Wellington College Prep was founded as Eagle House School in 1820[3] at Brook Green, Hammersmith.

[8] Between 1957 and 1962 Nick Drake, later a singer-songwriter, attended the school and became head boy.

[9] Lieutenant-General Sir John Cowley chaired the school's Governing Body from 1968 to 1976.

[1] It is in the same ownership as Wellington College, forming part of the same registered charitable organization.

Before the college became fully coeducational in 2005, most girls left at age 11 for secondary school.