Warwick Preparatory School
Warwick Preparatory School is an independent school in Warwick for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 484 pupils and room for 520.
Bridge Field, Banbury Road, Warwick, CV34 6PL01926 491545warwickprep.comMrs Hellen Dodsworth headmistressAll 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
Admissions policy not published.
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 Warwickshire 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 | 484 | 499 | 497 | 494 | 508 | 515 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 12% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 9% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's High School | Independent (grammar) | 160 m | 815 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Warwick School | Independent (grammar) | 230 m | 1,227 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Coten End Primary School | Academy | 620 m | 653 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Myton School | Academy | 810 m | 1,761 | Good 2023 | 53 | Compare |
| Warwick Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 820 m | 90 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Westgate Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 198 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Myton Gardens | Free school | 0.7 miles | 65 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| The Emscote School | Independent | 0.7 miles | 67 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Warwick Preparatory School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Warwick Preparatory School yet.
How many pupils does Warwick Preparatory School have?
484 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 520 places, so it is 93% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Bridge Field, Banbury Road, Warwick, CV34 6PL
- Telephone
- 01926 491545
- Website
- www.warwickprep.com
- Headmistress
- Mrs Hellen Dodsworth
- 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
- Warwickshire
- Ward
- Warwick Myton & Heathcote
- Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1945
- URN
- 125780 · LAESTAB 9376019 · UKPRN 10080496
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.