Prep schools for girls

Are you looking for a girls' only prep school? Search here to find and compare prep schools for girls in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

You will find all girls' only prep schools listed at the bottom of this page. Please note this includes stand-alone prep schools and all-through schools with preparatory departments.

You can use the filters in the box below to narrow your search: you can select day or boarding schools, or find and compare schools to you with our postcode search.

Click on a school's name for more information. Those girls' prep schools with full profiles appear at the top of the listings in highlighted panels. Some schools provide links to their social media and you can also watch school videos. 

Many prep schools are members of the Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS), which is a good source of initial advice about preparatory education, and the heads of many girls schools are members of the Girls' Schools Association.

You can also read news and features about preparatory education and single-sex education in our editorial section. You may find the following articles particularly useful:

– What does a prep school education truly provide? by Mark Hartley, vice-chairman of IAPS.

– Why British prep schools continue to be at the forefront of education, by Tania Botting, vice-chairman of IAPS. 

– Choosing a prep school - the issues to consider and questions to ask, by Andrew Hunter, Headmaster of Merchiston Castle School.

– Should you send your daughter to a girls' school? How single-sex schools are tackling gender imbalance, by Charlotte Avery, 2017 president of the Girls' Schools Association.

These search results are from www.schoolsearch.co.uk, the online guide to independent schools in the UK, in partnership with John Catt's Which School? guidebook and John Catt's Preparatory Schools. We hope you find the perfect school for your child!