• The school is part of the wider Kingswood Foundation, not a standalone prep.
• It places emphasis on breadth, confidence and a rounded junior-school experience.
• Published material also emphasises continuity with the senior school.

• Families value the direct link into Kingswood Senior School.
• It offers a genuine prep-school atmosphere without needing boarding.
• The Lansdown setting is separate from the city while still close to Bath.

Kingswood says bursaries are not available for children attending Kingswood Preparatory School unless there are very exceptional circumstances. Its published bursary scheme is otherwise aimed at Senior School entry in Years 7, 9 and 12. No standard Prep bursary tariff or application route is published online.

Published inspection material says several prep leavers have secured scholarships in music, design and technology, drama and sport.

• Kingswood says bursaries are not available for children attending Kingswood Preparatory School unless there are very exceptional circumstances.
• No general Prep bursary levels are published online.
• Kingswood’s published bursary scheme otherwise applies to Senior School entrants in Years 7, 9 and 12.

In the May 2024 ISI report, the prep school met the independent school standards, with inspectors highlighting a broad curriculum, good progress and strong safeguarding. The same inspection found that the separately registered early-years childcare provision, The Garden, did not consistently meet all childcare requirements.

Kingswood says it tracks progress through annual national standardised tests in English (PTE), mathematics (PTM) and general ability (CATs), plus a termly NGRT reading test and half-termly internal English and maths assessments.