Westbrook Hay Prep School is a co-educational independent school which educates children from rising 3 -13 years. The school is primarily a day school but with flexi boarding.

The school took on its present name at its present site in the 1960s, previously it had been a boarding school for boys called Gadebridge Park School in nearby Hemel Hempstead

Hemel Hempstead

Hemel Hempstead is a town in Hertfordshire in the East of England, to the north west of London and part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2001 Census was 81,143 ....

 from 1914 until it was forced out of its premises, Gadebridge House by the Commission for New Towns as part of its development of the new town

New town

A new town is a specific type of a planned community, or planned city, that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed in a previously undeveloped area. This contrasts with settlements that evolve in a more ad hoc fashion. Land use conflicts are uncommon in new...

. It is a thriving independent Prep school which educates boys and girls from rising 3 -13 years. The school’s beautiful rural location boasts 26 acres of parkland overlooking the Bourne valley. Located just off the A 41, between Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, there is easy access to all major routes. This unique setting offers a secure environment within which children explore and enjoy all that childhood has to offer.

During the 1950s, while the estate was in private ownership, the 650 yard drive was used for speed hill climbing.