Langley Prep School at Taverham

This school outside Norwich has fabulously spacious grounds that pupils don boiler suits to roam around in – and when it’s wet, storm coats and wellies too. It’s just one way that Langley lets its pupils embrace their childhood while they learn. It’s proudly non-selective – in the school’s words, it’s ‘a flower bed where a lot of variety grows’ – and there’s no Common Entrance; instead, it is adapting the Prep-School Baccalaureate in its own image, giving pupils a broad foundation in skills such as teamwork and confidence, a...