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Bryanston School
Bryanston
Blandford Forum
Dorset
DT11 0PX
Head: Mr Mark Mortimer
T 01258 452411
F 01258 484657
E [email protected]
W www.bryanston.co.uk
Bryanston School is an English independent day and boarding school for boys and girls, located next to the village of Bryanston in Dorset. It educates over 650 pupils and was founded in 1928.
Boarding: Yes
Local authority: Dorset
Pupils: 680; sixth formers: 288
Religion: Church of England
Fees: Day £32,547; Boarding £39,693 pa
Open days: Individual virtual tours- email school to book
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..

‘Bryanston likes change, new ideas, we like to challenge convention’ while at the same time remaining, in this Guide’s view, in many ways thoroughly conventional. It’s the near-paradox of ‘et nova et vetera’ that explains why the school eludes lazy stereotyping. There’s high-level coaching for those who love their sport and, they claim, healthy fun for those averse to being buried alive under a scrum. We met the head of sport who expresses his philosophy in a strikingly humane, even poetic, way. He wants...

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What the school says...

At Bryanston our aim is to develop well-balanced 18-year-olds, ready to go out into the wider world, to lead happy and fulfilling lives and to contribute, positively and generously.

We provide every pupil with individual attention and support. The school's tailored approach means that pupils benefit from extensive one-to-one time with their tutor providing the academic and pastoral encouragement they need to achieve their full potential as individuals.

We believe pupils do best when they learn to relish every opportunity and discover their own individual talents and interests, exploring them to the best of their abilities. Pupils are encouraged to experience a wide range of academic subjects and extra-curricular activities, all of which helps them to discover areas where they can flourish and excel.

Education is not about moulding, nor are children end products. We believe that education is an exciting process, organic and ongoing; that pupils learn better actively, growing up in secure surroundings, than if passively taught; that to lead successful lives, at school and beyond, each needs to be prepared to give of his or her own talents and to value those of others. ...Read more

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Curricula

International Baccalaureate: diploma - the diploma is the familiar A-level equivalent.

Sports

Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.

Rowing

Fencing

Sailing

What The Good Schools Guide says

Headmaster

Since September 2019, Mark Mortimer BA PGCE MBA (early 50s), previously head of Warminster School. Schooling at Mill Hill and a degree in history from the University of London preceded eight years as an Army officer followed by a brief sortie into management consulting, before realising that a handsome salary was no substitute for like-minded colleagues and the kind of bringing on of young people he had seen the army do for young soldiers. Mr Mortimer’s star has risen steadily as he progressed through independent schools up and down the land (Hampton, Giggleswick, St John’s Leatherhead) and an MBA from Henley Business School until he was tapped on the shoulder for the Bryanston job. (Spoiler alert: there was a proper selection process.) ‘The educational philosophy attracted me,’ he told us and being the historian...

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Subject results

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Special Education Needs

Condition	Provision for in school
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Aspergers
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders
CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia
Dyscalculia
Dysgraphia
Dyslexia
Dyspraxia
English as an additional language (EAL)
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
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

Who came from where

School	Year	Places	Scholarships	Description
Castle Court	2020	7	2	Scholarships: music and sport
Cheam School	2020	1
Dorset House School	2020		2	Scholarships: Music and Sport
Dumpton School	2020	15
Hall Grove School	2020	2	1	Sports Scholarship
Hanford School	2020
Hazlegrove School	2020
Port Regis	2020	13
Sandroyd School	2020	8	2	Art Scholarship; All rounder Scholarship
St Hugh's School, Oxfordshire	2020	1
St Peter's Preparatory School	2020	1
Westbourne House School	2020	1

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