Cheltenham College Preparatory School A GSG School
- Cheltenham College Preparatory School
Thirlestaine Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL53 7AB - Head: Tom O’Sullivan
- T 01242 522697
- F 01242 265620
- E prepadmissions@ch…ltenhamcollege.org
- W www.cheltenham…e.org/the-prep/
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 3 to 13 with a linked senior school
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Gloucestershire
- Pupils: 456
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £11,100 - £22,800; Boarding £22,620 - £29,580 pa
- Open days: Check school website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Cheltenham College
What The Good Schools Guide says..
One father told us how he’d always intended to send his children to the college, ‘but decided just to have a look at the prep and it was a bit like going from black and white to glorious Technicolor – we couldn’t unsee it and moved them immediately.’ Small classes and regular discreet testing ensure pupils progress at their own rate. Teachers are smiley and animated. One of the best learning support departments we’ve seen in a prep – a two-storey facility with multiple, vibrant, well-resourced (games, fidget toys, learning aids etc) rooms to…
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Sports
Polo
Rowing
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2018, Tom O’Sullivan LLB PGCE. Comes from a family of teachers, so did the inevitable and initially resisted, reading law at Durham and joining the graduate milk round instead. But after failing to enjoy big-shot roles at the likes of WH Smith and in investment banking (at one time, with a flat overlooking Singapore harbour), he ‘finally let my family prove me wrong’. Knew ‘within 10 seconds into my first lesson that I’d never do anything else’, but remains grateful for ‘my knowledge of the world because of the stories I can tell – although it’s so tempting to embellish them to the children that I’ve lost track of what’s actually true!’
Started out at Beaudesert Park as science teacher (teaching drama and coaching sport on the side), thence to...
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Special Education Needs
The Learning Support Department has been created to ensure that we provide each child with the opportunity to fulfil his or her individual potential, by creating a secure and sensitive environment for effective learning, in order to assist them to function in our mainstream school. We aim to develop a positive attitude towards learning by providing support where appropriate to develop self-esteem and general self-confidence. To achieve this, the pupils are provided with programmes to develop improved techniques and address areas of difficulty. From entry, our assessment procedure allows us to monitor progress to ensure each child’s requirements are catered for. We provide small group teaching, in class support and individual teaching and work very closely with subject staff, and class teachers, to ensure continuity within the curriculum.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham College | 2023 | 56 | 30 | Scholarships: Academic Awards (10), Art Awards (6), Music (4) and Sports (8) |
| Kingham Hill School | 2023 | 2 | 2 | 2 Sports awards |
| Repton School | 2023 | 1 |
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