Pre-Prep school Ascot area

[Mumof2atsurrey]

Dear Parents - We have registered our DD for Reception (2024 intake) at Coworth/Lambrook/Hall Grove. I would be most grateful for some recent feedback on pre-prep provision in these schools (e.g. class size, academic rigour, parent-teacher comms, pastoral care). Many Thanks.

Hi. We are currently at Lambrook and are very happy with our choice. The variety of what they learn is astounding and our daughter is very happy there.

Hall grove was our second choice and seems a great school. We wanted co-Ed for prep so didn't consider Coworth

Hi, Thanks so much for your feedback. We also liked the Lambrook tour and had a productive interaction with the Headmaster. I also liked the range of extra curriculars. At the same time I have seen mixed feedback on this forum about it being business like, snobbish parents, impersonal teaching, etc. It would be great to hear your first-hand experience. Happy to PM if that is easier?

Happy to PM but technology is failing me and I can't work out how to on the app

You should take comments like that with a grain of salt, because often the pre-prep and the prep don't really bear much resemblance to each other in a prep school. I don't think that anyone would describe the pre-prep at Lambrook as any of those things - ours were at pre-prep at St George's Windsor but everyone who we know who has a little at Lambrook says the pre-prep is great. (In fact St George's is a good example of a school with a wonderful pre-prep but we left because the prep section wasn't so great).

@KateFTC If you click on the account icon, there is a option for PM. If you click on that it will take you to the PM tab where you can see my message.

@Xiaoxiong Thanks for the reassurance. I am currently focused only on pre-prep. Prefer to focus on one stage at a time. From our tour, I felt Lambrook ticks many of our requirement and is also close to Papplewick (where my DS studies). It makes it easier to coordinate pickups & and drop-offs. Ideally, I would be keen to speak to a Lambrook pre-prep parent to validate my thinking x