Broomwood Pre-Prep & Broomwood Prep-Girls Review 2026: Co-ed early years, girls’ prep with a strong 11+ and 13+ pipeline

Published comparison data is limited for this profile, so the most reliable picture comes from independent inspection evidence and the school’s published senior school outcomes.

The June 2025 ISI inspection states that all the relevant Standards are met across leadership and governance, quality of education, wellbeing, and safeguarding.

Academically, the same inspection summary describes a broad curriculum and notes that pupils make good progress, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, while also flagging an improvement point around the consistency of marking and feedback in helping pupils understand what to do next.

For a London prep, families often care most about the exit story. On that front, the school reports strong outcomes at 11+ and 13+. For 2025, it states that over 330 offers were secured for 100 leavers, alongside 39 scholarships across a range of areas.

The curriculum positioning is built around breadth and pacing, with an emphasis on enquiry and helping pupils make connections across subjects through broader themes. Trips and visits are used as part of that structure, and the school also highlights a programme of workshops, visiting speakers, debating and poetry evenings, and concerts, which suggests an enrichment model that runs alongside, rather than after, the timetable.

For parents weighing fit, a useful clue in the inspection evidence is the curriculum ambition paired with measured critique. The inspection summary notes knowledgeable teaching and good progress, but also calls out that feedback and marking do not always clearly inform pupils about achievements and what they can do to improve. That often translates, day-to-day, into a school where the academic engine is strong, but where families may want to ask specifically how “next steps” are standardised across subjects and year groups.

The early years and Pre-Prep phase is described in inspection evidence as well planned for transition, with age-specific training and the right site suitability for early years children. For families joining at 3 or 4, this matters because the first year is often about settling, routines, and confident communication as much as it is about formal learning.

This is a school where “next steps” means senior school destinations at 11+ and 13+, and the published destination breakdown is unusually detailed for a London prep.

For 2024 leavers, the school published a destination list with pupil counts by school and entry point. Examples include Bradfield College (5 boys at 13+ and 4 girls at 13+), Cranleigh School (4 boys at 13+ and 2 girls at 13+), Dulwich College (4 boys at 13+ and 1 boy at 11+), JAGS (7 girls at 11+ and 1 boy at 11+), and Marlborough College (4 boys at 13+ and 4 girls at 13+).

The list also shows a genuine mix of London day schools and boarding destinations. That range is helpful because it implies the senior schools process is not a one-track conveyor belt. A family prioritising a selective London day school pathway is looking for different preparation and pastoral handling than a family targeting a boarding route at 13+. The published data suggests both routes are well used.

Scholarships are another part of the story. For 2024, the school lists 42 scholarships and itemises types such as Academic, Drama, Music, Sport and Art against named senior schools (for example, Dulwich College scholarships across Academic, Music and Sport, and Cranleigh scholarships across Art and Sport). That level of specificity tends to matter to parents because it indicates breadth across disciplines, not only academic awards.

For families who are undecided about whether to move at 11+ or 13+, this is a school that explicitly frames both as normal. The implication is that pupils are supported towards a best-fit decision, rather than being steered into a single default route.

Entry points work differently depending on age.

For Reception (age 4 to 5), the school asks families to register and visit by the September after a child’s second birthday, with offers made in October, and it notes that early years places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.

For families joining after Reception, the school describes “Taster and Assessment Days” as part of the process, tailored to age, and it also runs structured visit opportunities.

Open mornings are published with specific dates in the 2025 to 2026 cycle. For this admissions season, the next scheduled Pre-Prep open morning is Friday 13 March 2026, and the next scheduled prep open morning for the girls’ and boys’ sites is Friday 20 March 2026.

A useful practical detail for sports-minded families is that the school also advertises a Year 2 mini masterclass format (netball and cricket) as part of the “visit and see” calendar, which gives children a chance to experience the school through coached activity rather than only classroom shadowing.

Parents doing due diligence should also use FindMySchool’s Map Search to sense-check travel time and daily logistics across the relevant site for their child’s age, especially as the structure involves site changes at Year 3.

Pastoral structure is anchored by the house system and a whole-school approach to behaviour and belonging. In the Pre-Prep, the house structure includes roles such as house captains and lunch monitors, and the points system explicitly rewards everyday behaviour and effort, not only competition wins. That design can work well for children who respond to small, frequent reinforcement and clear routines.

Inspection evidence also points to a strong safeguarding culture, supported by training, local safeguarding partner links, and structured systems for record keeping and oversight.

The clubs programme is a major part of Broomwood’s practical offer, partly because of the extended day. The school describes a timetable where pupils can stay for prep, enrichment and clubs, with clubs running into the early evening on weekdays.

For parents looking for specificity, the published clubs list is unusually varied. Examples include Coding, Touch Typing, Choirs, Maths Surgery and Digital Art at lunchtime, and clubs such as Ancient Greek, Philosophy, Debating, Chess, Lego and Engineering, Cooking, Film, Photography, LAMDA, Fencing, Karate, Gymnastics, Cross-Fit, Gardening, and Cricket.

There is also a clear operational detail on cost. The school notes that clubs typically cost around £110 per term, with higher costs where external teachers or travel are involved, and that children receive tea before clubs begin.

The implication for families is straightforward. If you want a school that meaningfully reduces weekday logistics by combining prep time, enrichment and clubs into the school day, this model is designed for it. If your child thrives on down-time after school, you may need to be selective about how many evenings you commit to, even though the provision is there.

For September 2025 to August 2026, published termly fees are: Broomwood Pre-Prep (Reception to Year 2) £8,318 per term; Years 3 to 4 £9,538 per term; Years 5 to 8 £10,180 per term. The fees page also notes that fees include residential trips, lunches and tea.

Nursery and pre-school provision exists through Little Broomwood, but families should use the school’s published fees page for current early years pricing rather than relying on secondary summaries.

On financial help, the school clearly offers scholarships through a Junior Scholarship Programme, aimed at pupils moving into Year 3, and it specifies an award level of 15% of fees, reviewed annually. Applications and assessments follow an annual cycle, with assessments in March.

The fees page also publishes the registration fee as £100 per child plus VAT, with a total of £120, and it notes there is no fee to register for children moving from the Pre-Prep site to either Prep site.

The Prep day includes early drop-off options and a later finish, with formal lessons finishing at different times by year group, and an optional prep and enrichment block running through to late afternoon, followed by after-school clubs.

For Pre-Prep families, before and after school care is available, including an early morning club from 7.30am and after-school care through to 6pm on weekdays.

Transport is also unusually developed for an inner London prep. The school states it runs six bus routes (Fulham; Streatham and Tooting; Wandsworth and Putney; Wimbledon and Earlsfield; Belgravia; Pimlico and Battersea), with all buses servicing both Pre-Prep and Prep sites, and it notes limited local parking plus encouragement for walking, scooting and cycling, including on-site storage.

• The model depends on transition at 7. The move from co-educational Pre-Prep into a girls’ prep in Year 3 is a feature, not an accident; it suits many children, but families should think through how their child handles change, friendships and site moves.

• Ask about feedback consistency. The most recent inspection summary flags consistency of marking and feedback as a next step, so parents should probe how this is being addressed across subjects and year groups.

• The extended day is a strength, and a commitment. A timetable built around prep, enrichment and clubs helps working families, but it can be tiring for children who need quieter afternoons.

• Senior school ambitions can raise the temperature. With detailed destinations and scholarship outcomes, it is sensible to ask how the school balances preparation for competitive entry with protecting pupil confidence and wellbeing.

Broomwood Pre-Prep & Broomwood Prep-Girls is best understood as a designed pathway rather than a single site school: co-educational early years, then a girls’ prep with a structured senior school pipeline and an extended-day model that folds in homework and enrichment. It will suit families who want strong preparation for 11+ and 13+ routes, value organised pastoral structures like the house system, and appreciate a timetable that supports busy working weeks. The main decision is whether the Year 3 transition and the pace of the senior school journey matches your child’s temperament.