Berkshire Prep Boarding Schools
Wellington College Prep School
Wellington College Prep School
Wellington College Prep School
Founded in 1820, Wellington College Prep is one of the country’s oldest preparatory schools, located in Sandhurst, Berkshire. The school has around 120 pupils in its Pre-Prep and Nursery, and over 230 pupils in the Prep School. Many Year 8 pupils are awarded scholarships from their choice of senior school, and the school takes pride in its excellent academic record.
Horris Hill School
Wellington College Prep School
Wellington College Prep School
Horris Hill is a school based near Newbury, Berkshire, which aims to provide its students with an excellent education tailored to each individual, encouraging academic ambition. Offering a plethora of experiences across the academics, sports and the arts, the school wants to ensure that every child is able to discover their skills and pas
Horris Hill is a school based near Newbury, Berkshire, which aims to provide its students with an excellent education tailored to each individual, encouraging academic ambition. Offering a plethora of experiences across the academics, sports and the arts, the school wants to ensure that every child is able to discover their skills and passions, and is happy and confident throughout their education. Horris Hill promotes kindness, courage, respect and resilience in its community, and focuses on the benefits of good manners, good humour, having the spirit to succeed, and hard work
Lambrook School
Wellington College Prep School
Lambrook School
Lambrook is a co-educational school for pupils aged 3-13, offering weekly and flexi boarding for students between the ages of 7-13. Boarding is seen as a happy extension of Lambrook School life, with 75% of the Prep School taking advantage of boarding in some way. All boarders, whether weekly, flexible or occasional, are fully integrated
Lambrook is a co-educational school for pupils aged 3-13, offering weekly and flexi boarding for students between the ages of 7-13. Boarding is seen as a happy extension of Lambrook School life, with 75% of the Prep School taking advantage of boarding in some way. All boarders, whether weekly, flexible or occasional, are fully integrated into boarding life and are part of a home-from-home family environment where they eat, work and relax together. They make the most of the fantastic on-site facilities with various activities on offer, from baking and movie nights to swimming and sports tournaments!
Ludgrove School
Sunningdale School
Lambrook School
Founded in 1892, Ludgrove is an independent school offering fortnightly boarding for boys aged 8-13. This fortnightly boarding allows boys and their families to find a balance between part-time and full-time boarding, easing the transition into full boarding as the boys get older. The school’s principal aims for the boys to grow and deve
Founded in 1892, Ludgrove is an independent school offering fortnightly boarding for boys aged 8-13. This fortnightly boarding allows boys and their families to find a balance between part-time and full-time boarding, easing the transition into full boarding as the boys get older. The school’s principal aims for the boys to grow and develop in a happy, caring environment, to explore and expand their potential, and to learn to develop an awareness and concern for others around them. The school aims to enable boys to meet future challenges and opportunities with confidence, good manners and humour.
Sunningdale School
Sunningdale School
Sunningdale School
Sunningdale School is a family-owned prep school for boys aged 8-13 that provides an exceptional educational experience. With a focus on the happiness and wellbeing of its pupils, the school offers outstanding pastoral care and high academic standards that bring out the best in every boy. Sunningdale boys are curious, engaged and not afr
Sunningdale School is a family-owned prep school for boys aged 8-13 that provides an exceptional educational experience. With a focus on the happiness and wellbeing of its pupils, the school offers outstanding pastoral care and high academic standards that bring out the best in every boy. Sunningdale boys are curious, engaged and not afraid to take risks, resulting in excellent academic achievements and entrance to the best senior schools in the country. The school also offers a wide range of sports, music and other activities that promote personal growth and well-roundedness. Sunningdale is located close to London and Heathrow, making it an ideal choice for families looking for a first-class education in a perfect setting.
Buckinghamshire Prep Boarding Schools
Caldicott School
Caldicott is an independent preparatory school for boys aged 7-13, offering day, weekly, flexi and full boarding options. The school prides itself on its boarding community, which encourages pupils to make use of the excellent facilities, including 40 acres of land and wonderful pastoral support. Caldicott offers up to five partly or fully funded 11+ places to boys who would join as boarders in Year 7 and stay on until the end of Year 8. Moreover, the opportunities provided by this Hitchin Scholarship do not stop after the boys’ time at Caldicott until the end of Year 8, but are extended until they are 18, at some of the top public schools in the UK.
Oxfordshire Prep Boarding Schools
Dragon School
Dragon School is one of the leading Prep schools in the UK, educating boys and girls from 4-13 years old. It is a vibrant, happy and aspirational school, which promotes a love of learning, breadth of opportunity, and a strong sense of community and fun. The Prep sits proudly amid stunning playing fields in North Oxford on the banks of the River Cherwell, and the Pre-Prep is in the heart of Summertown. Leavers go on to a wide variety of senior schools, with a third typically gaining academic and/or specialist awards. Full, weekly and flexi boarding options are available, and Dragon QUEST is a broad, exciting enrichment programme on Saturday mornings.Main points of entry for day places are Reception, Year 3 and Year 4, and boarders can join in Years 4-7.
Summer Fields School
Summer Fields School is a boarding and day school for boys aged 4-13, set in more than 70 acres of stunning grounds. With highly dedicated staff and a variety of co-curricular activities, pupils are encouraged to not only thrive academically, but also widen and develop their passions, skills and interests. As a result, Summer Fields’ students have an outstanding record of winning awards and scholarships to top public schools like Eton, Harrow, Radley, Stowe and Winchester, among others.
Suffolk Prep Boarding Schools
Old Buckenham Hall
Old Buckenham Hall is one of the country’s leading co-educational day and boarding schools for children aged 2-13 years. Celebrating record boarding numbers, OBH offers the highest academic standards and unrivalled co-curricular opportunities, all underpinned by exceptional pastoral care. Based in 90 acres of idyllic Suffolk countryside, it is a very special environment for children to begin their educational journeys.
Recent sporting successes include County Hockey Champions, Suffolk LTA School of the Year and IAPS Swimming champions. OBH is school that believes in children being children, removing distractions like mobile phones, OBH specialises in developing character, which is far more important
Surrey Prep Boarding Schools
Aldro School
Aldro is a co-educational day and boarding school for approximately 200 children aged between 7-13. Nestled in the quintessentially English and very beautiful village of Shackleford, Aldro lies just 30 miles southwest of London and is in easy reach of both Heathrow and Gatwick airports. With full, weekly and family-friendly boarding, Aldro welcomes children from all over the world, as well as those looking for an idyllic country education away from the capital and many who join us daily from the nearby towns and villages.
Edgeborough School
Edgeborough is an award-winning, co-educational independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 2-13 years old, situated in the 50 acres of beautiful countryside just outside Farnham, Surrey. Edgeborough’s ethos is that happy children thrive in a warm and kind environment where opportunities are abundant. Edgeborough prides itself on finding talent in each child that is recognised, nurtured and developed to create motivated, confident, independent learners. Kindness, happiness and respect for others are at the heart of everything. Emphasising a happy, family atmosphere, Edgeborough fosters all-round development and a balanced, first-class education.
Sussex Prep Boarding Schools
Brambletye
Brambletye School is a co-educational day and boarding preparatory school for pupils aged 2-13 in the Sussex countryside. It was founded as a small boys' boarding school in Kent between the world wars, and has since moved to West Sussex and become coeducational. From Year 3 to Year 8, boarders can stay at school all week with the option to go home after matches on a Saturday, returning to school on Sunday night or Monday morning. If the weekend activities appeal to them, they can opt to stay in for the weekend. Weekends at Brambletye are the times when children really have the opportunity to bond with each other, either during their downtime or during the extraordinary activities organised for them.
Cottesmore School
Cottesmore School is an award-winning academic boarding prep school for boys and girls in West Sussex, less than an hour from London. Cottesmore is one of the few full boarding co-educational prep schools in the UK and has been preparing children for major public schools since 1894. It provides excellent preparation for senior boarding schools who share Cottesmore’s belief in nurturing a rounded, dynamic individual. The school believes that endeavour and fun are the most important elements of intellectual life, and that success follows an explosion of discovery and purposefulness.
Cumnor House
Cumnor House Sussex is one of the country’s leading independent prep schools for children from the ages of 2-13. Situated in the heart of the Ashdown Forest, Cumnor lives by its motto: ‘Aim High, Be Kind and Dare to be Different’. The school places the child at the centre of all it does, looking each day to help them become the very best version of themselves. The unique Cumnor Foundation offers talented children access to a free independent school education from the ages of 8-18.
Handcross Park
Handcross Park School is a co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 2-13. Boarding is run by houseparents Mr. and Mrs. Carter, creating a supportive family environment that promotes independence as well as a strong sense of belonging and a home-away-from-home feeling. Boarders at Handcross Park benefit from the academic support of the Boarding Tutors during supervised Prep sessions, as well as the opportunity to take part in a wide range of exciting evening and weekend activities to make the boarding experience educational, social, busy and, most importantly, fun!
Wiltshire Prep Boarding Schools
Sandroyd School
Sandroyd School is an independent co-educational preparatory school for day and boarding pupils aged 2-13 in the south of Wiltshire. The school's main building is Rushmore House, a 19th-century country house surrounded by the Rushmore Estate, now the school’s playing fields, woods and parkland. Sandroyd strives to create a learning environment where happiness and inclusivity are at the forefront, alongside the provision of a broad curriculum that allows every pupil to flourish as an individual. Sandroyd offers full, weekly, flexi and day places, and is currently the largest independent prep boarding community in the South West.