Figure 1.--Many prep schools had classrooms in the manor house or main building. These varied widely as the room were so variable. Some made for very crowded classrooms.

The types of classrooms were also important. Some schools had purpose-built classrooms. These were most likely to be well apointed and roomy. Other schools used the rooms available in the mnnor house or main building. These rooms varied greatly in size. Thus the classrooms were quite varied. Some were quite small and thus made for very cramped classroom situations, even with the generally smaller class sizes prevalent in the prep schools. Many prep schools began with just a mannor house. The more successful schools have gradually added additional buildings over time. Many schools, however, still use rooms in the main buildings for classroms. Here the images can be very deceptive. Many of the classrooms were quite basic and very crowded. Even so excellebt teaching often took place in these classrooms and the acacademic standards were commonly quite high.

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