Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School is an independent school in Sussex with 30 acres of beautiful grounds used as an extensive 'outdoor classroom'
Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School is a Sussex private school with enviable facilities. The parkland estate means our children have ample opportunity for play, discovery and learning. And to let off steam.
We use our great green space as a rich teaching resource. We encourage pupils to make a connection with the natural world and get involved with the local flora and fauna.
Fly with us! Aerial tour of Sompting Abbotts Prep School. Click to play video below
Outdoor learning spaces
We've a wild pond and woodland areas for forest school-style activities. The estate includes rose gardens, fields where horses graze, and open grassland. Children at Sompting Abbotts get to be real children: to fill their lungs with fresh air, collect conkers, throw Autumn leaves up in the air, and scoop up frogspawn.
For sports, we have excellent grass playing pitches for rugby, cricket and soccer; tennis, five-a-side and netball courts, and a heated swimming pool. For our Early Years children, there's a safe walled garden with sandpit and adventure play equipment. A well-equipped gymnasium is used for indoor PE.
Enhanced learning
Our main school is a three-storey Neo-Gothic building. Many classroom windows face south with wonderful views of the English Channel. The school houses the library, music rooms, SEN room, refectory, assembly hall, language lab, IT suite and kitchens. Some fresh food for school meals is grown by the children in our vegetable plots and Victorian greenhouses.
The Early Years and Pre-Prep classrooms are housed in the Stables block (originally Sompting Abbotts' old coach house). A purpose-built art studio, cookery room, gymnasium and science lab are located here.
Following our earlier announcement in July of the shortlisted entries for the Independent Schools of the Year 2023 awards, we're delighted Sompting Abbotts Preparatory School has been selected as a Finalist in the Independent School of the Year for Environmental Achievement category.