Prep
"Pupils experience a comprehensive curriculum and a large amount of extra-curricular opportunities. Specialist art, music, language and PE lessons form an integral part of the curriculum." ISI Report 2025
We see our job as preparing children for life with all its opportunities and challenges - building the high self-esteem, strong moral values and sense of social responsibility that will help them grow into adults that succeed in the widest possible sense.
When they are seven, children join our Prep, and become a member of one of our four houses, Abbey, Crescent, Holburne and Milsom, which helps to nurture a strong sense of identity and healthy competition. Children will continue to be taught the majority of their lessons including Personal Development, by class teachers in small classes, and are streamed for Maths. Children are continually assessed to ensure that they are receiving the most beneficial tuition path, and to set meaningful and achievable goals.
All pupils continue to receive specialist teaching for Art, Music, Computing, and French as well as PE and Games lessons, many of which are held at our secondary school, Prior Park College. Years 5&6 enjoy Science lessons in the laboratories at our senior school. Outdoor learning sessions continue, both with class teachers as well as our bespoke Forest School sessions - 'PlayWood Forest School'. Discover more about our curriculum here
From Year 4, children can look forward to residential trips where they become more independent, and forge stronger friendships with their peers. Read more about our co-curricular programme here
From Year 6, pupils transition seamlessly to Prior Park College and from September 2026, the 11+ exam will no longer be a requirement for entry to our secondary school.
Senior School (11 -17 years)
Our senior school is Prior Park College which is located a short distance away at the top of Ralph Allen Drive. The College is a co-educational Senior School in Bath for day and boarding children aged 11-18. Being located near to Prior Park College brings many practical benefits. It provides our children with access to the facilities of the senior school. This includes the indoor swimming pool, all weather pitches, athletics track, tennis courts and our sports centre. We also make extensive use Prior Park's theatre, dance studio, design and technology, science labs and other facilities. Prior Park College teachers add their specialist knowledge to Prior Park Paragon's pupils' learning, particularly for science, sport and design and technology.
Smoothing the transition to secondary school
Greater access to the College enables Paragon children to become familiar with the senior school environment, enabling a smooth transition from Year 6 to Year 7 and the curriculum is designed for continuous progression from junior to senior school. Visit Prior Park's 11+ page for further details.
