1 Fulham Park Road, Fulham, London SW6 4LJ
10 reasons to choose Parsons Green Prep
Top line
Parsons Green Prep has a Schoolsmith Score® of 80. It is one of the best independent prep schools in and around Fulham and one of the 3 best primary schools for 0.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Parsons Green Prep is an independent prep day school for boys and girls (40%/60%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. The school has an academically selective admissions policy. It is a standalone prep school, not tied to any one senior school. Parsons Green Prep fees range from £9,264 (Rec) to £9,984 per term (2025/26). Fees include VAT but exclude lunches.
Average class size
Parsons Green Prep has one class per year and an average class size of 16 pupils.
Leavers' destinations
Destinations for most Parsons Green Prep leavers are one of 20 independent day and boarding schools. The Harrodian School is a perennial favourite, otherwise, no school accounts for more than one or two leavers.
The Parsons Green Prep curriculum
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum with some additions and variations. The curriculum is ‘creative’ throughout, linking foundation subjects in lessons, projects and events, not least for STEAM subjects. It also includes PSHE, chess, critical thinking, philosophy, reasoning, the ‘Maths+ programme’ (STEM), French. The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Specialist teachers for sport, music, and languages throughout, and for art & design from Year 2.
Sport at Parsons Green Prep
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 Parsons Green Prep
Art and music are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. Drama is part of the English and co-curriculum. All pupils learn an instrument in class and up to half take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Choir, orchestra and one or two instrument ensembles. Each pupil may participate in up to 10 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
No wraparound care as such, but clubs and activities can extend the day from 8.00am to 4.45pm.
Find another school near Parsons Green Prep
Kensington Prep School (0.5 miles); Thomas’s Fulham (1 mile); Hurlingham School (1 mile).
Sir John Lillie Primary School (0.8 miles); St Mary’s Church of England Primary School, Putney (1 mile); Hotham Primary School (1.1 miles).
The Moat School (0.3 miles); Putney High School (1.3 miles); The Godolphin and Latymer School (2.1 miles).
Lady Margaret School (0.6 miles); Fulham Cross Girls’ School and Language College (0.8 miles); The London Oratory School (1.3 miles).