The school is located within the parish of Cheddon Fitzpaine, just north of Taunton, Somerset, in the West of England.

It is housed in the Grade II listed building Pyrland Hall.

King's Prep was originally the boys Junior House of King's College, Taunton, and remains a partner school.

Both are Woodard Schools which means they are part of a group of Anglican schools (both primary and secondary) affiliated to the Woodard Corporation (formerly the Society of St Nicolas) which has its origin in the work of Nathaniel Woodard, an Anglo-Catholic clergyman.

[1] Since it was established in 1953, the school has been housed in Pyrland Hall.