{{Notability|1=Organizations|date=June 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Oakfield Preparatory School | logo = | image = oakfield-school.jpg | motto = A World of Opportunity | established = 1888 | address = Thurlow Park Road | city = Dulwich | county = London | country = England | postal_code = SE21 8HP | type = Preparatory school | urn = 100644 | founder = | head = | enrollment = 360 (approx.) | grades = Preschool – Y6 | local_authority = Lambeth | free_text2 = | lower_age = 2 | upper_age = 11 | gender = both | colours = Burgundy, yellow and grey. | website = http://www.oakfield.dulwich.sch.uk }}
'''Oakfield Preparatory School''' is an independent coeducational preparatory school in West Dulwich, Lambeth.<ref>[http://www.isbi.com/viewschool.asp?school=1160-Oakfield_Prep_School Oakfield Prep School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307185228/http://www.isbi.com/viewschool.asp?school=1160-Oakfield_Prep_School |date=7 March 2012 }}, ISBI Schools, UK.</ref> in the United Kingdom
Oakfield is a member of the Independent Schools Association.<ref>[http://www.isc.co.uk/school_OakfieldPreparatorySchool_Dulwich.htm Oakfield Preparatory School] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817091652/http://www.isc.co.uk/school_OakfieldPreparatorySchool_Dulwich.htm |date=17 August 2010 }}, Independent Schools Council, UK.</ref> Over 350 boys and girls aged between 2 and 11 are enrolled at the school.
For many years a senior school was run from the building on the south side of the road under the name of John Wycliffe Prep School, for 11-16 year olds.
==World War II== As with many other surrounding locations, pupils were evacuated during World War II because of the threat of bombing.<ref>Nigel Quiney, [https://archive.today/20120723175910/http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/38/a1956738.shtml A Chapter in Exile: Memories of an Evacuee in Eccles, Norfolk], [https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/ WWII People's War], BBC, UK, 3 November 2003.</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.oakfield.dulwich.sch.uk/ Oakfield School website]
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Category:Dulwich Category:Educational institutions established in 1888 Category:Private co-educational schools in London Category:Private schools in the London Borough of Lambeth Category:Member schools of the Independent Schools Association (UK) Category:Preparatory schools in London Category:1888 establishments in England