Bryanston School A GSG School
- Bryanston School
Bryanston
Blandford Forum
Dorset
DT11 0PX - Head: Ms Sarah J Thomas
- 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: 694; sixth formers: 298
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £31,311; Boarding £38,184 pa
- Open days: Small group visits on Tuesday and Friday mornings – contact school.
- 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..
In the head’s words, ‘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 and discovered that he’s the sort who really means it...
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
Head
Since 2005, Sarah Thomas. She is an Oxford-educated classicist who before coming here did time at Sevenoaks and Uppingham. The kind of head who listens, thinks, questions and fixes. Very much embodies Bryanston values. ‘She knows us all,’ one parent told us, ‘and she’s always approachable.’ Another added ‘and funny.’ Ms Thomas likes to switch off by losing herself in a good book. When we visited her in the blissful rural idyll that is Bryanston she was relishing John Emsley’s Molecules of Murder.
Thirteen years on since she took the reins, Ms Thomas will soon be free to reflect on, inter alia, a legacy of astute management, some excellent staff appointments and the oversight of the creation of some fine buildings, viz, a Riba award-winning science and maths block, a...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
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 |
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Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amesbury | 2017 to 2018 | 5 | ||
| Ashdown House School | 2016 | 1 | ||
| Beaudesert Park School | 2014 to 2017 | 5 | ||
| Brambletye School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Castle Court | 2017 to 2018 | 6 | 3 | Art Scholarship; Art Scholarship; Sports Scholarship |
| Chafyn Grove School | 2015 to 2018 | 6 | 1 | |
| Cheam School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Cumnor House Sussex | 2017 to 2018 | 4 | 1 | |
| Dumpton School | 2017 to 2018 | 11 | 6 | |
| Elstree School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Farleigh School | 2016 to 2018 | 7 | 2 | Sport Scholarship (2) |
| Hall Grove School | 2015 to 2017 | 1 | ||
| Hazlegrove School | 2017 | 3 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; Music Award |
| Highfield and Brookham Schools | 2018 | 4 | ||
| Knighton House School | 2017 to 2018 | 5 | 3 | Academic Scholarship; Art Scholarship; Music Scholarship |
| Knightsbridge School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Ludgrove | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Millfield Prep School | 2018 | 2 | ||
| Newton Prep | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Perrott Hill School | 2017 to 2018 | 2 | 1 | All Rounder Scholarship |
| Pinewood | 2017 | 3 | ||
| Port Regis | 2017 to 2018 | 16 | 8 | Music Exhibition; History Awards (2); Sports Scholarships (2); DT Scholarship; DT Scholarship; Sports Scholarship |
| Salisbury Cathedral School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Sandroyd School | 2018 | 4 | 2 | |
| St Hugh's School, Oxfordshire | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| St Philip's School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Sunningdale School | 2015 | 1 | ||
| The Hall School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| The Pilgrims' School | 2015 | 3 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| The Prebendal School | 2017 to 2018 | 2 | 3 | Music Exhibition; All Rounder Scholarship; Music Scholarship |
| Thomas's Battersea | 2017 to 2018 | 6 | 2 | Music Exhibition; Music Scholarship |
| Thomas's Clapham | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Twyford School | 2017 to 2018 | 3 | ||
| Westbourne House School | 2017 to 2018 | 4 | ||
| Wetherby Preparatory School | 2016 to 2018 | 3 | ||
| Windlesham House School | 2015 to 2017 | 16 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; All Rounder Scholarship |
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