Preparatory school (United Kingdom)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school (usually abbreviated to prep school) is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools. Most British prep schools are primarily day schools, but many also take boarders. In Northern Ireland, preparatory departments are fee-paying schools which cater for children between the ages of four and eleven. They are usually part of a grammar school, to which the majority of pupils will go upon leaving the preparatory department at the age of eleven.
A pre-prep or pre-preparatory school is a school similar to a modern preschool or nursery school for two or three year olds to 4, 5 or 6 for girls and 6, 7 and 8 for boys.
This use of the term in the UK is different from United States and Canadian usage, where a "prep school" is a university-preparatory school for older pupils.
Boys' prep schools are generally for eight- to thirteen-year olds (sometimes 6 or 7 to 13), when most pupils take the Common Entrance Examination for entry into a secondary independent school. Before the age of seven or eight, the term "pre-prep school" is used. Thus, most independently educated boys will go to a pre-prep school from the age of four until eight, then from eight to thirteen to a prep school, and from thirteen to an independent secondary school.
Girls' private schools in England tend to follow the age ranges of state schools more closely than those for boys. A girls' preparatory school will usually admit girls from the age of four or five, and they will continue to another independent school at eleven, but if the school is co-educational, may stay on to 13. However, as more girls now go on to formerly single-sex boys' schools which have become co-educational, the separation is less clear.
The Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools (IAPS) is the prep schools' heads' association serving the top 500+ independent prep schools in the UK and worldwide, with a total of 130,000 pupils.
List of British Preparatory schools
Below is a list of British prep schools and their headmaster or headmistress as of 1 November 2008.
- Abberley Hall School, Worcestershire
- The Abbey School, Reading[1]
- Abbotsford Preparatory School[2], Urmston, Manchester
- Aberdour School, Surrey
- Aberlour House, prep school of Gordonstoun, Duffus, Moray
- Abingdon Preparatory School, Frilford, Oxfordshire
- Aldwickbury School, Hertfordshire
- Alleyn Court Prep School, Westcliff-on-Sea
- All Hallows Preparatory School, Shepton Mallet
- Aldenham Prep School, Elstree
- Aldro School, Shackleford, Surrey
- Alton Burn, Nairn, Inverness-shire
- Altrincham Preparatory School, Cheshire
- Amberley House School, Clifton, Bristol
- Andean House School[3]
- Ardvreck School, Crieff, Perthshire
- Arnold Lodge School, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
- Ashbridge School, Preston, Lancashire
- Ashfold School, Dorton, Buckinghamshire
- Ashford School, Ashford, Kent
- Ashdown House, East Sussex
- Aysgarth School, North Yorkshire
- Ballyclare Prep, Ballyclare, Ulster
- Barrow Hills School, Witley, Surrey
- Bancroft's School, Woodford Green
- Barfield School, Farnham, Surrey
- Beachborough School, Brackley, Northants
- Beaudesert Park School, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire
- Bedford Preparatory School, Bedfordshire
- Beechenhurst School, Liverpool
- Beechwood Park Preparatory School, Markyate, Hertfordshire
- Belmont Mill Hill Preparatory School, Mill Hill, London
- Berkhamsted School[4], Hertfordshire
- Boundary Oak School Fareham, Hampshire www.boundaryoak.co.uk
- Bickley Park School, Kent http://www.bickleyparkschool.co.uk/
- Bilton Grange[5], Rugby, Warwickshire
- Birchfield School, Albrighton, Nr. Wolverhampton
- Birkdale Preparatory School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Birmingham Blue Coat School, Edgbaston, Birmingham
- Brentwood Preparatory School, Brentwood, Essex
- Broadwater Manor School, Worthing, West Sussex
- Brockhurst and Marlston House School, Hermitage, Berkshire[6]
- Brooklands Preparatory School[7], Stafford
- Broughton Manor Preparatory School[8]
- Burys Court School[9] Leigh, Surrey
- Carleton House Preparatory School, Liverpool
- Caldicott School[10] Bucks - Simon Doggart
- Castle Court School [11] Wimborne, Dorset
- Caterham Preparatory School[12], Caterham, Surrey
- Chard School[13], Chard, Somerset
- Cheam School
- Cheltenham College Junior School[14] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- Chesham Preparatory School, Chesham, Buckinghamshire
- Chinthurst School, Tadworth, Surrey
- Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford
- Clayesmore Preparatory School, Dorset
- Clifton College Preparatory School, Bristol
- Clifton Lodge, Ealing, London
- Colet Court, London - Tim Meunier
- Copthorne School[15], West Sussex
- Cothill House[16], Abingdon
- Cottesmore School, Crawley, West Sussex
- Coworth-Flexlands Preparatory School & Nursery[17], Chobham, Surrey
- Craigclowan Preparatory School, Perth
- Cranleigh Preparatory School, Cranleigh, Surrey
- Crosfields School, Reading
- Crowstone Preparatory School[18] - CPS Website, Rochford, Essex
- Crowstone Preparatory School[18] - CPS Website, Westcliff on-Sea, Essex
- Culford Preparatory School, Culford School, Bury St. Edmunds
- Cumnor House School, South Croydon, Surrey
Cumnor House School, Danehill, West Sussex - www.cumnor.co.uk
- Cundall Manor School North Yorkshire
- Davenies[19] Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire - Mr C Watson
- Devonshire House Preparatory School[20], Hampstead, London
- Downsend School, Leatherhead, Surrey
- Downs School, Colwall, Herefordshire
- Dover Court Preparatory School, Singapore[21]
- Downey House Preparatory Methodist College Belfast, Belfast
- Dragon School, Oxford- John R. Baugh
- Duke of Kent School, Ewhurst, Cranleigh, Surrey[22]
- Dulwich Prep.[23], London - Michael Roulston
- Dumpton School, Dorset[24]
- Duncombe School, Hertfordshire[25]
- Durham Choristers School, Durham - Ian Hawksby
- Durston House, London
- Durlston Court, Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire
- Eastcourt School, Ilford, London
- Eagle House School, Crowthorne
- Eaton House The Manor School, London
- Edge Grove, Aldenham, Hertfordshire
- Edgeborough School, Farnham, Surrey
- Elm Green Preparatory School, Essex
- Elms School, Nottingham/Derby, Nottinghamshire / Derbyshire www.elmsschool.net
- The Elms School, Colwall, Herefordshire
- Elstree School, [Woolhampton], Newbury, Berkshire
- Exeter School, Exeter, Devon
- Fairfield Preparatory School, Loughborough
- Farleigh School, Andover, Hampshire
- Feltonfleet, Cobham, Surrey
- Foremarke Hall School, Repton, Derbyshire
- Forest Preparatory School, Walthamstow
- Friends' School Preparatory Department, Lisburn
- Fulham Preparatory School,[26], London
- Fullerton House Preparatory Methodist College Belfast, Belfast
- Furzedown School Boys School opened pre WW 2 and closed 1960s Litllehampton, Sussex
- Gayhurst School, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire - Mr. A Sims [27]
- Gilbert Inglefield House, Monmouth
- Glebe House School & Nursery, Hunstanton, Norfolk
- Gracefield Preparatory School, Bristol
- Great Ballard Preparatory School, Chichester
- Great Houghton Preparatory School, Northampton.
- Godstowe Preparatory School, High Wycombe.
- Gosfield School, Gosfield, Halstead, Essex.
- Grace Dieu Manor School, Leicestershire
- The Grange, Monmouth - Elaine Thomas
- Great Walstead School, Haywards Heath
- Gresham's Preparatory School, Holt, Norfolk
- Haddon Dene School Broadstairs Kent
- Hallfield School, Edgbaston
- The Hall School,[28], Hampstead, London
- Hall Grove School, Bagshot, Surrey
- Hampshire School, knightsbridge, London
- The Hamlets School, Liverpool
- Haslemere Preparatory School, Haslemere
- Haberdashers Aske boys school Preparatory department, Elstree
- Hazelwood School, Limpsfield, Surrey
- Heath Mount School, Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire
- Hendon Preparatory School, Hendon, London
- Hereward House School, Hampstead
- Heywood Preparatory School, Corsham, Wiltshire
- Highfield School[29], Liphook, Hampshire
- Hilden Grange School, Tonbridge, Kent
- Hill House School,[30], Knightsbridge, London - Richard Townend
- Holland House School, Edgware, London
- Holmewood House School, Kent
- Holmwood House School, Colchester, Essex
- Homefield School, Sutton, Surrey
- Hordle Walhampton School, Lymington, Hampshire
- Horris Hill School, Berkshire
- Hurstpierpoint College Preparatory School, Sussex
- Islamic Tarbiyya Prep School, Bradford, Yorkshire
- Kensington Preparatory School, Kensington, London
- Kew College, Surrey
- Kimbolton Preparatory School, Kimbolton
- King's College School, Cambridge
- Kingshott School, Hitchin, Hertfordshire[31]
- Kingswood House School, Epsom, Surrey
- Kingswood Preparatory School, Bath, Somerset
- King's House School, Richmond
- King's Preparatory School, Rochester, Kent
- The King's School, Ely Junior School[32], Cambs
- Kings School, Plymouth[33], Plymouth Devon
- Knighton House[34], Dorset
- Knightsbridge School Lennox Gardens, Knightsbridge London SW1[35]
- Lambrook School, Winkfield
- Lancing College Preparatory School at Mowden, Hove
- Leweston Preparatory School in Sherborne
- Liverpool College, Liverpool
- Lockers Park Prep School[36], Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire*
- Lorenden School[37], Painters Forstal, Faversham, Kent
- Loyola Preparatory School, Buckhurst Hill, Essex
- Ludgrove School[38], Wokingham
- Lyndon Preparatory School[39], Colwyn Bay
- Maidwell Hall, Northamptonshire
- Malsis School[40], North Yorkshire
- Maltman's Green School, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire
- The Manor Prep School[41], Abingdon
- Marlborough House School, Hawkhurst, Kent
- Milbourne Lodge School[42], Esher
- Millies Pre School Addiscombe, Surrey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millies_Pre_School_(Pre-Preparatory_School))
- Millfield Preparatory School, Street, Somerset
- Milton Keynes Preparatory School[8]
- Moor Park[43], *Ludlow
- Moreton Hall Prep School, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk[44]
- Mount House School, Tavistock, Devon
- Mowden Hall School[45], Northumberland
- The New Beacon Preparatory School[46], Sevenoaks, Kent
- New College School, Oxford
- New Hall Preparatory School, Chelmsford, Essex
- Newland House School
- Newton Preparatory School Battersea, London
- Norman Court Preparatory School, Salisbury, Wiltshire
- Northcote Lodge, Wandsworth, London
- Norwich School, Norwich, Norfolk
- Notre Dame Preparatory School
- Oakfield School, West Dulwich
- Old Buckenham Hall (OBH)[47]
- Orley Farm School, Harrow, Middlesex
- Orwell Park School, Nacton, Suffolk[48]
- The Old Malthouse, Langton Matravers, Dorset [49]
- Packwood Haugh School[50], Shrewsbury
- Papplewick School, Ascot
- Parkside Preparatory School, Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey
- Pennthorpe School, Rudgwick
- The Perse Preparatory School[51], Cambridge
- The Portsmouth Grammar Junior School[52], Portsmouth, Hampshire
- The Pilgrims School[53], Winchester, Hampshire
- Plymouth College Preparatory School, Plymouth
- Port Regis[54], Dorset
- Pownall Hall School, Wilmslow, Cheshire
- Prebendal School, Chichester
- Prestfelde School, Shrewsbury
- The Priory School, Banstead, Banstead, Surrey
- Quainton Hall School, Harrow, Middlesex
- Queen's College Preparatory School, London
- Radlett Preparatory School, Radlett, Hertfordshire
- Ranby House School, Ranby
- Redcourt - St Anselm's, Birkenhead, Wirral
- Red House School Norton, County Durham
- Ripley Court Preparatory School[55], Surrey
- Ripon Cathedral Choir School, Ripon, North Yorkshire
- Rokeby Preparatory School, Kingston Upon-Thames, Surrey.
- Rossall Junior School
- Royal Masonic School, Rickmansworth
- Royal Russell Preparatory School[56], Croydon, Surrey
- Rudston Preparatory School, Rotherham
- Runnymede St Edward's School, Liverpool
- Rydal Penrhos Preparatory School, Colwyn Bay[57]
- Rydes Hill Preparatory School, Guildford[58]
- The Royal School, Armagh[59], Armagh
- The Ryleys School, Alderley Edge, Cheshire
- Sarum Hall School
- S. Anselm's Preparatory School, Bakewell
- Salisbury Cathedral School, Salisbury - Paul Greenfield
- Sherborne Preparatory School
- Shernold School, Maidstone, Kent.
- Shrewsbury House School, Long Ditton, Surrey
- St. Aubyn's Preparatory School, Rottingdean, Sussex
- St Bede's Preparatory School, Manchester
- St. Bede's Preparatory School, Stafford, Staffordshire
- St. Bernard's Preparatory School, Slough
- St Catherine's Preparatory School, Bramley
- St Catherine's School, Twickenham Twickenham.
- St Cedds School[60], Chelmsford
- St Christophers School[61], Hove
- St Colette's Prep School[62], Cambridge
- St Edmund's School, Canterbury
- St Edmunds School, Hindhead
- St Faith's School, Cambridge
- St Faith's, Ash, Kent
- St George's School, Windsor Castle - Roger Jones
- St Ives School[63], Haslemere
- St John's Beaumont Preparatory School [64]
- St Neot's Prep School [65] Windsor
- St John's College School, Cambridge[66]
- St Joseph's In The Park, Hertford
- St Joseph's Preparatory School [67], Stoke-on-Trent
- Stoke Brunswick School, Ashurst Wood, Sussex
- St Martin's Ampleforth [68], North Yorkshire (formerly Ampleforth College Junior School and Gilling Castle)
- St Martin's School, Northwood, Hertfordshire
- St Michael's Preparatory School [69], Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
- Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall (formerly "St Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst"; "Hodder Place")
- St Piran's School, Maidenhead
- St. Pius X Preparatory School, Preston.
- St. Ronan's School, Hawkhurst, Kent.
- The Schools at Somerhill, Tonbridge
- Sevenoaks Prep School:[70] Sevenoaks, Kent.
- Spratton Hall School[71], Spratton, [[Northampton]
- Springmead Preparatory School[72], Beckington, Bath
- Staines Preparatory School, Staines
- Stafford Preparatory School, Stafford
- Streatham and Clapham High Prep Department [73]
- Summer Fields School, Oxford[74]
- Sunningdale School [75]
- Sussex House School, London
- Sutton Valence Preparatory School, Kent [76]
- Tavistock and Summerhill Preparatory School, Haywards Heath, Sussex [77]
- The Mall School, Twickenham, London [78]
- Thorngrove School, Highclere, West Berks
- Thorpe House School, Buckinghamshire [79]
- Town Close House Preparatory School, Norwich
- Twickenham Preparatory School, Hampton
- Twyford School, Hampshire
- University College School Junior Branch, Hampstead
- Vinehall School Robertsbridge
- The Wallace High School Preparatory Department, Lisburn
- Warminster Preparatory School, Warminster, Wiltshire
- Warwick Preparatory School, Warwick, Warwickshire
- Wellesley House School, Broadstairs, Kent
- Wellingborough Preparatory School [80], Wellingborough, Northants.
- Westbourne House School, Chichester, Sussex
- Westbrook Hay School, Hemel Hempstead, Herts
- West Hill Park School, Titchfield, Hants
- Westminster Abbey Choir School, London - Jonathan Milton
- Westminster Cathedral Choir School, London
- Westminster Under School, London
- Winchester House School, Brackley, Northants
- Windlesham House School, Washington, West Sussex [81]
- Winterfold House School, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
- Witham Hall School, Lincolnshire
- Wilmslow preparatory school, Wilmslow, Cheshire
- Woodford Green Preparatory School, Woodford Green, London
- Woodleigh School, Langton, Malton, North Yorkshire[82]
- Worksop College, Worksop
- Yardley Court, Tonbridge
- Yateley Manor School, Yateley, Hampshire[83]
- Yarm Preparatory School, Yarm, North Yorkshire
- Earley St Peter's School
Former UK prep schools
- Ascham St Vincent's School
- Bridgeway School for girls London
- Bishop's Court School for Boys
- Cabin Hill School Belfast
- Childscourt school, somerset
- Dunchurch-Winton Hall
- Emscote Lawn Preparatory School (Warwick)
- Eyelesden Court Preparatory School (Bearsted, Kent)
- Hamilton Academy's prep school phased out in 1952
- Hawtreys
- Heatherdown Preparatory School
- Hill Brow School, Brent Knoll, Somerset (1940 to 1967)
- Hill Brow School, Eastbourne (c.1893 to 1940)
- Howsham hall
- Lady Eden's School, Kensington, London
- Ladycross School for boys, Seaford, East Sussex
- Nevill Holt
- New Park School, St Andrews, Fife
- The Old Malthouse School, Langton Matravers, Dorset (1906 to 2006)
- Prior's Court, Newbury, Berks. Now moved to Kingswood Preparatory School, Bath, Somerset
- Ravenscroft School (Somerset)
- St Cyprian's School
- Temple Grove School
- Tormore School, Upper Deal, Kent
- West Downs School
- Seafield Park, Fareham, Hampshire.http://www.newellsonline.net
- Seafield Park,Endsleigh, Milton Abbott, Nr Tavistock, Devon.http://www.newellsonline.net
- Newells School. Lower beeding, Nr Horsham, Sussex. http://www.newellsonline.net
See also
Sompting Abbotts Prepatory, Sussex
References
newellsonline.net http://www.newhallschool.co.uk
External links