Burgess Hill Prep School

With a strong sense of its feminist mission, this West Sussex prep is all about producing bold, self-motivated girls. ‘Tomorrow’s women need to be tenacious,’ as punchy overall head Heather Cavanagh puts it. If you like the sound of that, then Burgess Hill provides the perfect through-school experience. The nursery, prep and senior schools are all next door to each other in a row of large houses set among 14 acres of land in the quiet town of Burgess Hill on the edge of the South Downs National Park. The prep lies in the middle of the row, its big sister flanking it on eit...