| The Downs Malvern | |
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| Address | |
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Brockhill Road , , WR13 6EY England | |
| Coordinates | 52°05′11″N 2°21′14″W / 52.0864°N 2.3538°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent preparatory school |
| Motto | Aedificandum est (It is in the building) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christian, ex-Quaker |
| Established | 1900 |
| Founders | Herbert and Ethel Jones |
| Department for Education URN | 117002 Tables |
| Chairman of Governors | Rev Kevin Madden[2] |
| Headmaster[1] | Andy Nuttall[citation needed] |
| Staff | 57[1] |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 2 to 13 |
| Enrolment | 224[3] |
| Houses | Sanger Cadbury Lewis Morgan |
| Colour(s) | red, green |
| Publication | The Badger and The Owl |
| Website | http://www.thedownsmalvern.org.uk |
The Downs Malvern is a private prep school in the United Kingdom, founded in 1900. It is located on a 55-acre (22 ha) site in Colwall in the County of Herefordshire, on the western slopes of the Malvern Hills.[2] The school takes children aged 2 to 13 and comprises a nursery, kindergarten, pre-prep, and preparatory school; the preparatory school takes both day students and boarders. The Headmaster since 2020 has been Andy Nuttall. Fees are currently[when?] up to £21,471 pa for full boarders and up to £16,221 pa for day pupils.
Since 2008 the Downs has been the preparatory school for Malvern College.
A distinctive feature of the school is its miniature-gauge railway, the Downs Light Railway, which was begun in 1925. Complete with a tunnel and a station, it is the world's oldest private miniature railway.
- ^ a b "Governors and Staff". The Downs Malvern. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ a b Independent Schools Inspectorate; The Downs, Malvern College Prep, 2015. (Retrieved 2 February 2017).
- ^ "URN 117002 The Downs, Malvern College Prep School". Edubase. Retrieved 26 May 2017.