Eton College A GSG School
- Eton College
Eton
Windsor
Berkshire
SL4 6DW - Head: Mr Simon Henderson
- T 01753 370611
- E admissions@etoncollege.org.uk
- W www.etoncollege.com
- Eton College is an English independent boarding school for boys in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. It educates more than 1,300 pupils from 13 to 18 and was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Windsor and Maidenhead
- Pupils: 1,320; all full boarders; sixth formers: 520
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Boarding £38,730 pa
- Open days: Tours and briefings on 60 afternoons a year.
- 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..
It is surely impossible for any boy to have a go at all the opportunities Eton offers in a five-year school career, but the message from pupils and parents is that the school does its utmost to foster and support boys' interests and ambitions. With around five applicants for each of 250 places, you don't need us to tell you that getting a place at Eton is tough, but it's reassuring to know that the admissions department is equally rigorous in seeking out the 'right' candidates...
What the school says...
Special Educational Needs are met through individual and small-group tuition rather than in classes.
What the parents say...
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2015 Good Schools Guide Awards
- Best performance by Boys taking Classical Greek at an English Independent School (GCE AS level)
- Best performance by Boys taking Classical Greek at an English Independent School (GCSE)
Curricula
Cambridge Pre-U - an alternative to A levels, with all exams at the end of the two-year course.
Sports
Polo
Rowing
Fencing
Shooting
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head master
Since 2015, Simon Henderson MA PGCE (30s), previously head of Bradfield College. Educated at Winchester College, followed by Brasenose College, Oxford, where he read history. Teaching career started at Windsor Boys' School, thence to Eton in 2001, where he was a deputy housemaster and head of history, and on to Sherborne School in 2009 as deputy head (academic). Married to Ali with four young children.
Mr Henderson has the impeccable manners, inscrutability and cerebral acuity generally alleged to distinguish the man who's been to Winchester, but in our experience also common to many heads of senior schools. But he has, too, the aura of serene composure and mastery of self that Betjeman mocks, gently, in his poem, The Wykehamist, 'It's something too to know your wants/And go full pelt for...
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Special Education Needs
Special Educational Needs are met through individual and small-group tuition rather than in classes. Please consult the Tutor for Admissions about our special needs provision and the allowances made in the selection process. 10-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| 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 | 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 |
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Who came from where
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldro | 2017 | 2 | ||
| Arnold House School | 2015 to 2017 | 7 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| Ashdown House School | 2015 to 2017 | 7 | ||
| Aysgarth School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Beaudesert Park School | 2014 to 2017 | 9 | ||
| Bilton Grange School | 2015 | 1 | ||
| Brambletye School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Caldicott | 2017 | 9 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| Cargilfield School | 2017 | 2 | 1 | King's Scholarship |
| Cheam School | 2015 to 2017 | 16 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| Christ Church Cathedral School | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Music Exhibition |
| Cothill House | 2016 to 2017 | 16 | ||
| Cumnor House Sussex | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| Dragon School | 2017 | 11 | 1 | Music Exhibition |
| Eaton House the Manor Prep and Pre-Prep | 2017 | 4 | Proxime Class; Starred Pass | |
| Edge Grove Preparatory School | 2016 to 2017 | 2 | ||
| Elstree School | 2016 to 2017 | 6 | 1 | King’s Scholarship |
| Fulham Prep School | 2015 to 2017 | 2 | ||
| Hall Grove School | 2015 to 2017 | 3 | 2 | King’s Scholarship; Music Scholarship |
| Hazlegrove School | 2017 | 2 | ||
| Hereward House School | 2015 to 2016 | 3 | 2 | Proxime Accessit Place; Music Scholarship |
| Hill House International School | 2015 to 2017 | 8 | 1 | Music Exhibition |
| Holmewood House School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Horris Hill School | 2017 | 3 | 1 | Academic Award |
| King's House School | 2017 | 2 | ||
| Lambrook School | 2015 to 2017 | 14 | ||
| Lockers Park School | 2017 | 2 | ||
| Ludgrove | 2017 | 12 | 2 | Music Exhibition; Anna Shaw Scholarship |
| Merchant Taylors’ Prep | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Moor Park School | 2015 to 2016 | 3 | ||
| Moulsford Preparatory School | 2015 to 2017 | 6 | ||
| Northcote Lodge School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Port Regis | 2017 | 2 | ||
| St Anthony's Preparatory School | 2016 to 2017 | 3 | ||
| St Faith's | 2015 | 1 | 1 | |
| St Hugh's School, Oxfordshire | 2015 to 2017 | 4 | ||
| St John's Beaumont School | 2015 to 2017 | 10 | ||
| St John's College School | 2017 | 1 | 2 | Music Scholarship; Music Exhibition |
| St Paul's Cathedral School | 2010 to 2015 | 6 | 6 | Music Awards (6) |
| Sunningdale School | 2015 to 2017 | 9 | ||
| The Hall School | 2015 to 2017 | 20 | 3 | King's Scholarship; Oppidan Scholarship; King's Scholarship |
| The Pilgrims' School | 2015 to 2017 | 5 | 2 | Music Exhibition; Music Exhibition |
| The Schools at Somerhill | 2015 | 1 | ||
| Thomas's Battersea | 2017 | 2 | ||
| Thomas's Clapham | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Tower House Preparatory School | 2015 to 2017 | 2 | ||
| Trevor-Roberts School | 2016 to 2017 | 4 | 2 | |
| Vinehall School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Westminster Cathedral Choir School | 2016 | 1 | ||
| Westminster Under School | 2016 | 8 | 1 | King's Scholarship |
| Wetherby Preparatory School | 2015 to 2017 | 20 | ||
| Windlesham House School | 2015 to 2016 | 2 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
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