Winner of Best Independent Prep School 2026

Published by Hazelwood School on Tuesday 27th of October 2026

🏆 WE’VE WON! 🏆

🎉BEST INDEPENDENT PREP SCHOOL OF THE YEAR, 2026🎉

We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that Hazelwood has won Best Independent Prep School of the Year 🎉at the Independent School of the Year 2026 Awards

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"With more than 1,000 nominations submitted this year, the competition was particularly intense. The judges noted that selecting the eventual winners from such an impressive shortlist of finalists was an exceptionally tough call."

We’re incredibly proud to be recognised alongside some of the UK’s very best schools and to receive this prestigious accolade. A huge thank you to our entire Hazelwood community for making Hazelwood such an inspiring and special place to learn, work and belong.

And honestly, we’re still pinching ourselves — it hasn’t quite sunk in yet!🎉