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Believe. Persevere. Succeed.
We are an established, independent day school for girls aged 3-11 years situated in a leafy suburb just minutes from Altrincham town centre.

Enabling Each Girl to Grow

Bowdon Preparatory School (BPS) is situated in a leafy suburb just minutes from Altrincham town centre. We are an established, independent day school for girls aged 3-11 years. BPS has an excellent reputation for academic achievement and prides itself on providing a happy, nurturing and stimulating environment for its pupils to thrive in. We enable each girl to grow in confidence and to acquire fundamental life skills in preparation for the move up to senior school.

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Mrs S Makepeace-Taylor Head

Bowdon Voices

“My favourite thing are my teachers because they help me to do my work. I like colouring with the crayons too.”

Pupil Reception

Bowdon Voices

Maths. I like learning numbers and hundreds, tens and units. I also love playing tick with my friends.

Pupil Year 2

Bowdon Voices

“I love adding things up and I like counting backwards. My teachers are kind too. Today Mrs Wilshaw pulled a funny face and did a funny dance to make us smile.”

Pupil Reception

Our Vision & Ethos

Our Vision at Bowdon Prep School (BPS) is to empower girls to believe in themselves and to persevere and succeed in all that they do. Read more about our core values here.
“They persevere when faced with challenging tasks demonstrating resilience and adaptability which meets the school aim for pupils to believe, persevere and succeed” ISI Report Nov 2022
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The extra-curricular provision at BPS is extremely broad and varied, with a wide range of activities and clubs that take place before school, at lunchtime and after school. The challenging and exciting activities support the curriculum in ways that make our children happy to learn, while enabling them to make the most of their abilities. “Pupils’ achievement in extra-curricular activities are considerable given the age of the pupils and the size of the school.” ISI Report Nov 2022
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Life After Bowdon

BPS prides itself on the quality of the guidance it offers parents when it comes to choosing the right senior school for their daughter. We’re proud to feed into some of the leading schools in the country.
Alderley Edge School for Girls
Cheadle Hulme School
Withington Girls’ School
Manchester High School for Girls
North Cestrian
Loreto Grammar School
Destination Schools

Our Campus

The school is housed in a large Victorian building (formerly a secondary school). In addition to well-appointed classrooms, the school has extensive facilities.
Facilities
Feathery Friends

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Feathery Friends

Reception had a visit from Feathery Friends where they enjoyed learning about and meeting lots of different owls. They have also enjoyed reading the Owl Babies story and writing their own captions from the story.

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Liverpool Museum Welcomes Year 2

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Liverpool Museum Welcomes Year 2

The Year 2 girls have had an amazing time exploring the ancient Egyptians and learning all about habitats linked to science. We also learnt about time and space on our recent trip to Liverpool Museum.    

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A Fantastic Day Out for Year 3

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A Fantastic Day Out for Year 3

All our Year 3 pupils absolutely loved their recent trip to the Catalyst Museum in Widnes. We were all treated to the usual warm welcome from all the staff at the museum before being wowed, inspired and challenged during two...

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‘It’s Good To Be Me’

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‘It’s Good To Be Me’

This week, the Year 1 girls enjoyed visiting Hale Village. As part of our current topic ‘It’s Good To Be Me’ we have been learning about our local area and community. We enjoyed walking together through Hale village, looking at...

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Girls Go Back to the Workhouse

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Girls Go Back to the Workhouse

Weaverhall Workhouse, opened in 1839, had 60 new inmates from BPS this week. The girls were soon put to work, picking oakum, making rag-rugs, doing the laundry and churning butter. We are not so sure that they enjoyed Victorian school...

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