Warminster Preparatory School

Warminster Preparatory School is the independent day and boarding Junior School attached to Warminster School in Warminster, Wiltshire.

The senior school was founded in 1707 as the Lord Weymouth Grammar School, becoming the Lord Weymouth School in 1955 and Warminster School in 1973, following a merger with St Monica's School for Girls.

Warminster Preparatory School takes children from three to eleven years old and shares grounds and facilities with the senior school, which is for the age range eleven to eighteen. The school's handsome and well-equipped buildings lie in beautiful gardens and grounds, facing open country on the edge of the very attractive old area of Warminster. The school has long-established and close links with the town and enjoys strong support. A friendly school with the declared aim of developing the potential and recognising the value of all pupils. More than half the school is involved in music and about 120 pupils learn an instrument. A large number is engaged in dramatic activities and it has a high reputation in sport and games.

The schools lie on the western side of the Wiltshire market town of Warminster, close to the Longleat estate of the Marquess of Bath and his famous safari park. Whilst the history of the school goes back to 1707, the school in its current form was created in 1973 by the merger of the former Lord Weymouth School for boys, the ground of which now form the main school and St Monica's (founded 1874 by the nuns of St. Denys Retreat) for girls, which now houses the Preparatory School. The school also incorporates much of the former St. Boniface Missionary Collages and St. Denys Convent and retreat.

The school celebrated the Tercentenary of the founding of The Lord Weymouth School in 2007 with a series of events including a Service of Thanksgiving in Salisbury Cathedral, at which the Bishop of Salisbury spoke about the school's history, and a Royal Visit by HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.