What Lambrook School does

Lambrook School is a UK independent co-educational preparatory school operating under Lambrook School Trust Ltd, a registered charity (Charity Number 309098) founded in 1860 and located in Winkfield Row, near Ascot, Berkshire. The school serves 630 boys and girls aged 3-13 across three educational stages: Nursery (rising 4-year-olds), Pre Prep (Reception through Year 2), and Prep School (Years 3-8), with flexi-boarding options for ages 7-13 across two boarding houses. The academic curriculum spans English, Mathematics, French, Latin, Greek, Sciences, Humanities, Arts, ICT, and Physical Education, with the school claiming a 100% Common Entrance pass rate and 25 Year 8 scholarships awarded in 2026. The school sits on 52 acres of grounds with facilities including a nine-hole golf course, 25-metre swimming pool, Diamond Jubilee Performing Arts Centre, two boarding houses, Chapel, and sports pitches.

The school generates revenue through termly tuition fees structured by age band: Nursery at £5,649 per term (VAT exempt), Pre Prep at £6,685 per term, Lower School (Years 3-4) at £9,804 per term, and Middle/Upper School (Years 5-8) at £10,669 per term, all inclusive of VAT where applicable. Additional revenue streams include a non-refundable £300 registration fee, undisclosed boarding charges, and donations through the Lambrook Foundation. The go-to-market model relies on direct admissions (registration, school tours with the Registrar, formal assessment day, offer and acceptance), supplemented by earned media coverage in Tatler School Guide, Good Schools Guide, and Talk Education, plus organic social media presence on Instagram and Facebook. The school's positioning targets affluent UK families, evidenced by daily minibus transport services from London locations (Brook Green, Chiswick) and surrounding affluent Berkshire areas. Technology infrastructure consists of standard third-party school management platforms (SOCS, iSAMS) and Microsoft 365, with no proprietary technology products. Governance rests with a Board of Governors (volunteer trustees) with Andrew Honnor and Peter McKee as Joint Chairs and Jonathan Perry as Headmaster.

Name

Lambrook School

Legal name

Lambrook School Trust Ltd

Website

https://lambrookschool.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1860

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lambrook School is a UK independent co-educational preparatory school, founded 1860, serving 630 boys and girls aged 3-13 on a 52-acre Berkshire campus, offering Nursery through Year 8 education with flexi-boarding and ISI 'Excellent' ratings.

Ownership category

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Product category

Independent Preparatory School Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Nonsectarian Independent Boarding Schools (EDAJABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Academic/School-Readiness Preschools (EDACABAB)

Keywords

• Independent prep school
• Preparatory education
• Flexi-boarding school
• Senior school preparation
• Co-curricular programme

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Lambrook School is an independent co-educational preparatory school educating approximately 630 boys and girls aged 3-13 across three divisions: Nursery (rising 4s), Pre Prep (Reception to Year 2), and Prep School (Years 3 to 8). The school delivers a broad curriculum including English, Maths, French, Science, Latin, Greek, ICT, Performing Arts, Sports, and Co-Curricular Activities, and offers flexi-boarding for ages 7-13. Core outputs include preparation for Common Entrance and senior school scholarships, with 100% Common Entrance pass rate and progression to more than 35 senior schools.

Product overview

Lambrook School offers a unified educational program comprising Nursery, Pre Prep (Reception to Year 2), and Prep School (Years 3-8), supplemented by flexi-boarding options for ages 7-13. The academic core includes a broad curriculum spanning English, Maths, Sciences, Languages (French, Latin, Greek), Humanities, Arts, and Sports. Supporting services include the Learning Development Centre for specialized support, and Co-Curricular Activities offering enrichment across farming, sports, arts, and technology. The school operates a comprehensive Performing Arts program, extensive Sports facilities, Chapel services reflecting its Christian foundation, and The Lambrook Foundation for bursaries and community partnerships. The school sends pupils to over 35 different senior schools with 100% Common Entrance pass rate.

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Products and services

• Nursery Early years education programme for rising 4 year olds starting in September, with experienced staff, maximum 8 children per key worker, open-ended play resources, and access to wider school facilities including swimming pool and sports hall.
• Pre Prep Education programme for Reception through Year 2 combining traditional teaching with numeracy and literacy emphasis, offering a broad range of subjects through a creative connected curriculum with specialist teachers for PE, Swimming, Music and French.
• Prep School Comprehensive preparatory education programme divided into Lower School (Years 3-4), Middle School (Years 5-6) and Upper School (Years 7-8), featuring exceptional teaching, specialist subject teachers, Saturday School provision, and a broad curriculum including English, Maths, French, Science, Latin, Greek, History, Geography, ICT, Art, Design & Technology, Drama, Music, RS, PE, Swimming and Games.
• Flexi-Boarding Flexible boarding option for boys and girls from ages 7-13, offering weekly and flexi-boarding from one to five nights per week in two houses (Lambrook House for girls and Westfield for boys), with 75% of Prep School pupils taking advantage of boarding in some way.
• Co-Curricular Activities Enrichment programme offering diverse activities including Farming, Bee Keeping, Chess, Mountain Biking, Fencing, Judo, Film Making, Scuba Diving, Squash, Song writing, Mini Masterchef, Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Golf, Polo, Podcast making, Sewing, Skiing, Swimming, Tennis, Life Saving, Survival, Debating and Public Speaking, with dedicated Enrichment Afternoons for Prep School pupils.
• Performing Arts Comprehensive music and performing arts programme where 85% of pupils receive additional music or LAMDA lessons, including drama lessons, annual plays and musicals, House Choral Competition, and multiple choirs, orchestra and bands. Productions take place in the Diamond Jubilee Performing Arts Centre.
• Sports Programme Extensive sports programme with facilities including all-weather cricket, football, netball and hockey pitches, sports hall, 25-metre swimming pool, squash and tennis courts, dance studio, and nine-hole golf course. Sports include football, rugby, hockey, athletics, netball, cricket, golf, lacrosse, trampolining, badminton, squash, tennis, swimming, basketball and skiing.
• Learning Development Centre Specialised support programme helping pupils become independent through building self-esteem, offering individual lessons in Literacy, Numeracy, Study Skills and English as an Additional Language, with partnerships with Educational Psychologists, Speech Therapists, and Occupational Therapists.
• The Lambrook Foundation Charitable foundation providing transformational bursaries (full and general), partnering with around 60 local schools for best practice sharing, partnering with Hope Valley School in South Africa, and supporting local and national charities. Registered charity number 309098.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Integration5 records

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Hope Valley Farm School (South Africa)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partnership with Hope Valley Farm School in South Africa, which educates children of local farm workers. Lambrook has raised funds for building developments including a new minibus and outdoor shelter. Pupils are in virtual contact with counterparts at the school.
• Royal SpringboardmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormal partnership with Royal Springboard organisation for identifying potential Year 7 bursary candidates - children who would embrace all on offer at the school and flourish at Lambrook. Royal Springboard also works to ensure these pupils have fully funded places at senior schools to progress to.
• 60 Local Partner SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLambrook partners with around 60 schools in the surrounding area, sharing best practice and staff training, as well as providing partnership days in subject areas including Maths, Music, STEAM, Geography, Sport, Languages, Science and Humanities.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cothill House: Boys-only preparatory boarding school (ages 7-13) near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, recently the subject of a major sale transaction. Comparable on dimensions such as residential boarding, premium pricing, Common Entrance focus, and senior-school feeder profile.
• Horris Hill School: Boys-only prep school (ages 7-13) in Wokingham, Berkshire, ~25 miles from Lambrook. Operates a parallel flexi/weekly boarding model, sits at a comparable premium fee tier, and competes directly with Lambrook for the same west-London and Home Counties feeder families targeting Eton, Winchester and similar senior schools.
• Ludgrove School: Boys-only boarding prep school (ages 7-13) near Wokingham in Berkshire, also targeting Eton, Winchester and Harrow. Premium fee structure and a boarding-led model make it one of the closest direct competitors to Lambrook's Prep and boarding offering in the West London commuter belt.
• Papplewick School: Boys-only prep school (ages 6-13) in Ascot, Berkshire. Like Lambrook it sits in the Berkshire prep cluster, offers weekly/flexi boarding and has a strong Common Entrance pass-rate heritage, making it a near-substitute in the same Home Counties catchment.
• Eagle House School: Co-educational prep school (Sunninghill, Berkshire) within the LVS Ascot group. Operates in the same Berkshire corridor as Lambrook, offers flexi-boarding and feeds similar top UK senior schools, making it a directly comparable co-educational prep peer.
• St Edward's School (Prep at Summerfields/Beaufort co-located): Oxford-based co-educational independent school with associated prep-level provision. Comparable in terms of academic selectivity, Oxfordshire/Home Counties catchment overlap, and senior-school pipeline positioning relative to Lambrook.
• Windlesham House School: Co-educational boarding prep school (ages 4-13) in West Sussex offering flexi and full boarding. Comparable Nursery-through-Year 8 pathway, similar emphasis on Common Entrance, and a similar premium positioning to Lambrook despite being geographically more coastal.
• Beaudesert Park School: Co-educational prep school (ages 3-13) in Gloucestershire covering Nursery through Year 8 with boarding available. Comparable on continuous Nursery-to-prep pathway, co-educational model, and Common Entrance preparation — though it operates outside Lambrook's core South-East catchment.
• Summer Fields School: Leading boys-only boarding prep school (ages 4-13) in Oxford. A nationally-recognised upper-tier UK prep competing for the same target families as Lambrook (senior-school entry to Eton, Winchester, Harrow, Radley), with a strong Common Entrance and scholarship track record.

Broad incumbents

• St Mary's School, Ascot: Leading independent girls' boarding school in Ascot, Berkshire. Operates adjacent to Lambrook in the Ascot/Bracknell corridor and competes for the same upper-tier UK family demographic, with overlapping senior-school destinations and pastoral positioning; broader in offering including senior school years.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

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