The Preparatory School, which is co-educational, is housed in a spacious building in the grounds of Exeter School: near enough to take advantage of all the facilities, yet surrounded by its own playground area and green space. Our pupils are members of a small, close-knit community, each of whom is valued as an individual; equally, they are aware of the larger school beyond, which offers endless opportunities to exercise their growing talents, and represents an exciting challenge for the future.
Our aim is to offer them all, in academic, cultural and sporting terms, the widest possible range of activities, and to help them to recognise those which will give them the greatest scope for development, and the deepest fulfilment, in the years to come.
Music plays a vital part: we have a choir, which leads the singing at our weekly chapel services throughout the year, and an orchestra which performs at termly concerts. Drama, too, has a central role: weekly lessons give scope for disciplined self-expression, and provide the framework on which to build our annual school play.
Our main games are football, netball, hockey and cricket. Other sporting activities include squash, tennis, athletics, cross-country and swimming.
We benefit from Exeter School's extensive sporting facilities, and especially the all-weather pitch. Outdoor activities are an important feature of the school life: we make full use of our surroundings, and especially of Dartmoor.
Above all, we aim to provide an environment which our pupils will enjoy, so that they are happy to come to school, bubbling with enthusiasm and eager to learn.
