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Boarding prep schools within reach of London

A selection of boarding prep schools which are within easy reach of London for weekly boarding opportunities.

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Aldenham School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    Aldro School
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Aldwickbury School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Ardingly College
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Ashfold School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Ashford School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    Battle Abbey School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Bedales School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    Bede's
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Bedford School
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Beechwood Park
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Beechwood School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Belmont School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Berkhamsted School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Bishop's Stortford College
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Boundary Oak School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Brambletye School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Brentwood School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Brighton College
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Brockhurst and Marlston House Schools
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Bruern Abbey School
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Burgess Hill Girls
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Girls
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Caldicott
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Caterham School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Cheam School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Chigwell School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Christ Church Cathedral School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    City of London Freemen's School
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    Copthorne Prep School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Cothill House School
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Cottesmore School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Cranleigh School
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Cumnor House Sussex
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Dorset House Prep School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Dover College
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Dragon School, Oxford
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    Dulwich College
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Dulwich Prep Cranbrook
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Eagle House
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Edgeborough
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Elstree School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Embley
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Farleigh School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Farlington School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Girls
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Farringtons School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Felsted School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Feltonfleet School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Forres Sandle Manor
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Frensham Heights
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Godstowe Preparatory School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Gosfield School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Great Ballard
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Great Walstead School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Hall Grove
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Handcross Park School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Headington School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Girls
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    Heath Mount School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Highfield and Brookham Schools
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Holmewood House
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Holmwood House School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Horris Hill
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Hurstpierpoint College
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Kent College
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    Kent College Pembury
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Girls
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Kimbolton School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    King's College School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    King's Ely
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    King's Rochester
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    King's School Canterbury
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Lambrook
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Lockers Park School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Ludgrove School
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    LVS Ascot
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    Marlborough House School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Moulsford Preparatory School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    New Hall School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    Northbourne Park School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Papplewick
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Pilgrims' School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Prebendal School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Reddam House
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    Royal Russell School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    Ryde School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    Rye St Antony School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Saint Ronan's
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Seaford College
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    Sibford School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    St Andrew's Prep
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    St Andrew's School Pangbourne
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    St Catherine's School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Girls
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    St Christopher School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    St Edmund's College
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    St Edmund's School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    St Edmund's School Canterbury
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    St Francis' College
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Girls
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    St George's School Windsor Castle
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    St Hugh's School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    St John's Beaumont
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    St John's College School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    St John's College Southsea
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    St Lawrence College
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    St Margaret's School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    St Mary's School, Cambridge
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Girls
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    St Paul's Cathedral School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    St Paul's School
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Over 1,000 pupils

    St Swithun's School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Girls
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    St Teresa's Effingham
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Girls
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 400 to 700 pupils

    Summer Fields
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Sunningdale School
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Sutton Valence School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    Swanbourne House
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    The New Beacon
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    The Oratory Prep School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    The Royal Masonic School For Girls
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Girls
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 700 to 1,000 pupils

    The Royal School, Surrey
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Thornton College
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Girls
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Twyford School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Vinehall School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    Walhampton
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Wellesley House
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 100 to 200 pupils

    West Hill Park
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Westbourne House School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Westminster Abbey Choir School
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Boarding
  • Less than 100 pupils

    Westminster Cathedral Choir School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Windlesham House School
  • Pre-Prep
  • Prep
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • 200 to 400 pupils

    Woodcote House
  • Prep
  • Boys
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Less than 100 pupils

    Yehudi Menuhin School
  • Prep
  • Senior
  • Coed
  • Day
  • Boarding
  • Less than 100 pupils