Park Hill is an independent preparatory school for boys and girls aged three to seven years. It was opened in May 1949 and currently provides education for 99 pupils. The school is owned by a private company and occupies a large Victorian detached house in a residential area of Kingston upon Thames. There are a small number of disabled pupils and pupils with special educational needs, but no pupils have a statement of special educational needs. A small minority of pupils speak English as an additional language. Children in the Early Years Foundation Stage are educated in three classes. Sixty-eight children are in receipt of early education funding. The proprietors run a separately registered after-school care facility on the site, which was inspected as part of the main school inspection. The headteacher was appointed in September 2011 and the school was last inspected in February 2009. The junior department closed in July 2010 and pupils now transfer to the junior school of their choice at seven. The school aims to develop the whole child and develop confident and balanced individuals.