Chairman of Governors: Mr N P Hall, MA, FCA
Head Master: Mr A Southgate, BA Ed Hons
Age Range. 3–11 years.
Numbers of Pupils. 248 (153 boys, 95 girls).
Fees per term (2023-2024). Nursery £201.20–£2,088.05, Prep £2,740–£4,905.
Blundell’s Preparatory School is a family school and all the staff adopt a personal interest in every child and work in partnership with the parents. The school places great emphasis on children being happy, secure and confident, thus offering individuals every opportunity to achieve their full potential within a caring family atmosphere. The rural setting is within easy reach of the market town of Tiverton and is conveniently placed less than ten minutes from the M5 motorway and Tiverton Parkway Station.
The School has an excellent reputation for providing sound academic standards which are based on providing the core subjects of Maths, English and Science taught to an extremely high standard. Added to this is the bonus of a wide range of supplementary subjects, well taught by specialist teachers in specialist teaching areas, including a fully-equipped Science Lab, Dance Studio, Art & Design Centre and a Food Technology Suite.
Drama, music and art flourish at Blundell’s Preparatory School with all the children participating fully both in lessons and as part of co-curricular activities. Specialist music teachers offer an extensive variety of different instruments. The drama and music departments have their own dedicated facility.
The sports department has an enviable reputation of producing good all-round sporting pupils, as well as nurturing and extending those with talent. Amongst the sports offered are rugby, football, netball, hockey and cross-country in the winter and cricket, tennis, athletics and swimming in the summer. The Preparatory School has access to the extensive sporting facilities within Blundell’s senior campus.
There is a comprehensive choice of co-curricular activities offered to the pupils which includes ballet, chess, fencing, golf, art, judo, Bushcraft Club, Wild Wonders and woodwork.
Charitable status. Blundell’s School is a Registered Charity, number 1081249. It exists to provide education for children.