Heywood Prep A GSG School
- Heywood Prep
The Priory
Priory Street
Corsham
Wiltshire
SN13 0AP - Head: Tim O'Connell
- T 01249 713379
- F 01249 701757
- E office@heywoodprep.com
- W www.heywoodprep.com
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 2 to 11.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Wiltshire
- Pupils: 260
- Religion: None
- Fees: £12,870 - £14,625 pa (last updated on 07/01/2025)
- Open days: September and February
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The school has a settled, content feel to it. As a result, it’s a place where children thrive and feel safe, even those that may not have done so elsewhere. Alongside robust literacy, maths and topic schemes of work there is an individualised learning (IL) curriculum. Unusually for a prep that finishes at the end of year 6, Heywood does a masterful job to...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since January 2024, Tim O’Connell. Sport is his metier: gained a degree in sport and exercise science from Exeter followed by a PGCE specialising in physical education. This followed an illustrious sporting career at school where he played county-level hockey, cricket and rugby, even captaining the Under 17 East England hockey team. Started teaching at St. Felix School, Suffolk, before becoming head of the prep. Joined Heywood Prep in 2018 as deputy head to move closer to family in the west country. He still gets onto the sports pitch if given half a chance, ‘My PE kit is always in the back of the car so I can step in when we are short.’
Mr O’Connell successfully treads the fine balance between being firm and fun as head, with one...
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