Welcome to St Bernard’s Preparatory School, one of the leading prep schools in Berkshire. As a Catholic school we celebrate the Catholic faith but also welcome and embrace children of all faiths.

A key foundation of our daily school life is recognising our commonalities and celebrating our differences and developing mutual respect, understanding and tolerance.

We are proud of our excellent reputation as a school which successfully combines a nurturing ethos with academic excellence, which is reflected in outstanding results in local and national tests. Our children leave us as courteous, confident, and articulate young citizens, committed to the ideal of service to others and well prepared for secondary education. 

We believe we offer children the best start to their education which will help the realise their full potential. We offer a creative and challenging curriculum, enriched by experiences and opportunities.

Small class sizes enable our team of highly qualified and enthusiastic teachers to be responsive to the needs of the individual child ensuring progression for all our children.

We have a wide range of sport, music, art and drama activities on offer as well as leadership opportunities to help develop our children's confidence and character.

With God as our shelter and Christ as our guide, the mission of St Bernard’s Preparatory School is to educate towards love and service to God, each other and the wider community.

Through our broad, balanced curriculum we will develop an understanding of each faith and the values we share.

We will treat each person with respect, knowing we are special and unique.

Our Aims:

• Initiate worship, celebration and prayer within the curriculum as a natural part of school life.
• Nurture a love of learning and to develop as fully as possible, each child's academic potential and talents.
• Generate an understanding of the need for care and consideration for others within our community and the wider world.
• Provide a broad balanced and challenging curriculum enriched with wider curriculum experiences and opportunities for learning; where there is stretch and challenge for all enabling the needs of the individual child to achieve their full potential academically, spiritually, morally, socially and physically.
• Value each child as unique and individual and made in the likeness of God, happy with the person they have become.