Beechwood Park is one one the country’s largest prep schools, providing a rounded, uniquely child-centred school experience for over 550 boys and girls from age 3 to 13. The School is truly independent and prepares pupils for successful entrance to a wide range of leading local and national day and boarding schools. Beechwood is a special place, where pupils grown in confidence and independence and learn skills which prepare them foa future life and love fo learning, all within a safe and happy environment where they build friendships for live and develop their innate creativity, curiosity and character.

From Woodlands Nursery right through to our Top Form (Year 8), a Beechwood edcuation laminates solid foundations of skills and knowledge on which our pupils can build their future learning. Our highly qualified and experienced staff encourage children to engage as active learners, to take increasing ownership for their studies, to probe, questions, develop and increasing Growth Mindset together with the self-discipline, perseverance and academic risk-taking that is our academic hallmark. Our senior pupils are living examples of our coeducational Mission; they are proudly individual yet connected by an education which teaches them to love life and squeeze every opportunity out of it; they embrace challenge and adapt to and are excited by change; they develop resilience and aspire to excellence in all that they do. They are happy, confident adventurers, who enjoy exploring big ideas, who argue and create, retaining balance and truth.

Our unrivalled co-curricular co-curricular programme provides further co-educational opportunities to perform in sport, music, drama, art and design and the wonderful onsite Forest School programme; our sports hall, swimming pool complex, music technology suite, recording studio, technology infrastructure and surrounding park and woodland provide further spaces for 21st century children to explore and grow. We believe that we are educating the future leaders of tomorrow, leaders capable of critical thinking, collaboration, competitiveness but also compassion. We teach them to be courageous, decisive and dedicated young people who bring their emotional intelligence to bear in their entrepreneurship and creativity and in the future flourishing of humanity.

Our most recent Indpendent Schools Inspections Report identified the School to be excellent in all areas with no recommendations for improvement

Located within extensive parkland, Beechwood is just 20 minutes from the historic, thriving city of St Albans; we offer a chaperoned bus service morning and evening for pupils from Reception upwards, and flexible boarding is a popular option from Year 5. To truly understand why children and their parents love Beechwood, come and pay us a visit and see how we nurture, engage and inspire every child!. Open Mornings take place every term. Come and tour our site with our enthusiastic pupil guides before meeting with staff – and of course sampling some Beechwood catering!

If you would like to arrange an individual appointment to visit the School and meet with me, please contact the Admissions Registrar, Liz Graham on admissions@beechwoodpark.herts.sch.uk – she will be delighted to arrange this for you.