Ursuline Preparatory School
Ursuline Preparatory School is an independent school in Brentwood for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 161 pupils and room for 170.
Great Ropers Lane,, Brentwood, Essex, Brentwood, CM13 3HR01277 227152ursulineprepwarley.co.ukMrs Pauline Wilson headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Essex council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 161 | 169 | 164 | 164 | 163 | 165 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 9% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 9% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warley Primary School | Council | 980 m | 426 | Good 2023 | 61 | Compare |
| Holly Trees Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 417 | Good 2023 | 62 | Compare |
| Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School | Academy | 1.4 miles | 991 | Good 2023 | 92 | Compare |
| Brentwood County High School | Academy | 1.4 miles | 1,097 | Report card 2026 | 32 | Compare |
| St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald | Church of England | 1.6 miles | 454 | Report card 2025 | 99 | Compare |
| Hogarth Primary School | Academy | 1.7 miles | 211 | No overall grade 2025 | 37 | Compare |
| Endeavour Co-Operative Academy | Academy | 1.8 miles | 170 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Brentwood School | Independent | 1.8 miles | 1,853 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Ursuline Preparatory School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Ursuline Preparatory School yet.
How many pupils does Ursuline Preparatory School have?
161 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 170 places, so it is 95% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Great Ropers Lane,, Brentwood, Essex, Brentwood, CM13 3HR
- Telephone
- 01277 227152
- Website
- www.ursulineprepwarley.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Pauline Wilson
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 3-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward
- Warley
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1978
- URN
- 115428 · LAESTAB 8816034 · UKPRN 10070249
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.