Bruern Abbey Senior School A GSG School
- Bruern Abbey Senior School
Chilton
Ayelsbury
Buckinghamshire
HP18 9LR - Head: Kate Walker
- T 01844 395 558
- E [email protected]
- W www.bruernabbe…n-senior-school
- A special independent school for boys aged from 13 to 16.
- Read about the best schools in Oxford and Oxfordshire
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Oxfordshire
- Pupils: 51
- Religion: None
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Linked schools: Bruern Abbey Prep School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Boys say the teachers (all subject specialists, a few currently shared with the prep) are ‘kind’, ‘engaging’ and ‘willing to explain things in three, four, five different ways – written, via a demo, with verbal instructions, whatever it takes’. Maths gets a special mention – ‘it’s really improved and very, very well taught,’ felt one boy. Progress is closely monitored – it was exam week when we visited, which boys reported as ‘going well’ but ‘it’s nice when another one is over’. One had gone to matron to get some Rescue Remedy – ‘they’re good at helping with anxiety’. Trips are synonymous with the prep and it’s looking set to be similar here – young historians were heading off to Bavaria a fortnight after our visit, while…
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since September 2024, Kate Walker, previously housemistress, and previously head of English, at Repton School, which she joined in 2015 – and where she met her husband, then director of music. The daughter of two prep heads, she attended Culford School in Bury St Edmunds before completing an MA in English and philosophy at St Andrews. She taught at Norfolk’s largest comprehensive as part of the graduate teacher programme, then moved to the independent sector, teaching English at Oakham School. She has worked with neurodiverse pupils throughout her career, including providing one-to-one and small-group interventions, as well as designing a through-school literacy strategy. She has one son and, when not immersed in boarding and toddler life, she enjoys looking after the family menagerie which includes horses, hens, cats and a lurcher, and exploring...
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| School | Year | Places |
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| Cothill | 2024 | 1 |
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