Age Range. 2–13.
Number of Girls. 346, Girls 114, Boys 129, Pre-Prep 103.
Fees per term (2023-2024). Full Boarding £9,700 (UK), Full boarding International Pupils – £10,200 (includes transfers, uniform provision and EAL). Armed Forces & Diplomatic Service Families £7,700. Reception to Year 2 £4,450. Day (full, Year 3 to Year 8) £7,400, includes tuition, lunches, sport and many of our extracurricular activities. Flexi-day fee £4,750, covers the full academic programme which is timetabled until 3.00 pm. Flexi-day fee pupils are welcome to take part in as many of the activities as suits you. Each activity session costs £28.50 and there are over 80 activities to choose from each week. You can opt in to as many activity sessions as you would like to. This enables you to design a timetable from the very wide range of activities to suit the interests of your child.
Established in 1995, Marlston House is situated in 500 acres of its own grounds in countryside of outstanding beauty, only four miles from access to the M4. The school is situated beside Brockhurst Boys’ Preparatory school and occupies separate listed buildings. Boys and girls are taught separately, but the two schools join together for drama music and activities. In this way Brockhurst and Marlston House combine the best features of the single-sex and co-educational systems: academic excellence and social interaction. The schools are proud of the high standard of pastoral care established within a family atmosphere. (See also entry for Brockhurst School.) The Pre-Prep School, Ridge House, is a co-educational department of Brockhurst and Marlston House Schools for children aged 3–6 years, and is situated on the same site in new self-contained, purpose-designed accommodation. Our Pre-Prep also includes a 51 week a year Nursery.
Girls are prepared for entry to a variety of leading Independent Senior Schools through the ISEB Common Entrance and Scholarship Papers at 11+ and 13+.
All girls play Netball (outdoor and indoor courts), Hockey, Rounders and Tennis (outdoor and indoor courts) and take part in Athletics, Cross Country and Swimming (25m indoor heated pool). Additional activities include riding (own equestrian centre), fencing, judo, shooting (indoor rifle range), dance and ballet. Facilities for gymnastics and other sporting activities are provided in a purpose-built Sports Hall. Year 7 pupils make a week-long visit to a Château in France as part of their French studies.
Music and Art are important features of the curriculum and a number of girls have won scholarships and awards to senior schools in these subjects recently. The school has a dedicated Music School and professionally designed Theatre.
Transport is provided by the school to and from airports and between Newbury and Paddington stations. Pupils are accompanied by school staff to their destinations.