West End Prep School was a fee paying private preparatory school and situated at No 4 The Oval, Harrogate During the late 1950s the headmistress was Mrs Dorothy Gray.

Mr Styan,[1] who also taught at Norwood College and Grosvenor House School, was an ex-army PE instructor, organiser of several Boys' Clubs in the Harrogate area, and an expert using Indian clubs.

The school had limited grounds, being just a sizeable private house, although there was a sand pit behind the building.

Football and Games often took place in the Oval, Rounders on the Stray which was a short walk across Otley Road.

West End School closed on 31 Aug 1999 at No 4 The Oval and was sold.