR • DAY • CO-ED Bedford, MK40 2PA Headteacher: Mr Ian Daniel Total pupils: 224
standrewsschoolbedford.com Derbyshire
Barlborough Hall School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • CO-ED Chesterfi eld, S43 4TJ Headteacher: Mrs Karen Keeton Total pupils: 183
barlboroughhallschool.com
Derby Grammar School
PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • BOYS Littleover, DE23 4BX Headteacher: Dr R Norris Total pupils: 272
derbygrammar.co.uk
Derby High School
PRE-PREP • PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • GIRLS Derby, DE23 3DT Headteacher: Ms Amy Chapman Total pupils: 541
derbyhigh.derby.sch.uk
Foremarke Hall
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • BOARDING • CO-ED Milton, DE65 6EJ Headteacher: Mr Robert Relton Total pupils: 455
foremarke.org.uk
Ockbrook School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • BOARDING • CO-ED Ockbrook, DE72 3RJ Headteacher: Mr Tom Brooksby Total pupils: 374
ockbrooksch.co.uk
Repton School
SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • BOARDING • CO-ED Derby, DE65 6FH Headteacher: Mr Mark Semmence Total pupils: 600
repton.org.uk Leicestershire
Fairfi eld Prep School
KINDERGARTEN • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • CO-ED Loughborough, LE11 2AE Headteacher: Mr Andrew Earnshaw Total pupils: 500
lsf.org/fairfi eld
Leicester Grammar School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • CO-ED Leicester, LE8 9FL Headteachers: Mr John Watson Total pupils: 1216
leicestergrammar.org.uk
Leicester High School for Girls
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • GIRLS Leicester, LE2 2PP Headteacher: Mr Alan Whelpdale Total pupils: 373
leicesterhigh.co.uk DERBYSHIRE
Lincoln
7
LINCOLNSHIRE
Derby
2
Milton Loughborough
4 3 10
Oakham
6 5 RUTLAND
11
Uppingham Stamford
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
9
Northampton
8 1
Bedford
Nr Brackley
BEDFORDSHIRE
Loughborough Grammar School
SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • WEEKLY • FLEXI • BOARDING • BOYS Loughborough, LE11 2DU Headteacher: Dr Daniel Koch Total pupils: 885
lsf.org/grammar
Loughborough High School
SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • GIRLS Loughborough, LE11 2DU Headteacher: Dr Fiona Miles Total pupils: 535
lsf.org/high
Loughborough Amherst School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • CO-ED Loughborough, LE11 2DZ Headteacher: Dr Julian Murphy Total pupils: 330
lsf.org/amherst
Ratcli e College
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • WEEKLY • FLEXI • BOARDING • CO-ED Leicester, LE7 4SG Headteacher: Jon Reddin Total pupils: 802
ratcli ecollege.com
Stoneygate School
CO ED Leicester, LE8 9DJ Headmaster: Mr J F Dobson
stoneygateschool.co.uk
Tiny Tots Pre-School & Leicester International School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • CO-ED Leicester, LE2 0AA Headteacher: Mr N Hussein Total pupils: 120
tinytotspre-school.co.uk
Lincolnshire
Ayscoughfee Hall School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • CO-ED Spalding, PE11 2TE Headteacher: Mrs Clare Ogden Total pupils: 147
ahs.me.uk
Copthill School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • CO-ED Stamford, PE9 3AD Headteacher: Mr Jonathan Teesdale Total pupils: 315
copthill.com
Grantham Preparatory School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • CO-ED Grantham, NG31 7UF Headteacher: Mrs Kathryn Korcz Total pupils: 135
tgps.co.uk
Kirkstone House School
PRE-PREP • PREP • SENIOR • DAY • CO-ED Nr Peterborough, PE6 9PA Headteacher: Mrs Corinne Jones Total pupils: 170
kirkstonehouseschool.co.uk
Lincoln Minster School
PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • WEEKLY • FLEXI • BOARDING • CO-ED Lincoln, LN2 5RW Headteacher: Mrs Maria Young Total pupils: 500
lincolnminsterschool.co.uk
Lincolnshire Montessori
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • CO-ED Stallingborough, DN41 8AJ Headteacher: Ms Sylvia Fields Total pupils: 64
lincolnshiremontessori.co.uk
St Hugh’s School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • WEEKLY • FLEXI • BOARDING • CO-ED Woodhall Spa, LN10 6TQ Headteacher: Mr Chris Ward Total pupils: 185
st-hughs.lincs.sch.uk
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • WEEKLY • FLEXI • BOARDING • CO-ED Grimsby, DN34 4SY Headteacher: Mr Murray Total pupils: 244
saintjamesschool.co.uk
St Martin’s Preparatory School
PREP • DAY • CO-ED Grimsby, DN34 5AA Headteacher: Stephen Thompson Total pupils: 124
stmartinsprep.co.uk
Stamford High School (Girls)
SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • WEEKLY • FLEXI • BOARDING • GIRLS Stamford, PE9 2LL Headteacher: Mrs Vicky Buckman Total pupils: 601
ses.lincs.sch.uk
Stamford Junior School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • WEEKLY • BOARDING • CO-ED Stamford, PE9 2LR Headteacher: Mrs Emma Maria Smith Total pupils: 382
ses.lincs.sch.uk
Stamford School (Boys)
SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • WEEKLY • FLEXI • BOARDING • BOYS Stamford, PE9 2BQ Headteacher: Nick Gallop Total pupils: 672
ses.lincs.sch.uk
Witham Hall
PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • WEEKLY • FLEXI • BOARDING • CO-ED Bourne, PE10 0JJ Headteacher: Mr Charles Welch Total pupils: 248
withamhall.com
Northamptonshire
Beachborough School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • FLEXI • CO-ED Nr Brackley, NN13 5LB Headteacher: Mr Christian Pritchard Total pupils: 380
beachborough.com
Laxton Junior School
PREP • DAY • CO-ED Oundle, PE8 4BX Headteacher: Mr Sam Robertson Total pupils: 259
laxtonjunior.org.uk
Maidford Montessori Nursery
NURSERY • DAY • CO-ED Maidford, NN12 8HT Maidwell Hall
PREP • DAY • WEEKLY • BOARDING • CO-ED Northampton, NN6 9JG Headteacher: Robert Lankester Total pupils: 111
maidwellhall.co.uk
Northampton High School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • GIRLS Northampton, NN4 6UU Headteacher: Dr Helen Stringer Total pupils: 681
northamptonhigh.co.uk
Oundle School
SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • BOARDING • CO-ED Oundle, PE8 4GH Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Kerr-Dineen Total pupils: 1100
oundleschool.org.uk
Pitsford School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • CO-ED Pitsford, NN6 9AX Headteacher: Craig G Walker Total pupils: 312
pitsfordschool.com
St Peter’s School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • CO-ED Kettering, NN15 6DJ Headteacher: Maria Chapman Total pupils: 114
st-peters.org.uk
Spratton Hall School
PREP • DAY • CO-ED Northampton, NN6 8HP Headteacher: Mr Simon Clarke Total pupils: 400
sprattonhall.com
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • CO-ED Wellingborough, NN8 2BX Headteacher: Mr A N Holman Total pupils: 890
wellingboroughschool.org
Nottinghamshire
The Elms School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • CO-ED Nottingham, NG10 4AD Headteacher: Mrs F Potter Total pupils: 400
elmsschool.net
Highfi elds School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • CO-ED Newark, NG24 3AL Headteacher: Mr Richard Thomson Total pupils: 140
highfi eldsschool.co.uk
Hollygirt School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • SENIOR • DAY • CO-ED Nottingham, NG3 4GF Headteacher: Mrs Pamela Hutley Total pupils: 156
hollygirt.co.uk
Nottingham Girls’ High Junior School
PREP • DAY • GIRLS Nottingham, NG1 4HX Headteacher: Laura Fowler Total pupils: 285
nottinghamgirlshigh.gdst.net
Nottingham Girls’ High School
SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • GIRLS Nottingham, NG1 4JB Headteacher: Miss Julie Keller Total pupils: 986
nottinghamgirlshigh.gdst.net
Nottingham High School
PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • BOYS Nottingham, NG7 4ED Headteachers: Mrs Clare Bruce and Mr Kevin Fear Total pupils: 971
nottinghamhigh.co.uk
Trent College
SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • WEEKLY • BOARDING • CO-ED Nottingham, NG10 4AD Headteacher: Mr Bill Penty Total pupils: 1131
trentcollege.net
Wellow House School
PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • WEEKLY • CO-ED Nr Newark, NG22 0EA Headteacher: Kirsty Lamb Total pupils: 149
wellowhouse.notts.sch.uk
Worksop College Preparatory School, Ranby House
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • WEEKLY • FLEXI • BOARDING • CO-ED Retford, DN22 8HX Headteacher: Mr David Thorpe Total pupils: 230
wsnl.co.uk/prep
Worksop College
SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • WEEKLY • FLEXI • BOARDING • CO-ED Worksop, S80 3AP Headteacher: Clare Tilley Total pupils: 368
wsnl.co.uk
Rutland
Brooke Priory School
NURSERY • PRE-PREP • PREP • DAY • CO-ED Oakham, LE15 6QW Headteacher: Elizabeth Bell Total pupils: 185
brooke.rutland.sch.uk
Oakham School
PREP • SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • BOARDING • CO-ED Oakham, LE15 6DT Headteacher: Mr Henry Price Total pupils: 1,045
oakham.rutland.sch.uk
Uppingham School
SENIOR • 6TH FORM • DAY • BOARDING • CO-ED Rutland, LE15 9QE Headteacher: Dr Richard J Maloney Total pupils: 804
uppingham.co.uk
Spratton Hall School
Smith Street, Spratton, Northamptonshire, NN6 8HP
Head Teacher: Mr Simon Clarke Admissions: Mrs Sarah Church (Registrar) registrar@sprattonhall.com 01604 847292
GENDER/AGES: Boys and girls, 4-13 years TOTAL PUPILS: 400, boys 218, girls 182 TYPE: Day FEES: Pre-Prep – Day from £3,750, Prep – Day from £5,125 to £5,750 per term TYPICAL CLASS SIZE: Prep – 16 MAIN EXIT SCHOOLS: Rugby, Oakham, Oundle, Uppingham, Wellingborough FAITH: Church of England ENTRANCE PROCEDURE: Entry requirements vary depending on the year group your child will be entering. Reception is non-selective, but other year groups will require an assessment day as detailed on the Admissions pages at www.sprattonhall.com.
School Philosophy: Spratton Hall’s philosophy is that as well as achieving exceptional grades, we want our pupils to enjoy the very best all-round educational experience and the highest standards of wellbeing possible. Academic Record: Spratton Hall has an outstanding academic record with a 100% pass rate at common entrance. For example in 2021 the 46 Year 8 pupils achieved a record-equalling 21 scholarships to their chosen senior schools. However, we are not a hot-house, and provide first-rate learning support for any children who need extra academic assistance. Extra-curricular: In addition to the extensive provision of music, art and sport within the curriculum, Spratton Hall also o ers 65 extra-curricular clubs and activities. Clubs are as diverse as kite-making, Mandarin, archery, sailing, ceramics and gaming and there are numerous musical ensembles, choirs and groups to join too. Notable Achievements and Alumni:
Spratton Hall is proud to have been shortlisted for Prep School or Pre-Prep School of the year for the last four years. The Week recently referred to the school as ‘great for all-rounders’ and for the last three years we have been one of the Cricketers ‘Top 50 Cricketing Prep Schools’, in part due to their inclusive approach to cricket, as all 25 school teams are now mixed, boys and girls.
Open Days: 30 September 2022. There are waiting lists across multiple year groups, so early registration is advised.
Hitting the right note
Young and budding musicians fl ourish at Lincoln Minster School in Lincolnshire
Music can be hugely benefi cial to a child’s educational experience Lincoln Minster’s choir performs at local and regional events
Practising and performing music in any form is no doubt bene cial in terms of developing creativity and expression, but a recent study from the University of Edinburgh suggests that learning to play music in childhood can also lead to greater cognitive ability later in life. Music truly has the ability to be transformative and can bene t a child’s entire educational experience and beyond. is doesn’t come as a surprise to those at Lincoln Minster School. Based in the heart of Lincolnshire, Lincoln Minster School is an all-through co-educational day and boarding school o ering pupils the chance to practise, perfect and perform. From reception to sixth form, all pupils study a range of subjects, but the school has a long-standing and well-known passion for music.
Centuries of chorister teaching
e school has a long history of educating the Lincoln Cathedral Choristers (dating back to the 12th century) and its talented students are still frequently selected to sing with the worldfamous choir to this day.
As well as the school’s own choir, which frequently performs at events, the school holds regular orchestra performances and other opportunities to allow each pupil the chance to nd an instrument that best suits them.
Excellent resources
e dedicated learning space for music, the Harper Building, was opened at the senior school site in 2010 and provides pupils with
Alumni go on to a wide variety of careers in the music industry
a modern, bright environment in which to practice. It features a 200-seat recital hall, individual practice rooms, specialist percussion room, music technology suites as well as classrooms and a fully-equipped drama studio. e school also makes use of its close relationship with the University of Lincoln music department and works with its team of 13 peripatetic music teacher specialists to help Lincoln Minster pupils reach their individual musical aspirations.
Unique opportunities
Lincoln Minster School pupils are o en sought a er to perform at local and regional events. Some pupils are part of the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain and take part in regular music festivals across the country. Other pupils have worked with artists such as Colabro (choir) and Jess Gillam, in partnership with the Lincoln International Chamber Music Festival.
Stellar alumni
e e orts of the school are clear when you see the achievements of its alumni. Lincoln Minster School pupils regularly go on to study at conservatoires, become composers in theatre and lm, song writers or perform as professional musicians and singers.
