marlborough house school is a co-educational preparatory school situated in of countryside in hawkhurst, kent. the school currently has just over 300 pupils between the ages of 3 and 13 with a teaching staff of 60. marlborough house is predominantly a day school, but operates a flexi-boarding policy for pupils over the age of 9. the school is a member of the independent association of preparatory schools (iaps). the current head is vanessa coatz.