- Age range
- 3–12
- Co-ed status
- Mixed
- Number of students
- 496
- Day / boarding
- Day only
- Religious affiliation
- Church of England
- Average fees
- £21,002 (annual, inc. VAT)
- Has a nursery
- Yes
How the school describes itself
- Brighton College Prep School is energetic, curious and deliberately kind. The school is warm, organised and quietly ambitious.
Fee profile
Annual fees including VAT. 2025-26.
Parents like
- A persuasive option for families who want a substantial Brighton prep with a confident culture and a strong family-school halo around it. It is polished, purposeful and reassuringly experienced.
Admissions
Brighton College Prep School's admissions process looks clear, confident and very used to helping families enter at the obvious prep entry points. The overall impression is of a prep that combines warmth at the front door with real confidence about what comes next.
Scholarships
Scholarships and bursaries are publicly signposted, which supports the impression of a prep with real confidence in its academic and co-curricular offer. Families are effectively buying into onward preparation as much as any in-house award culture.
Bursaries
The school does not clearly publish bursary information, so families should contact it directly.
- The school does not publish bursary entry points, so families should ask directly.
- The school does not publish bursary award levels, so families should ask directly.
- Families should contact the school directly to ask whether any bursary, hardship support or discretionary fee assistance is available.
Inspection snapshot
Brighton College Prep School publishes recent ISI material, including 2024 inspection reporting and 2025 material-change work, which gives families up-to-date external evidence rather than vague reassurance. In a prep where parents are buying both daily care and future preparation, that public evidence matters.
Assessment approach
Assessment at Brighton College Prep School appears structured, regular and closely tied to preparing children for whichever senior route suits them best. That should appeal to families who want stretch without a one-size-fits-all feel.
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