Embley Prep School
Embley Prep School
Org 1: IAPS
United Learning
Embley Park, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 6ZA
Telephone: 01794 515737
Open events: Thursday 5 February 2026 (9.00 am to 10.30 am)
Thursday 5 March 2026 (09:00 am to 2:30 pm)
Key dates: Autumn term: Monday 8 September 2025 to Friday 12 December 2025
Half term: Friday 17 October 2025 to Monday 3 November 2025
Spring term: Wednesday 7 January 2026 to Friday 27 March 2026
Half term: Friday 13 February 2026 to Monday 23 February 2026
Summer term: Tuesday 21 April 2026 to Friday 10 July 2026
Half term: Friday 22 May 2026 to Monday 1 June 2026
Age Range: Pre-Nursery, Nursery, Pre-Prep/Infants, Prep/Junior to 11
Day or Boarding: Day, Day Only
Gender: Co-ed
Chairman of the Local Governing Body: Mrs Lesley Black
Headmaster: Mr Cliff Canning, BA Hons, BD Hons, HDipEd, NUI
Head of Prep School: Mrs Sheina Gibb, BA, QTS
Age range. 2–11 Co-educational.
Number of pupils. 170 day pupils.
Fees per term (2025-2026). Nursery: £68.00 per day/£56.00 per half day. Prep School: £4,990 (Reception, Years 1 and 2); £5,731.60 (Year 3); £7,681.60 (Years 4–6).
Please refer to www.embley.org.uk/admissions/fees for further details. Embley’s Prep School provides an education with character that uncovers and nurtures each child’s niche and inspires ambition and academic achievement. Children are encouraged to be independent and push themselves to find out more, giving a real sense of purpose to their learning adventures.
Specialist subject staff work across every year group to give children the very best learning experiences. Academic opportunities are combined with a diverse co-curricular programme including performing arts, drama and music alongside sports such as sailing, skiing, golf and tennis. Many varied initiatives and activities, such as the Prep School Stock Market Investment Club and Natural Sciences, provide a variety of complex, multi-layered, problem-solving experiences and develop articulate, reasoned and informed children with analytical minds.
The school is nestled in 130 acres of private parkland, which includes woodlands, playing fields, tennis courts, Astroturf pitches, a swimming pool and a golf course. It also runs a comprehensive sailing programme with its own boats moored at Lymington.
Embley’s Nursery operates for 48 weeks of the year, offering an exciting introduction to learning to ensure that each child will love going to school. From the early years, children are encouraged to be resilient in their approach and take responsibility for their learning adventures. They leave the Nursery with a calm confidence and independence: the perfect learning foundation.
At the end of Year 6, children progress to Embley’s Senior School which is within the same campus.