Dean Close School A GSG School
- Dean Close School
Shelburne Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL51 6HE - Head: Mr Salisbury
- T 01242 258044
- F 01242 258004
- E registrar@deanclose.org.uk
- W www.deanclose.org.uk
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 13 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Gloucestershire
- Pupils: 520; sixth formers: 213
- Religion: Church of England/Christian
- Fees: Day £28,785; Boarding £42,750 - £46,500 pa
- Open days: October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Dean Close Preparatory School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Parents speak of a ‘continuity of care’, ‘where every teacher knows every child and talks to each other and looks out for them’. Staff are known too for supporting peers’ extracurricular activities too. Families like that, true to the head’s promise, sporting, musical or dramatic successes ‘get equal pats on the back’. Pupils told us of key rugby players singing in concerts – ‘You’re not defined by one single thing, like in some schools’. But be warned, life is…
What the school says...
Dean Close School offers a unique educational opportunity to all who wish to experience this family and community centred approach to learning and life. The School is truly co-educational, where the number of girls and boys are almost equal. The School aims to broaden the opportunities of each and every pupil through an exceptional array of facilities in sport, music, theatre and art as well as some 100 clubs and societies. Facilities include an impressive 550-seat theatre/concert hall, a purpose-built art centre and music school. An underlying Christian ethos generates genuine warmth and mutual respect at all levels within the School. ...Read more
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Sports
Polo
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Fencing
Shooting
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2015, Bradley Salisbury, previously deputy head since 2009. The son of a vicar, he was educated at Monkton Combe School. Theology degree from Leeds, PGCE and MEd from Bristol. RS teacher at Gordano School, then head of RS, and of years 10 and 11, at Bristol Cathedral School, followed by head of RS and housemaster at Wells Cathedral School. Trustee of a multi-academy trust.
Would definitely win the award for the most flamboyant moustache we’ve seen on a headmaster. Good on him, we say, for embracing Movember with as much gusto as the pupils (girls included). No wonder pupils praise his humour and compassion, and it was clear from talking to them that they really feel he has their back. His own experience of school was ‘quite difficult’, he admits,...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
We provide the following support services: Literacy support, numeracy support, curriculum support, study skills. 10-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| 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 |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaudesert Park School | 2023 | 1 | Scholarships: 1 Drama Scholarship, 1 Music Scholarship, 1 Sports Scholarship | |
| Pinewood | 2023 | 2 | ||
| St Hugh's School, Oxfordshire | 2023 | 1 | 1 | Art Scholarship |
| The Elms School | 2023 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
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