Brentwood School

Brentwood School shines out as a beacon of excellence. Academically, we sit comfortably alongside the best day and boarding schools in the country, and we enjoy an unparalleled local reputation.

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Independent schools in Essex

Are you looking for an independent school in Essex? Search here to find and compare day and boarding schools, girls' schools, boys' schools, prep schools, senior schools and sixth forms.

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Brentwood Preparatory School

Shenfield Road,
Brentwood,
CM15 8BD,
Essex

www.brentwoodschool.co.uk

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Read more about Brentwood Preparatory School

Brentwood School

Middleton Hall Lane,
Brentwood,
CM15 8EE,
Essex

www.brentwoodschool.co.uk

Co-educational, Boarding, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Read more about Brentwood School

Chigwell School

High Road,
Chigwell,
IG7 6QF,
Essex

www.chigwell-school.org

Co-educational, Boarding, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Read more about Chigwell School

Colchester High School

Wellesley Road,
Colchester,
CO3 3HD,
Essex

www.colchesterhighschool.co.uk

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.

Read more about Colchester High School

Holmwood House School

Chitts Hill,
Lexden,
Colchester,
CO3 9ST,
Essex

www.holmwood.house

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.

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Littlegarth School

Horkesley Park,
Nayland,
Colchester,
CO6 4JR,
Essex

www.littlegarth.org

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Read more about Littlegarth School

Oakfields Preparatory School

Harwood Hall,
Harwood Hall Lane,
Upminster,
RM14 2YG,
Essex

www.oakfieldspreparatoryschool.co.uk

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Read more about Oakfields Preparatory School

St Cedd's School

178a New London Road,
Chelmsford,
CM2 0AR,
Essex

www.stcedds.org.uk

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Read more about St Cedd's School

Woodford Green Preparatory School

Glengall Road,
Woodford Green,
IG8 0BZ,
Essex

www.wgprep.co.uk

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Read more about Woodford Green Preparatory School

Alleyn Court School

Wakering Road,
Southend-on-Sea,
SS3 0PW,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Apex Primary School

60-62 Argyle Road,
Ilford,
IG1 3BG,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Avon House Preparatory School

490 High Road,
Woodford Green,
IG8 0PN,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Bancroft's School

High Road,
Woodford Green,
IG8 0RF,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Beehive Preparatory School

233 Beehive Lane,
Redbridge,
Ilford,
IG4 5ED,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Braeside School

130 High Road,
Buckhurst Hill,
IG9 5SD,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.

Colchester Royal Grammar School

6 Lexden Road,
Colchester,
CO3 3ND,
Essex

Boys, Boarding, Day, Senior, Sixth Form.

Coopersale Hall School

Flux's Lane,
off Stewards Green Road,
Epping,
CM16 7PE,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Daiglen School

68 Palmerston Road,
Buckhurst Hill,
IG9 5LG,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Eastcourt Independent School

1-5 Eastwood Road,
Goodmayes,
Ilford,
IG3 8UW,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Elm Green Preparatory School

Parsonage Lane,
Little Baddow,
Chelmsford,
CM3 4SU,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Felsted Preparatory School

Felsted,
Great Dunmow,
CM6 3JL,
Essex

Co-educational, Boarding, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Felsted School

Felsted,
Great Dunmow,
CM6 3LL,
Essex

Co-educational, Boarding, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Gidea Park Preparatory School & Nursery

2 Balgores Lane,
Gidea Park,
Romford,
RM2 5JR,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Gosfield School

Cut Hedge Park,
Halstead Road, Gosfield,
Halstead,
CO9 1PF,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College

Roding Lane,
Chigwell,
IG7 6BQ,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Heathcote School

Eves Corner,
Danbury,
Chelmsford,
CM3 4QB,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Immanuel School

Havering Grange,
Havering Road,
Romford,
RM1 4HR,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.

Loyola Preparatory School

103 Palmerston Road,
Buckhurst Hill,
IG9 5NH,
Essex

Boys, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Maldon Court Preparatory School

Silver Street,
Maldon,
CM9 4QE,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

New Hall School

The Avenue,
Boreham,
Chelmsford,
CM3 3HS,
Essex

Co-educational, Boarding, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Oaklands School

6-8 Albion Hill,
Loughton,
IG10 4RA,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Octavia House School, Great Baddow

High Street,
Great Baddow,
CM2 7HH,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus

Sudbury Road,
Stoke By Nayland,
Colchester,
CO6 4RW,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Oxford House School

2-4 Lexden Road,
Colchester,
CO3 3NE,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Saint Nicholas School

Hillingdon House,
Hobbs Cross Road,
Harlow,
CM17 0NJ,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.

Saint Pierre School

16 Leigh Road,
Leigh-on-Sea,
Southend-on-Sea,
SS9 1LE,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

St Aubyn's School

Bunces Lane,
Woodford Green,
IG8 9DU,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

St John's School

Stock Road,
Billericay,
CM12 0AR,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.

St Margaret's Preparatory School

Gosfield Hall Park,
Gosfield,
Halstead,
CO9 1SE,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

St Mary's Hare Park School & Nursery

South Drive,
Gidea Park,
Romford,
RM2 6HH,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

St Mary's School

91 Lexden Road,
Colchester,
CO3 3RB,
Essex

Girls, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.

St Michael's Church Of England Preparatory School

198 Hadleigh Road,
Leigh-on-Sea,
Southend-on-Sea,
SS9 2LP,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

St Philomena's Catholic School

Hadleigh Road,
Frinton-on-Sea,
CO13 9HQ,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

St. Anne's Preparatory School

154 New London Road,
Chelmsford,
CM2 0AW,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Stephen Perse Junior School, Dame Bradbury's School

Ashdon Road,
Saffron Walden,
CB10 2AL,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

The Ursuline Preparatory School Ilford

2-4 Coventry Road,
Ilford,
IG1 4QR,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Thorpe Hall School

Wakering Road,
Southend-on-Sea,
SS1 3RD,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.

Ursuline Preparatory School

Old Great Ropers, Great Ropers Lane,
Warley,
Brentwood,
CM13 3HR,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Widford Lodge Preparatory School

Widford Road,
Chelmsford,
CM2 9AN,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Woodlands School, Great Warley

Warley Street,
Great Warley,
Brentwood,
CM13 3LA,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

Woodlands School, Hutton Manor

428 Rayleigh Road,
Hutton,
Brentwood,
CM13 1SD,
Essex

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.