Attain Directory

The Attain Directory contains a comprehensive database of information for prospective parents about IAPS preparatory schools as well as senior schools (for entry at 11 or 13 years).

IAPS Directory Search
To search for an IAPS school, enter its name - or enter your town/city or the first part of your postcode in the search box below:

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e.g. Terrington Hall School
e.g. Yorkshire
e.g. YO60

Or alternatively, you can find your nearest IAPS school using the links on the right or browse by area.

Senior School Directory Search
To search for a senior school, enter its name - or enter your town/city or the first part of your postcode in the search box below:

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e.g. Mount St Mary's College
e.g. Yorkshire
e.g. S21

Or alternatively, you can find your nearest senior school using the links on the right or browse by area.

Why IAPS?
The Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS) is a professional association for Heads of independent schools catering for children from 2 to 16. IAPS has more than 600 members, around 30 of which are based internationally. IAPS is committed to excellence in education and seeks to promote the highest professional standards in prep school education. The quality of members and schools is continuously monitored to ensure they meet strict membership requirements.

Although each IAPS school has its own ethos, they are all committed to the pursuit of an excellent, well-rounded education - valuing academic success and the personal development of each individual child through an unrivalled range of opportunities in sport, music, modern and classical languages, art, drama, science, technology and the early years.

Excellence across these areas depends on the schools being free from government interference and with fewer financial and other resourcing constraints than state schools.