Brockhurst (Boys) and Marlston House (Girls) are twin schools sharing the same estate in Hermitage, near Newbury, in Berkshire. The school aims to offer a unique education with the best features of small single-sex classes and shared extra-curricular activities. Up until the age of seven, children are taught together and after that classes are separate for boys and girls.  The school has outstanding facilities with sports fields, a sports hall, 25m indoor swimming pool, tennis courts and a superb equestrian centre. A flexible boarding system allows children to board for one or more nights a week and full boarding is also offered.

The school aims to foster in children a cheerful enthusiasm, appropriate self-confidence and good manners. They develop these by setting clear expectations and providing a very wide range of opportunities both in and out of the classroom. All children are able to discover things they enjoy and can achieve success in. As a result, they become confident in ‘having a go’ without fear of failure and their determination to do their best, resilience and moral courage develops.

Children progress to a wide range of independent day and boarding schools, either at 11+ or 13+.