{{More citations needed|date=June 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Prestfelde School | image_size = | motto = | established = 1929 | closed = | type = [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|Private]] [[Day school|day]] and [[boarding school]]<br> [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|Preparatory school]] | religious_affiliation = [[Christianity|Christian]] | president = | head_label = Head | head = Matty Thavenot | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = Chairman of Governors | chair = R Sartain | founder = | specialist = | address = London Road | city = [[Shrewsbury]] | county = [[Shropshire]] | country = England | postal_code = SY2 6NZ | local_authority = | ofsted = <!--N/A--> | staff = | enrolment = 350 | gender = [[Coeducation|Co-educational]] | lower_age = 3 | upper_age = 13 | houses = | colours = Navy Blue, grey and yellow {{color box|Navy}} {{color box|grey}} {{color box|Yellow}} | publication = | free_label1 = Former pupils | free_text1 = Old Prestfeldians | free_label2 = Chaplain | free_text2 = | free_label3 = Affiliation | free_text3 = [[Woodard Schools|Woodard Corporation]] | website = http://www.prestfelde.co.uk }} '''Prestfelde School''' is an [[Public school (UK)|independent]] [[Mixed-sex education|co-educational]] [[Preparatory school (UK)|day and boarding preparatory school]], located on London Road in [[Shrewsbury]] in [[Shropshire]], [[England]], for children between the ages of 3 and 13. {{As of|May 2023}}, there are 350 pupils on roll.
Since 1949, the school has formed part of the [[Woodard Schools]] group, founded by the Christian educationalist [[Nathaniel Woodard|the Reverend Nathaniel Woodard]] and as such is affiliated to the largest group of [[Church of England]] schools in the country. Originally a school for boys, it diversified during the late 1990s and now has nearly 100 girls.
The school is set in {{convert|30|acre|m2}} of grounds on the outskirts of Shrewsbury, close to the [[Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill|Lord Hill column]].
==Latest inspections== The latest school inspection by the Independent Schools Inspectorate was undertaken in 2023 and the school was rated as Excellent in all areas,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prestfelde.co.uk/about/inspection-reports | title=Inspection Reports - Prestfelde School }}</ref> and the latest boarding inspection by OFSTED was undertaken in November 2009.<ref>[http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/CARE/SC020777 Ofsted Boarding Report]</ref>
==Notable Old Prestfeldians== * Flt Lt [[Eric Lock]] DSO DFC & Bar, a [[Battle of Britain]] [[RAF]] pilot and leading British ace of the Battle, born in [[Bayston Hill]] in 1919, attended Prestfelde between 1929 and 1933. * [[Dave Manby]] - national champion slalom canoeist
==References== {{reflist}}
==See also== * [http://www.prestfelde.co.uk/ School website]
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