Cheltenham College Preparatory School A GSG School
- Cheltenham College Preparatory School
Thirlestaine Road
Cheltenham
GL53 7AB - Head: Tom O’Sullivan
- T 01242 522697
- F 01242 265620
- E [email protected]
- W www.cheltenhamcollege.org
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 3 to 13 with a linked senior school
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Gloucestershire
- Pupils: 372
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £7,920 - £17,775; Boarding £17,700 - £23,085 pa
- Open days: March and October
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- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Cheltenham College
What The Good Schools Guide says..
High-ceilinged classrooms, old wooden desks and iPads – teaching and learning at Cheltenham College Prep is a creative mix of the best of traditional methods and the latest technology. One parent told us that ‘children are encouraged to express their own opinions,’ so we put this to the test and asked a few what they thought about their school. ‘There are loads of new activities’, ‘We have a proper roast on Sunday'...
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Other features
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.
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since September 2018, Tom O’Sullivan, previously head of Old Buckenham Hall. Educated at Pate’s Grammar School in Cheltenham and Durham University where he read law; people always said that he would become a teacher but, for a while, he resisted, spending an extra year at Durham as JCR president before deciding that a career spent in a quest for silk was not for him. Work began in a variety of roles: as a graduate trainee for WH Smith, for a recruitment firm in Singapore, and in drug education for a pharmaceutical company. He then followed his destiny, taking a PGCE, specialising in science, at Homerton College, Cambridge. Here he discovered in the first 10 seconds of his first lesson that 'the buzz from teaching' was better than anything he had previously experienced in his...
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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 | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| 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 | |
| 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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Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham College | 2017 | 50 | 25 | Academic Scholarships (3); Academic Exhibitions (2); Art Scholarships (4); DT Scholarship; DT Exhibition; Drama Exhibition; Music Scholarships (3); Music Exhibition; Sports Scholarships (6); Sports Exhibitions (3) |
| Cheltenham Ladies' College | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| Dean Close School | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Drama Exhibition |
| Harrow School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| King's College (Taunton) | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Marlborough College | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
| Sibford School | 2017 | 1 |
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