
INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATION OF PREP SCHOOLS
The Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS) is the United Kingdom’s leading representative body for independent junior schools. It’s members include a number of famous preparatory schools in the English tradition (i.e. preparing pupils for entry into top-tier “Public Schools” and classical grammar schools.
ABOUT
The IAPS was established in 1892 as the Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools and has been an accrediting and oversight body for preparatory schools in the United Kingdom and overseas since. The IAPS is one of the constituent organisations of the Independent Schools Council (ISC) meaning that all members are under the remit of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). Indeed, it is a requirement for IAPS membership candidates to have been inspected by the ISI and for the school to maintain a clear, broad curriculum in accordance with IAPS defined criteria.
IAPS performs a number of roles on behalf of its members, including representing the sector to government, coordinating curricula and sporting competitions and setting programmes for schools management and holiday schedules.
Membership of the IAPS is considered to be quite prestigious with a number of international junior schools seeking accreditation. The schools that comprise the association’s members are a broad mix of traditional preparatory schools, faith schools, single-sex schools, progressive schools and junior boarding schools as well as both schools attached to secondary schools and fully independent schools.
With over 600 members, membership may vary but has included those schools listed below. For the latest information about the IAPS and its members, please contact the IAPS directly or speak to your preferred school.
MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES
SELECT THE FIRST LETTER OF THE SCHOOL NAME BELOW OR CHOOSE LIST VIEW FOR A SIMPLE LIST OF ALL LISTED SCHOOLS. ALTERNATIVELY, YOU CAN SELECT SCHOOLS USING THE MAP BELOW.
T –
TALBOT HEATH
TH
ROTHESAY ROAD, TALBOT WOODS, BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET BH4 9NJ, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1886
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
GIRLS
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
ANGLICAN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND)
TANGLIN TRUST SCHOOL
TANGLIN / TTS
95 PORTSDOWN ROAD, QUEENSTOWN, SINGAPORE 139299
PRE-SCHOOL, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1925
FEE-PAYING
DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL (MIXED)
AGES 3 – 18 (KINDERGARTEN – YEAR 13)
INTERNATIONAL (BRITISH)
TAUNTON SCHOOL
STAPLEGROVE ROAD, TAUNTON, SOMERSET TA2 6AD, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
PUBLIC SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1847
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 0 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
CHRISTIAN (PROTESTANT)
TERRA NOVA SCHOOL
CHELFORD ROAD, JODRELL BANK, HOLMES CHAPEL, CHESHIRE CW4 8BT, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
TERRINGTON HALL
TERRINGTON / TERRINGTON HALL PREP SCHOOL
MAIN STREET, TERRINGTON, YORK, NORTH YORKSHIRE YO60 6PR, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1921
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 13 (NURSERY – YEAR 8)
THOMAS’S BATTERSEA
THOMAS’S
28 – 40 BATTERSEA HIGH STREET, BATTERSEA, LONDON SW11 3JB, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1990
FEE-PAYING
DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL (MIXED)
AGES 4 – 13 (RECEPTION – YEAR 8)
THOMAS’S LONDON DAY SCHOOLS
THOMAS’S CLAPHAM
THOMAS’S
BROOMWOOD ROAD, CLAPHAM, LONDON SW11 6JZ, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1992
FEE-PAYING
DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL (MIXED)
AGES 4 – 13 (RECEPTION – YEAR 8)
THOMAS’S LONDON DAY SCHOOLS
THOMAS’S FULHAM
THOMAS’S
49 HUGON ROAD, FULHAM, LONDON SW6 3ES, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 2005
FEE-PAYING
DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL (MIXED)
AGES 4 – 11 (RECEPTION – YEAR 6)
THOMAS’S LONDON DAY SCHOOLS
THOMAS’S KENSINGTON
THOMAS’S
17 – 19 COTTESMORE GARDENS, KENSINGTON, LONDON W8 5PR, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1977
FEE-PAYING
DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL (MIXED)
AGES 4 – 11 (RECEPTION – YEAR 6)
THOMAS’S LONDON DAY SCHOOLS
THORNGROVE SCHOOL
THORNGROVE / THORNGROVE PREP
THE MOUNT, HIGHCLERE, NEWBURY, HAMPSHIRE RG20 9PS, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1988
FEE-PAYING
DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL (MIXED)
AGES 2 – 13 (NURSERY – YEAR 8)
THORPE HOUSE SCHOOL
OVAL WAY, GERRARDS CROSS, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SL9 8QA, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
BOYS SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1923
FEE-PAYING
DAY
BOYS
AGES 3 – 16 (NURSERY – YEAR 11)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (ANGLICAN)
TOCKINGTON MANOR SCHOOL
TMS
WASHINGPOOL HILL ROAD, TOCKINGTON, BRISTOL BS32 4NY, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
TORMEAD SCHOOL
CRANLEY ROAD, GUILDFORD, SURREY GU1 2JD, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
TOWER HOUSE SCHOOL
THS
188 SHEEN LANE, EAST SHEEN, LONDON SW15 8LF, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOYS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
TOWN CLOSE SCHOOL
14 IPSWICH ROAD, NORWICH, NORFOLK NR2 2LR, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
TRANBY
HULL COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
TRANBY CROFT, ANLABY, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE HU10 7EH, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
TRURO HIGH SCHOOL
THS / TRURO HIGH / TRURO HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
FALMOUTH ROAD, TRURO, CORNWALL TR1 2HU, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
GIRLS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
TRURO SCHOOL
TRENNICK LANE, TRURO, CORNWALL TR1 1TH, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALL-THROUGH SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
CHOIR SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL (CHOIR)
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1880
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 3 – 18 (NURSERY – SIXTH FORM)
METHODIST
TWICKENHAM PREP SCHOOL
TPS / TPS HAMPTON
43 HIGH STREET, HAMPTON, MIDDLESEX TW12 2SA, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOYS SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1969
FEE-PAYING
DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL (BOYS YEAR 7 – 8)
AGES 4 – 13 (NURSERY – YEAR 8)
CHRISTIAN
TWYFORD SCHOOL
HIGH STREET, TWYFORD, WINCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE SO21 1NW, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOARDING SCHOOL
FAITH SCHOOL
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
JUNIOR BOARDING SCHOOL
PRE-PREPARATORY AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ABOUT
ESTABLISHED 1787
FEE-PAYING
BOARDING & DAY
CO-EDUCATIONAL
AGES 2 – 13 (NURSERY – YEAR 8)
CHURCH OF ENGLAND (ANGLICAN)
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