Westbrook Hay Prep School A GSG School
- Westbrook Hay Prep School
Westbrook Hay
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP1 2RF - Head: Mr Mark Brain
- T 01442 256143
- F 01442 232076
- E [email protected]
- W www.westbrookhay.co.uk
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 13.
- Read about the best schools in Hertfordshire
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Hertfordshire
- Pupils: 382
- Religion: None
- Fees: £13,860 - £19,725 pa
- Open days: October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The school’s claim that confident and happy children are more likely to be successful in the classroom is hardly ground breaking but there aren’t too many where we see children humming joyfully while they get on with work set by the teacher or where teachers regularly have their pupils in stitches of laughter as part of ordinary lessons. The school walks the talk when it comes to hands-on learning too – we sat in on an English class where pupils…
What the school says...
Westbrook Hay is a wonderful co-education prep school located in 26 acres in the Bourne Valley close to the M25 and M1. It really is a beautiful safe haven for children to be educated in.
The academic results are excellent with the school achieving 100% success at placing children in their chosen schools. Sport is played at least four times a week with a vast array of activities as well. Children also have the opportunity to perform in one of the many productions held at the school and take dance and drama lessons in addition. ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2019, Mark Brain BA (Ed). Educated at Warwick School, where he became set on the idea of teaching during a half term stint volunteering in a primary school – ‘I just loved it.’ Coming from a sporty background, his teen years also saw him coaching football, which turned out to be the clincher for his career choice. Following his degree in education at Exeter, he seems to have worked exclusively in outdoorsy schools – Dartmouth Academy as head of boys’ PE, Repton Prep in Derbyshire as director of sport and housemaster, Kelly College as deputy head of prep and most recently Stonar School as head of prep for 10 years – none of which can have done any harm in landing him the headship here, where climbing trees and den building are among...
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