Cheltenham College Preparatory School A GSG School
- Cheltenham College Preparatory School
Thirlestaine Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
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: 417
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £8,775 - £19,665; Boarding £19,620 - £25,560
- Open days: Check school website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Cheltenham College
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The head sets great store by keeping in close touch with parents, standing outside the front of school most mornings and insisting that all tutors speak to every parent either face to face or on the phone during the first week of every term. ‘I bore the staff by saying they should use email as little as possible,’ he says. ‘If it’s positive news then an email is fine but if there is a concern then we must speak to parents. I want us to be accessible and to listen...’
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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.
Sports
Polo
Rowing
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2018, Tom O’Sullivan LLB PGCE (40s), previously head of Old Buckenham Hall in Suffolk. Educated at Pate’s Grammar School in Cheltenham and Durham University, where he read law. Most of his family are teachers but he resisted the idea for a while, first working as a graduate trainee for WH Smith and then as a headhunter in investment banking. ‘I had a flat overlooking Singapore Harbour at the age of 23 but I hated my job,’ he says. He followed his destiny and at 26 did a PGCE at Cambridge. ‘It was the easiest decision in the world,’ he says. ‘It was so obvious to everybody except me that I should become a teacher and ten seconds into my first lesson I knew I wouldn’t do anything else.’
First teaching...
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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 |
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne College | 2020 | 1 | ||
| The King's School, Gloucester | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Winchester College | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Cheltenham College | 2021 | 88% of pupils go on to Cheltenham College | ||
| Cheltenham Ladies' College | 2021 | |||
| Marlborough College | 2021 | |||
| Radley College | 2021 | |||
| Rugby School | 2021 |
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