Prenton Preparatory School
Mount Pleasant, Oxton, Prenton, CH43 5SY
This school is closed (it closed in July 2026).
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Phillip Soutar
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- Inter- / non- denominational
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Birkenhead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 141
- Pupils on roll
- 79
- URN
- 105118
- Local authority
- Wirral
- Website
- School website
About this school
Prenton Preparatory School was an independent school in Prenton. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 79 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Prenton Preparatory School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in October 1957, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Trends over time
How Prenton Preparatory School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 124 |
| 2023/24 | 112 |
| 2024/25 | 99 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 2
- Pupils on SEN support
- 10
Location
Nearby schools
-
Birkenhead School0.6 miles
Independent schools · Prenton
-
Horizons Independent School0.7 miles
Special schools · Birkenhead
-
Progress Schools - Wirral1.0 miles
Independent schools
-
Wirral Hospitals' School1.4 miles
Academies · Wirral
-
Foxfield School1.4 miles
Special schools · Woodchurch
Other schools in Prenton
- Birkenhead School Independent schools
- Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary School Primary
- Co-op Academy Hillside Primary
- Oxton St Saviour's CofE Primary School Primary
- Prenton Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Birkenhead Primary
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Ridgeway High School Secondary
- St Anselm's College Secondary
- Birkenhead High School Academy All-through
- The Observatory School Special schools
Recorded changes at this school
- Status changed from open to closed recorded 29 Jul 2026
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 July 2026.