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: 204
- 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..
Parents report boys roaring around on scooters in their pyjamas before bedtime rather than gluing themselves to screens. And therein lies the magic of the place. It’s a school where boys can ‘have a childhood,’ say parents. They can build dens or bird boxes, go pond dipping or interpret Notre Dame Cathedral in clay to their hearts’ content. Although school not equipped to deal with serious SEN, superb support in place...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2011, Duncan Bailey (40s). Educated at Cothill and Eton then Manchester University (French) and Vienna University (German). Bitten by teaching bug during year abroad but harboured ambitions to nurture passion for sport, particularly tennis, and moved into sports management. ‘Fell into teaching’ after being asked to stand in for head of modern languages at Eton, where he spent two years. Prior to taking headship at Cothill, ran Sauveterre, the Cothill Trust’s French outpost, for eight years.
Married to Maria (his ‘secret weapon’ according to parents), lives at heart of school with two daughters. A hands-on couple, the Baileys are in true loco parentis – head says he is ‘a parent above all things’ – taking full responsibility for the four year groups housed in the main school building. Maria ‘does...
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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 |
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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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