School report
The Elms School
England · Co-educational · Ages 3–13 · Day & boarding · 158 pupils
At a glance
Latest income
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PrefectFinancial security
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.Red
ISI · 2024-10-01
Roll (12 mo)
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Setting
Historic self-contained rural estate in Colwall near Malvern, surrounded by Herefordshire countryside and farmland.
Getting there
Inspection & safeguarding
Latest outcome: not all met
An inspection found safeguarding not effective. This is shown prominently and is never hidden.
- Regulator
- ISI
- Band
- Red
- Report date
- 2024-10-01
- Report age
- 1.7 years
Inspectorates use different scales, so bands are shown only within their own regime, never cross-mapped.
Fees
Fees
What The Elms School publishes for 2026/27 — the advertised price, before any bursary or scholarship.
| Day | Boarding | |
|---|---|---|
| Prep | £27,375 /yr ≈ £9,125/term | £38,535 /yr ≈ £12,845/term |
Termly figures are the annual fee ÷ 3. Source: the school's fee page ↗
Fee history
Full boarding fees have risen +47.5% since 2021/22 — from £26,130 to £38,535 in 2026/27. Latest figure includes VAT. See the full six-year trend below.
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Pupil body
The current roll at a glance.
93 boys · 63 girls · 156 on roll
Source: Department for Education, Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics 2025/26 (England).
Age profile
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See plans →Leaver destinations
Where leavers go
Senior schools this prep sends its pupils to.
Leavers have gone on to 30 named senior schools.
Including Ampleforth College, Bedales School, Blundell's School and more.
Common Entrance success: 100%Year 8/13+
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Recruitment & staffing
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See plans →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
- 2024-08-31
- Years on record
- 5
- Accounts age
- 21 months
- Pupil numbers
- 158 (inspection:ISI)
- Components
- Income components reconcile
- Entity scope
- This school
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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