Cottesmore School, Pease Pottage | The Good Schools Guide

Cottesmore School
Buchan Hill
Pease Pottage
West Sussex
RH11 9AU
Head: Mr Tom Rogerson
T 01293 520648
F 01293 614784
E [email protected]
W www.cottesmoreschool.com/
An independent school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 13.
Boarding: Yes
Local authority: West Sussex
Pupils: 180
Religion: Church of England
Fees: Day: £10,080 - £18,870 Boarding: 28,650 - £31,650 pa
Open days: October, December, March, May
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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.... Children here are bubbling, confident and eager, so keen to tell us about their school that we hardly needed to ask questions. They happily fill their own skin: we’ve rarely met a group of children so content to be themselves.

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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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Special Education Needs

we do not offer specific SEN. We do assist with a child in their understanding of the English language and mild dyslexia but do not have a specific SEN Department to deal with other needs.

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