Cheltenham College A GSG School
- Cheltenham College
Bath Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL53 7LD - Head: Nicola Huggett
- T 01242 265600
- F 01242 265630
- E [email protected]
- W www.cheltenhamcollege.org
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 13 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Gloucestershire
- Pupils: 720; sixth formers: 294
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £28,560 - £29,580; Boarding £38,070 - £39,090 pa
- Open days: Check school website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Cheltenham College Preparatory School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Teaching staff are enthusiastic and engaging. Amazingly, they include three intrepid individuals who have all climbed Mount Everest. Can this feat be matched by any other school? One of them, the educational visits coordinator, even wrote a book about it called The Longest Climb. Despite its traditional exterior, the school prides itself on being innovative and forward-thinking. We liked the idea of pupil-led learning lunches, where students deliver a talk to staff...
What the school says...
Cheltenham College occupies stunning grounds in the lively and culturally rich town of Cheltenham. We offer outstanding education within a warm and vibrant boarding community. Established in 1841, Cheltenham College was the first of the great English Public Schools. To this day, we retain a great sense of history and tradition, with magnificent buildings and architecture providing a backdrop to a first class modern education. University offers are excellent with most, if not all, high achieving pupils winning their first place choices. The curriculum is broad, with a vast range of extra-curricular clubs, societies and sports teams complementing academic work. All pupils are encouraged to get involved in all areas of school life, from drama, music and sport to adventure trips and debating societies. ...Read more
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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.
Sports
Polo
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Rowing
Shooting
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2018, Nicola Huggett MA PGCE (40s), previously head of Blundell’s in Devon. Educated at St Gabriel’s, Newbury and Marlborough, she read PPE at St Hugh’s, Oxford (she was captain of her college boat club and president of the university riding club). After university she spent three years at J. Walter Thompson but decided that advertising wasn’t for her. She shadowed a history teacher at a state school in Newbury for a week and loved it from the moment she set foot in the classroom. ‘I couldn’t believe no one had ever suggested teaching to me before,’ she says. ‘I’ve put that right now. I often talk to pupils about teaching as a career.’ Following a PGCE at Oxford, she taught history part-time at Downe House while pursuing an eventing career but later decided...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Cheltenham College offers strong support to bright pupils with mild specific learning difficulties. The majority of pupils work independently but some pupils may require additional support. Provision is tailored to meet the needs of individual pupils, who receive one-to-one support. Lesson times are arranged to ensure that pupils do not miss other lessons or activities. Support is offered with aspects of literacy, study skills, examination technique, organisation and areas of the academic curriculum.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| 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 | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham College Preparatory School | 2021 | 88% of pupils go on to Cheltenham College | ||
| Hatherop Castle School | 2021 | |||
| Horris Hill School | 2021 | 1 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
| Kitebrook Preparatory School | 2021 | 1 | ||
| L'École Bilingue Élémentaire | 2021 | |||
| Lambrook School | 2021 | 1 | ||
| Moor Park | 2021 | 1 | 1 | Sports Exhibition (1) |
| Pinewood | 2021 | 9 | 6 | Academic scholarship (1); Sport scholarship (1); Drama exhibition (1); Academic exhibition (1); Sport exhibition (2); |
| St Hugh's School, Oxfordshire | 2021 | 3 | ||
| The Elms School | 2021 | 2 | 1 | Drama Scholarship |
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