Heather Beeby
Head of Hurstpierpoint College Prep School

Welcome to the Hurst Prep School web pages. I hope the pages provide a glimpse of the school at work and play and provide an insight into our special community.

Hurst Prep works closely with parents to create a secure, supportive yet challenging environment in which our children can thrive.

We aim to enable our pupils to:

• Prepare for the academic challenges that lie ahead so that they are properly equipped to thrive in the next stage of their education and have started to become independent learners
• Realise their potential academically, creatively and in sport
• Develop moral values, an awareness of what it means to be a good citizen and respect for others
• Experience a diversity of academic, cultural and sporting opportunities so that they can discover and develop their own interests and talents
• Grow as individuals through developing self confidence, self reliance, an openness to new ideas and the ability to take initiative
• Enjoy being part of a happy, functioning community and contributing to the life of the school

I do hope that you will come and visit the school; I would be delighted to meet you and your family, show you the school and answer any questions you may have.

Hurst - a viewpoint:

"The Head Mrs Beeby has high expectations of all the pupils but makes it clear that she values each and every one of them for who they are as well as what they can do. The children at Hurst are special. My child joined half-way through the year and I was concerned about friendship groups. But the children were extremely inclusive and she settled in very quickly. The visual arts at Hurst are outstanding. The walls (and sometimes floors) of the buildings are a constantly changing kaleidoscope of children's work. And it's high quality work born of first-class teaching emphatic time-tabling and a serious commitment to the creative arts generally."
Parent of child in Year 7