Our Prep School
Our Prep school education is more than just preparing your child for their time at senior school. It is a time for challenge, excitement and fun. It is a period of discovery, where your child will determine who they want to be while they are cared for in a safe and secure environment. We are an independent co-educational day and boarding school for children aged 8-13. We’re located in 175 acres of stunning grounds within the South Downs National Park in Liphook, and welcome families from across Hampshire, West Sussex and Surrey.
Prep school is, of course, a time of assessment and exams. This cannot be avoided. However, our exceptional teachers will carefully manage this time. They will ensure your child doesn’t simply focus on this part of their educational journey. It’s important that we work together to ensure that their love of learning remains and their carefully nurtured flame is not extinguished.
The process of self-discovery that your child will go through will also lead them to important points such as senior school applications. Our highly-experienced Senior Leadership Team will guide you through this journey. A Highfield and Brookham education gifts you exceptional choice as we feed more than 30 of the top day and boarding senior schools in the country. This means we can help your child find the right school for them. We have made the progressive decision to move away from the full Common Entrance syllabus but remain with Common Entrance in the core subjects. This has allowed us to create a bespoke curriculum that focuses on the essential skills that we know senior schools and future employers are seeking in young adults. Our promise to you is that your child will leave Year 8 as an adaptable, resilient and independent young person ready for the world ahead.
An excellent and very broad educational experience, combined with first-class pastoral care, great facilities in a wonderfully inspiring location.
What we’re up to…
Celebrating our girls. 💙 A huge congratulations to Year 8 pupils Olivia and Phoebe, who have been recognised following this year’s IAPS National Prep Athletics Championships. 🎉 Olivia won silver in the U14 High Jump, while she and Phoebe were also recognised after qualifying for the national finals for three consecutive years. Together, they were part of a team of seven Highfield & Brookham girls who represented the school on the national stage. We’re so proud of every one of them. 🔗Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.
Celebrating our girls. 💙 A huge congratulations to Year 8 pupils Olivia and Phoebe, who have been recognised following this year’s IAPS National Prep Athletics Championships. 🎉 Olivia brought home a silver medal in the U14 High Jump, while she and Phoebe were also recognised for qualifying for the national finals for three consecutive years. A brilliant reward for years of hard work and commitment to their sport. They were part of a fantastic team of seven Highfield & Brookham girls who represented the school brilliantly. We couldn’t be prouder of every one of them! Read the full story ➡️
Our Nature Days Holiday Club with Corylus Collective spent some time weaving with lavender, rosemary and other natural materials collected from around the school grounds. The different textures and beautiful scents made it a particularly calming activity, giving children the chance to slow down while using plenty of concentration to weave each stem into place. 🌿
Sometimes creativity isn’t about what you make, it’s about how it makes you feel. Using lavender rosemary and other natural materials collected from around the school grounds, our Nature Crafting Holiday Club spent time creating their own woven artwork. 🌿 The scent of the herbs, the different textures and the chance to slow down made it a really calming activity. As they worked, children were also developing patience, concentration and fine motor skills, carefully weaving each stem into place. #IndependentSchool #HolidayClub #Hampshire #NatureCraft #WellbeingActivity
🎭 Does your child love to perform or simply want to give something new a go? Join our talented LAMDA teacher, Susannah Wilson, for a day of creativity at our Performing Arts Holiday Club. Children will explore acting, movement and musical theatre in a relaxed, supportive environment, whether they’re stepping onto the stage for the first time or already love to perform. 📍 Highfield & Brookham School, Liphook 💷 £70 Book your place here: https://highfieldandbrookham.co.uk/school-plus/holiday-activity-clubs/summer-holiday-2026-booking-form/
Yesterday’s Nature Crafting Holiday Club with Corylus Collective made the most of the sunshine, creating beautiful flower shadow art. ☀️🌼 The children explored the grounds to find flowers and plants that caught their eye, then used the shadows they cast to create their own unique artwork. Every piece turned out differently, shaped by the flowers they found and the way the light fell. It was lovely to see children who’d never met before work alongside each other – helping each other keep flowers in place as the wind had other ideas! Taking that first step to make a new friend takes its own kind of courage 💚 And we’re glad that our Holiday Clubs bring children together to do just that.
🗳️ Voting for the Tatler Schools Guide 2026 Awards is now open! We’re incredibly proud of the school we’ve built together and think Highfield is worth shouting about, but it’s always wonderful to hear that from you too! If you’d like to support Highfield, we’d be so grateful for your vote. Whether you’re part of our community or simply want to support us, everyone is welcome to vote 💙 Know someone who’d like to support us too? Please share this post with them. 🗓️ Voting closes on 29th August 2026, the winners announced in September. Voting link: https://shorturl.at/KcBLC
🗳️ Voting for the Tatler Schools Guide 2026 Awards is now open! We’re incredibly proud of the school we’ve built together and think Highfield is worth shouting about, but it’s always wonderful to hear that from you too! If you’d like to support Highfield, we’d be so grateful for your vote. Whether you’re part of our community or simply want to support us, everyone is welcome to vote 💙 Know someone who’d like to support us too? Please share this post with them. 🗓️ Voting closes on 29th August 2026, the winners announced in September. 🔗 Voting link in our bio. #TatlerSchoolAwards #IndependentSchool #SchoolCommunity
The best way to finish a week of Nature Days Holiday Club? Around the campfire with s’mores. 🔥 After learning with @coryluscollective about what a fire needs to burn, how to build one safely and the rules for staying safe around it, the children gathered around the campfire to put it all into practice. Giving children the chance to do things for themselves is a big part of Nature Days, especially when it comes with a toasted marshmallow at the end!
Houston, we have no problems… just lots of crating! 🚀 It would be easy to think crafting is just about the finished creation, but it’s the skills built along the way that really matter. Threading cord for macramé for example, builds hand-eye coordination and precision, the kind our children rely on in sport, DT and everyday tasks. Our holiday clubs are full of moments like this, skills that quietly build in the background! #IndependentSchool #Liphook #HolidayClubs #IndependentSkills #Crafting
Today’s Bushcraft challenge? Whittling their own bows and arrows from scratch. Turns out there’s more technique to it than you’d think. Too much curve and the wood snaps, too little and it won’t shoot at all, so they had to keep testing the bend as they went rather than guessing. It takes a fair bit of trial and error, but we love seeing them stick with it until that first arrow actually flies. In a world where so much happens on a screen, there’s real value in learning practical skills and discovering what you can create with your own hands!
Today at Bushcraft Holiday Club, the children learned how to weave their own survival keyrings. It took patience to master the technique, but by the end of the session they had made something genuinely useful. The paracord can replace a broken shoelace, help build a shelter or even secure a hammock! In a world where so much happens on a screen, there’s real value in knowing how to make something useful with your hands. #IndependentSchool #PracticalSkills #OutdoorSkills #HolidayClub #Bushcraft
Dragons have had quite a year at Highfield! First in Shrek and now in our Crafting Holiday Activity Club with @feltybee_crafts 🐉 Using needle felting, the children shaped their very own dragons, a fiddly process that took patience and plenty of concentration. It just goes to show, real magic takes a bit of hard work! #IndependentSchool #PrepSchool #HolidayClub #IndependentLearning #Crafting
What do dragons, potions and magical houses have in common? 🪄 They were all part of the Magic and Myths craft session with Feltybeecrafts this week! The children learned new techniques, including needle felting their own dragons, before turning glass pebbles into dragon eyes and creating magical houses of their own. Some parts were fiddly and took a few steps to get right, teaching the children patience and perseverance to stick with it. It just goes to show, real magic takes a bit of hard work! ✨
The children discovered the magic of cyanotype printing with Corylus Collective during our Nature Days Holiday Club, using sunlight to create beautiful nature-inspired artwork 🌿 They explored the grounds to find natural materials they wanted to include, deciding for themselves what would work best before arranging their pieces. We love that every piece is so unique, reflecting the different choices each child made!
The children discovered the magic of cyanotype printing with @coryluscollective during our Nature Days Holiday Club, using sunlight to create beautiful nature-inspired artwork 🌿 They explored the grounds to find natural materials they wanted to include, deciding for themselves what would work best before arranging their pieces. We love that every piece is so unique, reflecting the different choices each child made! #IndependentSchool #Liphook #OutdoorLearning #HolidayClubs #ChildInitiatedLearning
The sun is shining outside… and it’s been shining during our Cosmic Crafting Holiday Course too! ☀️ Today’s session from Feltybeecrafts was packed full of space-themed creativity, with the children enjoying a whole galaxy of activities. Among their many creations, the children sewed their own suns. Sewing has a great way of teaching patience and just when everything seems to be going well, the thread slips away or gets itself in a knot! We saw our children take those little setbacks in their stride, choosing to have another go independently before asking for help. …and just look where that perseverance got them!
Year 8 Reflections: part 2 💙 As our Year 8s enjoy their summer and look ahead to the next stage of their journey, we’re excited to see them take these lessons with them into their new schools. Swipe through to read some of their answers. ➡️ #IndependentSchool #Liphook #SchoolLeavers #Memories #ClassOf2026
The exciting news just keeps coming! 🎉 We couldn’t be prouder of our Head Boy, Rupert, on his selection for the prestigious U14 UK Lions programme. 🏑 This is a fantastic achievement and a reward for all of Rupert’s hard work, dedication and passion for hockey. Tomorrow, Rupert heads to Manchester for his first UK Lions training session – the start of an exciting new chapter! Good luck, Rupert. We’ll all be cheering you on! 💙 #IndependentSchool #UKLions #Hockey #SchoolSport #FutureStars
The exciting news just keeps coming! 🎉 We couldn’t be prouder of our Head Boy, Rupert, on his selection for the prestigious U14 UK Lions programme. This incredible achievement is the result of years of hard work, dedication and passion for hockey, and is so thoroughly deserved! Everyone at Highfield & Brookham is delighted to see Rupert recognised at such a high level and we can’t wait to follow his journey over the coming year. Rupert’s first UK Lions training session takes place next tomorrow in Manchester – the first step in what promises to be an amazing adventure. Good luck Rupert, we’ll all be cheering you on! 💙 Read more in our latest press release ➡️
Bookings are now open for our Parent & Child Swim School starting this September! Whether your little one is taking their very first splash or continuing to build their confidence in the water, our friendly, supportive classes provide the perfect environment to learn together. ✨ We’re also introducing a brand-new class for 3–4-year-olds from September – a great opportunity for older preschoolers to develop their swimming skills and independence.✨ Places fill quickly, so if you’re planning ahead for September, now is the perfect time to secure your place. Book now: https://highfieldandbrookham.co.uk/school-plus/swim-school/