Ages 
The three best bits? The school’s determination to find what your child loves and run with it. The top-notch academics without undue pressure. And the all-through factor – no senior school entrance exams to worry about.
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Overview & data
- Pupil numbers
- 596 ·
- Religion
- Non-denom
- Fees
- Day £14,436 - £23,466 pa
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire County Council
- Linked schools
Headteacher
Headteacher
Rachael Cox
Since September 2024, Rachael Cox, previously head of Eton End Prep School and before that, head of the infant and junior school at LVS Ascot. Attended her local comp in a Staffordshire mining town in the 1980s. ‘There was not a lot of aspiration,’
Entrance
Ages 3-7 into pre-prep via informal assessment sessions. Small intake into the prep at year 3, building up to larger numbers joining in years 6 and 7, which school is trying to shift down to year 5. Entrance via exams in English, maths, NVR, VR and
- Open days
- College Open Event, September, all stages of entry, Prep April
Exit
Vast majority (95 per cent) to senior school – automatic entry. Remainder mainly to state schools and one recently to Harrow. Parents praise the transition and pupils we met were ‘excited to move from the house system to a physical house’ and for the
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Teaching & learning
Boarders
Senior boarding only since September 2025.
Mobile phone policy
A clear mobile phone policy is a really important part of modern schooling. This school has provided us with their policy.
Mobile phone policy
Provided by the school and not part of our review Pupils in the prep school are not permitted to use their mobile phones in school under any circumstances. Pupils may bring their mobile phone to school for the sole purpose of travel to and from school. Their mobile phone must be handed in at the Prep School reception prior to morning registration, where it will be securely looked after until the end of the school day.
Pupils
Money matters
Academic, art and music scholarships at 11+ – usually worth up to 10 per cent, and five per cent for an exhibition. Means-tested bursaries. No sibling discounts.
- Fee information
- Day £14,436 - £23,466 pa
Our view
‘The child who showed us round sold the school to us,’ parents kept telling us, a reminder that pupils are always a school’s best advocates. ‘Everyone wants their child to have a passion and his was rugby, which the school had found and nurtured –
The last word
The three best bits? The school’s determination to find what your child loves and run with it. The top-notch academics without undue pressure. And the all-through factor – no senior school entrance exams to worry about.
