School report
The Downs Preparatory School
England · Co-educational · Ages 4–13 · Day only243 on rollHeadcount on roll. Source: DfE School Census, 2025/26.
These financial figures relate to the charity that operates the school, which runs more than one school — so they cover the wider group, not this school alone.
At a glance
Latest income
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ScholarInspection
A colour summarising the school's most recent inspection outcome. Different inspectorates (ISI, Ofsted, and the Scottish and Welsh bodies) use different systems, so results from different inspectorates aren't directly comparable.Green
ISI · 2025-05-07
Roll (12 mo)
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Inspection & safeguarding
Latest outcome: all met
- Regulator
- ISI
- Band
- Green
- Report date
- 2025-05-07
- Report age
- 1.1 years
Inspectorates use different scales, so bands are shown only within their own regime, never cross-mapped.
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Fees
Fees
What The Downs Preparatory School publishes for 2026/27 — the advertised price, before any bursary or scholarship.
| Day | Boarding | |
|---|---|---|
| Prep | £18,897 /yr ≈ £6,299/term | — |
Termly figures are the annual fee ÷ 3. Source: the school's fee page ↗
Fee history
Day fees have fallen -5.8% since 2023/24 — from £20,055 to £18,897 in 2026/27. See the full six-year trend below.
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Finances
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Peer-group benchmarking
Curriculum & activities
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Pupil body
Pupil body
The current roll at a glance.
137 boys · 106 girls · 243 on roll
Source: Department for Education, Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics 2025/26 (England).
Age profile
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Pupil roll
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Leaver destinations
Where leavers go
Senior schools this prep sends its pupils to.
A range of 12 different senior schools were selected
Including Badminton School, BGS, Blundell’s and more.
First-choice success: 95%Year 8/13+ · latest 2022
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Recruitment & staffing
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Catchment
Market penetration
Data & sources
Where these figures come from, and how complete they are.
- Financial source
- Charity Commission (England & Wales)
- Detail level
- Parsed from full accounts
- Latest accounts
- 2025-08-31
- Years on record
- 5
- Accounts age
- 9 months
- Pupil numbers
- 243 (DfE School Census)
- Components
- Income components reconcile
- Entity scope
- Group of 2 schools
Pupil–teacher ratio: not published — independent schools aren’t in the DfE workforce census, and filed accounts don’t separate teaching staff.
Capital trend: only one year of capital spend is on record, so a multi-year under-investment signal can’t be computed yet.
Computed 2026-06-20 · pipeline ct-derived-1.0.0. Indicators, not verdicts — each is traceable to its source.
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