Colchester Prep and High School, or CPHS, is a coeducational independent school located in Colchester in Essex, England. The school is owned and operated by the Cognita Group.
The school was a girls' school when it opened in 1882. It took boys from 1910, becoming an all-boys establishment over the course of the next 20 years. In 1993 the school started admitting girls again. In 2005, it was bought by Cognita.
The school admits pupils aged 2 1/2 to 16 from a wide catchment area including Colchester, Braintree, Marks Tey, Coggeshall, Kelvedon, Tiptree, Maldon, and Wivenhoe. Entry is normally at ages 2 1/2âÂÂ15.