Brockwood Park School A GSG School
- Brockwood Park School
Brockwood Park
Bramdean
Hampshire
SO24 0LQ - Head: Dr Gopal Krishnamurthy & Mr Antonio Autor
- T 01962 771744
- F 01962 771875
- E enquiry@brockwood.org.uk
- W www.brockwood.org.uk
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 14 to 19.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Hampshire
- Pupils: 56; all boarders; sixth formers: 34
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Boarding £20,790 pa
- Open days: Phone for information on events
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Exams 'are not our main thrust', says school, with understatement, 'but are seen in perspective alongside things like yoga, working in the garden, and care of rooms' (all compulsory). No fixed academic timetables into which pupils must slot - each programme is created afresh for each child with plenty of scope to concentrate on a single passion. An 18-year-old musician we met had secured two free days a week to spend on intensive piano work. Another had dropped all academic subjects to study only art, yoga and pottery...
What the school says...
Brockwood Park is an international residential school. With 73 students from around the world, the school has the feel of a large multicultural family, classes have on average 7 students who will gain both a good academic education & one that nurtures in them human qualities such as affection, self-knowledge, creativity, integrity and co-operation.
The School encourages enquiry about all aspects of life. Situated on a large country estate with an active environmental programme and vegetarian diet, staff & students live, study, work, play and inquire together in a co-operative atmosphere. ...Read more
What the parents say...
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Curricula
Cambridge Pre-U - an alternative to A levels, with all exams at the end of the two-year course.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Co-principals
Since 2013, Dr Gopal Krishnamurthy and since September 2015, Mr Antonio Autor. Dr Gopal has spent most of his life, since the age of 4, as a student and teacher at Krishnamurti's schools in India, the UK and the USA. He was a student, mature student and staff member at Brockwood and teaches physics and maths as well as being co-principal. He has a PhD in education, MAs in education and philosophy and a BA in physics.
Antonio Autor has a degree from the Bilbao School of Business Studies and was a professional footballer for nearly 10 years. After that, he studied English in Cardiff, Brighton and London, and joined Brockwood Park in 1987. He has been head gardener here, sports organiser, pastoral coordinator, business studies teacher and adult study...
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Special Education Needs
Brockwood Park fosters an education which encourages academic excellence, self-understanding, creativity and integrity in a safe, non-competitive environment. In consonance with its intentions, and in creating a non-judgemental atmosphere, the school views labelling children as SEN to be problematic and limiting. Moreover, the school’s holistic educational approach and highly individualised educational programme addresses, as a matter of course, the different special needs of all students. The current curriculum provides a diverse and multi-sensory approach that caters for all students’ individual learning needs. Teaching and learning are conducted in small groups wherein the teacher-student ratio allows individualised teaching and instruction. Extensive support for every student’s individual needs is also provided by one-to-one support and supervision by the student’s academic adviser. All students are given personal time and individual support to reflect on their learning (through learning journals) and encouraged to probe into aspects of their learning that they may find challenging. In cases where the school environment and resources do not meet a pupil's learning needs, the student’s needs are reviewed in the teachers’ meeting and additional learning support is provided by the teachers and academic advisers of the student. The school also provides highly individualised pastoral care and support for the special educational needs of all students. Every student has a tutor. Students and tutors meet on a weekly and sometimes even daily basis to discuss day-to-day issues related to the extra-curricular education, wellbeing and learning of the students. We also seek to provide special attention and learning support for students with a statement/EHCP that is consonant with the aims of this, in collaboration with experts from our own staff or from other schools and local authorities, and with direct reference to the DfES SEN code of practice.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| Not Applicable | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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