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: 175; 120 full boarders
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day: £9,363 - £17,535 Boarding £26,899 pa
- Open days: October, December, 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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What The Good Schools Guide says
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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