Strathallan Prep School

Since 2020, Emma Lalani. From a family of prep school teachers, she was educated at grammar school in Kent, followed by the University of Exeter where she took a BEd in primary teaching. She has two children, one still at Strathallan.

Says she

Entrance by informal interview, school reports, taster days. Children can join at any time from year one through to second form (the last year of the prep school). As the school only began to offer places to 5-year-olds recently, numbers are

Nearly all progress seamlessly to the senior school, there’s no entry test. It’s one of the prep’s strong selling points as some other Scottish preps still follow the Common Entrance syllabus and ask children to sit exams. ‘That’s why we chose the

‘The school has capacity for over 40 boarders in very comfortable rooms with excellent bathroom facilities. At the time of our visit there were just seven full boarders, but the special ‘wee sleeps’ often fill up all the boarding spaces.

Boys and

Fees are inclusive of all activities except the Riley Roots Saturday mornings, individual music lessons and outings. Provision of extra support for children with mild to moderate learning difficulties is free of charge, as is English as an additional

Children in years 1 to 6 are taught by specialist primary teachers, although as the children progress up the school some subjects, particularly sciences, music and languages, are taught by senior specialists. In years 7 and 8 (forms one and two,

Striking out independently, but sharing the values, virtues and facilities of Strathallan School, Strathallan Prep is a happy, purposeful place. Small enough to make every child feel welcome and safe, but big enough within the wider Strathallan site