Cothill House A GSG School
- Cothill House
Cothill
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX13 6JL - Head: Mr Duncan Bailey
- T 01865 390800
- F 01865 390205
- E [email protected]
- W www.cothill.net
- An independent school for boys aged from 8 to 13.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Oxfordshire
- Pupils: 190
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: £29,790 pa
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Chandlings Prep School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
So what makes Cothill stand out? It’s traditional, but never stuffy. Posh, but down to earth. Low profile locally, but well known to the cognoscenti. Proudly full-boarding, but surprisingly flexible. ‘There’s no hierarchy in the school’, a beaming parent told us, ‘and that includes among the staff’. The range of sport on offer is immense. If the main games, rugby, football, hockey and cricket, are not your thing, then perhaps golf, polo or the climbing wall? Tennis is a particular strength...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2011, Duncan Bailey (40s). A natural leader, Mr Bailey bears a slightly Waugh-esque CV at a time when increasing numbers of independent school heads arrive armed with MBAs in educational management and the like. Educated at Cothill and Eton, he read French at Manchester and German at the University of Vienna. Had planned to become a Jerry McGuire-style sports agent, but ‘fell into teaching’ games and then French at Eton. Was Directeur of Cothill’s Chateau de Sauveterre for eight years before returning to his Cothill roots as headmaster.
'This is my school,' Mr Bailey told us, making plain that his own reputation is nailed to the mast of this very special school. Still takes a schoolboy’s pleasure in a hard-fought game of table tennis or a summer evening of...
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Special Education Needs
Cothill has an exceptional SEN department with two full-time and three part-time staff. Provision is made for boys who have mild to moderate learning problems in English and the school also provides both extension and support classes in maths. Touch typing has been a recent school-wide enhancement and is routinely taught to all boys in year 5 in preparation for their year 6 pre-tests and as an essential skill for life.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| 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 | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | Y |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eton College | 2019 | 9 | |
| Radley College | 2019 | 7 | |
| Winchester College | 2019 | 7 | |
| Harrow School | 2019 | 4 | |
| Marlborough College | 2019 | 4 | |
| Oundle School | 2019 | 3 | |
| Sherborne School | 2019 | 3 | |
| St Edward's Oxford | 2019 | 3 | |
| Wellington College | 2019 | 3 | |
| Charterhouse | 2019 | 2 | |
| Bradfield College | 2019 | 1 | |
| Brighton College | 2019 | 1 | |
| Cheltenham College | 2019 | 1 | |
| Stowe School | 2019 | 1 | |
| The Oratory School | 2019 | 1 |
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