Cottesmore School A GSG School
- Cottesmore School
Buchan Hill
Pease Pottage
West Sussex
RH11 9AU - Head: Mr Tom Rogerson
- T 01293 520648
- F 01293 614784
- E office@cottesmoreschool.com
- W www.cottesmoreschool.com
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 13.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: West Sussex
- Pupils: 150
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £9,144 - £17,124 ; Boarding £23,406 pa
- Open days: October, March, May
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Things here are orderly, but it’s not an institutional tidiness: there’s a feeling of a home, where places for things arise organically and become established through habit. Home to 150 pupils (‘beautifully small’, said a mum). A parent described his son, who had fallen out of a tree, limping towards his wife on the last exeat – ‘he’s having a childhood and that’s wonderful.’ Broad church here – which means chapel isn’t optional. Cultural Christianity, whose values…
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Headmaster
Since 2008, Tom Rogerson, married to Lottie, with two small sons, Wilf and Bear. Cottesmore runs in the family (grandad and dad were heads before him) – ‘I’ve been quietly planning to take over since I was 17’, said the head. Routed via other schools (Ludgrove, Eaton House and Broomwood); his dad wouldn’t let him take the headship too early. Quite right, dad.
Articulate and thoughtful, focuses on each pupil and knows them all – they chatter away happily with him. A strong team with Lottie, who provides ballast for the head’s lively energy.
Parents like him – ‘He’s a warm guy, easy to talk to, and always there when I pick up and drop off from exeats’. Another: ‘A school derives its culture from the head –...
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