Wetherby School was founded in 1951 as a pre-preparatory school for boys aged 4–8. In 2004 it opened a preparatory department (known as Wetherby Prep, and intended to be a separate school) in a nearby building, allowing boys to stay on until the age of 13. The prep school has since moved to its current location in
Marylebone. The school's original building, in 1951, was in Wetherby Place in South
Kensington (hence the name, Wetherby School) but in 1971 it moved to its present building in
Pembridge Square, on the other side of
Kensington Gardens. The school building is a white stucco double fronted Victorian house in the Italianate style typical of Notting Hill and Holland Park architecture, constructed in about 1850. It is on the south side of Pembridge Square, a private garden square with keyholder-only access which the boys use as their playground. In 2020 the school was recognized as one of the world's 100 leading schools by
The Schools Index. ==Wetherby Preparatory School==