12 Pembury Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3QD
10 reasons to choose Beechwood Prep School
Top line
Beechwood Prep School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 76. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Tunbridge Wells and one of the 3 best primary schools for 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Beechwood Prep School is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a Christian school, open to all faiths and none. The school has a non-selective admissions policy. It is the prep school to Beechwood Sacred Heart School, an all-through school to age 18, and is a member of the Alpha Schools group. Beechwood Prep School fees range from £3,908 (Rec) to £5,340 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT and lunches.
Average class size
Beechwood Prep School has one class per year and an average class size of 17 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Many Beechwood Prep pupils move up to the senior school at the end of Year 6, but up to half move to a local grammar school.
The Beechwood Prep School curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. It also includes PSHE, reasoning, French. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs. In recent years the school has enjoyed national tournament success in general knowledge quizzes.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, Forest School to Year 2, Outdoor Education days for all and residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, languages and RE throughout.
Sport at Beechwood Prep School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Beechwood Prep School
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, orchestra and some instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Wraparound care from 8.00am to 6.00pm. Pre-School open for 50 weeks of the year. Minibus service.
Find another school near Beechwood Prep School
The Mead School (1.8 miles); Rose Hill School (2.2 miles); Kent College Prep School, Pembury (2.8 miles).
Claremont Primary School (1 mile); Bidborough Church of England Primary School (3.8 miles); Speldhurst Church of England Primary School (4 miles).
Beechwood School (0 miles); Kent College Pembury (2.8 miles); Tonbridge School (5.9 miles).
Skinners’ Kent Academy (0.5 miles); The Skinners’ School (1.6 miles); Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School (1.7 miles).