Abingdon Preparatory School
11+ Admissions Guide 2026

Abingdon Preparatory School is an independent day school for boys, founded in 1956 as Josca's. Since 1998, it has been part of the Abingdon Foundation, a charitable trust administered by a governing body. The school welcomes pupils from Reception through to Year 8, organised into four sections: pre-prep, junior, middle, and senior.

The school aims to provide a nurturing and supportive environment where pupils can discover their talents and fulfil their potential. Kindness, compassion, tolerance, respect, and a sense of responsibility are central to school life, built on the Christian tradition of the Abingdon Foundation. The goal is to help pupils grow into confident, polite, and well-rounded young people with the intellectual curiosity and skills they need for the next stage of their education.

Pupils come from families with a range of professional and business backgrounds, mostly living within a 20-mile radius of the school. The school offers additional support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, and for those for whom English is an additional language. The curriculum is also modified for the most able pupils in the school's population.