Independent Schools

AKS Lytham is a successful and growing day school catering for boys and girls from birth to 18 in the beautiful seaside surroundings of Lytham St Annes in Lancashire.  

Ashford School is a co-educational day and boarding school in Ashford, Kent. In easy reach of London and Heathrow, it is a thriving and diverse community catering for children from three months to 18.  

Banstead Prep School in Surrey offers nursery and prep education for girls and boys aged 2-11. Its state-of-the-art facilities offer an exceptional range of opportunities.  

Nestled in beautiful grounds on the outskirts of Chobham in Surrey, Coworth Flexlands is a happy, caring co-educational school for children aged 2.5 – 11 years, with outdoor learning a particular strength.

Dunottar School in Reigate, Surrey, produces “warrior learners” through a focus on aspiration, creativity, tenacity, independence, curiosity, collaboration and inclusivity. It caters for boys and girls aged 11 – 18.  

On the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, Embley’s stunning grounds inspire academic ambition, self-belief and compassion for others. As a day and boarding school for children aged 2-18, it is a diverse and welcoming community.  

Godolphin offers prep, senior and sixth form education on its beautiful campus in the heart of the historic town of Salisbury, for both day and boarding pupils. Founded as a girls’ school, Godolphin will be moving to co-education in September 2025.

An independent day school for girls aged 4-18, Guildford is among the very best schools in the country. It offers a first-class education for academically able, characterful girls, within a happy, purposeful and vibrant community.  

Serving the beautiful and historic city of Lincoln and the surrounding areas, Lincoln Minster School offers day, weekly and flexible boarding for boys and girls aged 4-18. Learners develop into high achievers with purpose, ambition and character.  

Rowan is a dynamic, forward-thinking school, which prepares girls aged 2-11 to face the future as educated, caring and confident people. Based in Claygate in Surrey, children learn through adventure in activities from Forest School to engineering. 

As Small Independent School of the Year in both 2019 and 2022, the co-ed St Ives prep school in Haslemere is renowned for offering an excellent education experience across every aspect of school life, whether academic, pastoral, sporting or creative. It serves pupils aged 2-11. 

With separate prep schools for girls and boys aged 4-11, and a senior school  for girls aged 11-18, Surbiton, in Kingston upon Thames in Surrey, inspires, encourages and empowers young people in an intellectually rigorous environment that offers challenge, support and opportunity.  

With HRH The Princess Royal as its President, The Royal School in Haslemere, Surrey, has an unswerving focus on ensuring its pupils are Future Ready, preparing them emotionally, practically and intellectually for the challenges and opportunities of their lives to come.  

A thriving co-educational day school on the outskirts of Hull, Tranby delivers excellent academic outcomes along with the outstanding personal development that comes from an inspiring co-curricular programme.