Pre-Prep welcome

Windlesham House Pre-Prep

Windlesham House’s pre-prep is a joyful, spirited community where every child is known, valued and inspired. Nestled within a broader school community, we are proud of our unique identity: a warm and purposeful environment that balances exceptional academic foundations with creativity, kindness and a sense of fun. Our children bounce into school, excited to learn, and are immersed in rich, dynamic experiences every day.

Our dedicated team of teachers and teaching assistants collaborate with passion and precision, adapting provision to suit the individual, while maintaining high expectations and joy in learning. Our communication with parents is a partnership we treasure, and one that enhances every child’s success.

Inspiring children...

We focus on developing the whole child. Children are inspired to take risks, show resilience, and celebrate effort over outcome. Through initiatives like flexi-seating, they are empowered to learn how they learn best, becoming “metacognition masters” in the process. This approach fosters independence and self-awareness, helping children take ownership of their learning. They talk confidently about their learning, their wellbeing and their relationships with staff, built on deep trust and mutual respect.

Ali Wild, Head of Pre-Prep

Creativity is key to our philosophy

At Windlesham Pre-Prep, our values of curiosity, creativity, celebration of success, commitment, contribution, and care are at the heart of everything we do. We believe young children flourish when they are encouraged to ask questions, explore new ideas, and express themselves in a safe, supportive environment. These values guide our approach to teaching, relationships, and expectations, fostering a community where every child feels seen, valued, and motivated to succeed.

Through our ACE (Active, Creative, Explorative) learning habits, children are inspired to be curious thinkers and resilient problem-solvers, unafraid of making mistakes. We celebrate the effort and process as much as the outcome, and this mindset encourages children to take pride in their learning journey.

By instilling values such as commitment and contribution, we prepare our pupils to be confident, compassionate individuals who are ready to embrace the next stage of their educational journey—academically, emotionally, and socially.

Specialist teaching

None of us can predict what the future will hold for the children and it is important that we equip them with an understanding of how technology will have an impact on this. We have a bank of iPads in the department and technology is appropriately integrated into many of the lessons the children have. In addition, from Year 2 onwards, computing is taught as a specialist subject.

Further specialist lessons in the department take full advantage of the breadth of expertise we have across the school for example PE, games, swimming, drama, music, cookery and forest school.

″The school trips are great, we even go out hunting for dragons!″

Sophie, aged 7

Welcome to our Pre-Prep