Tiptop · PREP SCHOOL PROFILE
Merchant Taylors’ Prep
Girls’ · Boys’ · Co-educational | Tiptop editorial rankings
School facts [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- Location
- Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
- Ages
- 3–11 (through Year 6)
- Intake
- Boys
- Day / boarding
- Day
A boys’ day school for ages 3–11, finishing at Year 6.
- Boys’ day education from Nursery to Year 6
- Ongoing assessment for progression to the Senior School at 11+
- Shared activities, facilities and pastoral support with the Senior School
About the school [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Merchant Taylors’ Prep is a day school for boys aged 3–11 in Moor Park, Rickmansworth. Shared activities and facilities connect it with the Senior School, with progression at 11+ based on a continuing assessment of each boy’s learning and suitability.
Internal 11+ progression and historical offers [1] [2] [3]
The Prep now finishes at Year 6. Transfer to Merchant Taylors’ Senior School requires no separate 11+ exam and is based on each boy’s progress, attainment and wider contribution. The historical 2024 cohort of 34 pupils received 32 offers from Merchant Taylors’, one from John Lyon and one from Shiplake.
- Reporting period
- Current 11+ arrangements; historical 2024 offers
- Cohort size
- 2024: 34 pupils (The historical 2024 leaving cohort; the table records offers and predates the current Year 6 finishing point.)
Schools in the historical offers record
- Merchant Taylors’ School
- John Lyon School
- Shiplake College
Discussions begin in Year 4, with suitability reviewed in the summer of Year 5; alternative schools may be recommended. The 2024 figures predate the current age range.
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