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School Reviews
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Headington Prep School, Oxford
A stone's throw from Oxford city centre, Headington Prep is a smart, selective, bijoux all-girls' school that handily feeds into the super-popular Senior school across the road.
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d’Overbroeck’s, Oxford
d'Overbroeck's in Oxford has a first name policy, progressive curriculum, a dedicated Sixth Form campus and a whole clutch of brilliant results. Impressed.
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Swanbourne House School, Swanbourne
Muddy says: This bucolic, rural prep school on the Bucks/Beds border has had quite a year, with a new, dynamic, sometimes controversial head teacher. Twelve months on, here's my update.
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Moulsford School, Moulsford
Muddy says: A highly-regarded boy’s prep school in South Oxon in a stonkingly lovely setting on the Thames, with a strong reputation for sport and extracurricular activities.
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Bruern Abbey School, Bicester
The only prep school in the country whose main goal is helping boys with learning difficulties (primarily dyslexia) to get into mainstream independent senior schools. It works!
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Pipers Corner, Chilterns
Muddy says: Facilities and green space to make you swoon at this high-achieving school for girls 4-18 years in Buckinghamshire's idyllic Chiltern Hills.
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Kingham Hill School, North Oxon
Muddy says: An idyllically placed co-ed, non-selective secondary school with a strong Christian ethos, set in 100 acres of Cotswolds countryside.
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St Mary’s School, Gerrards Cross
Muddy says: A caring, supportive, high-achieving all-through girls school (3-18 years) in elegant Gerrards Cross.
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Gayhurst School, Gerrards Cross
Muddy says: The only co-ed prep school in or around Gerrards Cross, Gayhurst marries a happy 'village school' atmosphere with excellent pastoral care.
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Caldicott School, Farnham Royal
Set next to Burnham Beeches nature reserve in leafy South Bucks, Caldicott offers a homely atmosphere whilst still nailing it as a top feeder school to both Eton and Harrow.
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