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  • Brentwood Preparatory School
    Middleton Hall
    Middleton Hall Lane
    Brentwood
    CM15 8EQ
  • Head: Alice Goodfellow
  • T 01277 243333
  • F 01277 243340
  • E prep@brentwood.essex.sch.uk
  • W www.brentwoodschool.co.uk
  • A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 3 to 11 with a linked senior school
  • Read about the best schools in Essex
  • Boarding: No
  • Local authority: Essex
  • Pupils: 568
  • Religion: Church of England
  • Fees: £20,370 pa

    Fees last updated: 02/10/2024

    Please note school fees are subject to VAT from January 2025. During this transition period, please contact school for full fee information.

  • Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
  • Linked schools: Brentwood School

What says..

Parents initially attracted by the impressive glass, bricks and mortar (and short commute to the city) may get even more than they bargained for inside, as this venue is specifically designed to prepare children for careers that don’t yet exist (as well as those that do). The new jewel in Brentwood Prep’s crown is the multimillion-pound RIBA-awarded STEAM building which opened in 2020 and immediately became the focal point of the campus and also the curriculum. Its three storeys are wrapped around a jaw-dropping full-height atrium which hums with technology and youthful excitement. When we visited year 3s were engaged in enthusiastic discussion of states of matter in one of...

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What the school says...

When you speak to the parents of pupils at the school you get the feeling they secretly wish they could come here themselves. They say the school has helped '.. their childs personality to emerge'. It has all the resources needed to provide a child with a well-rounded education.

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What The Good Schools Guide says

Headmaster

Since September 2024, Alice Goodfellow, who joined the school in 2019 as deputy head responsible for staffing, co-curricular and operations; she is also part of the religion and philosophy department. Began her teaching career after working as a policy advisor on climate change and sustainability for the Department of Communities and Local Government. She holds two masters’ - in globalisation and postnational communication (SOAS) and in education (IoE). Prior to joining Brentwood, she was vice principal for teaching and learning and for curriculum at UCL Academy in Camden, London and before that, assistant principal at Hendon School in North West London.

Headmaster of Brentwood School since September 2019, Michael Bond, previously vice principal (education) of Berkhamsted Schools Group. Classical studies degree from Liverpool and PGCE from Newcastle. Has taught at...

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