Kingswood School A GSG School
- Kingswood School
Lansdown Road
Bath
BA1 5RG - Head: Andrew Gordon-Brown
- T 01225 734200
- F 01225 734305
- E [email protected]
- W www.kingswood.bath.sch.uk/
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Bath and North East Somerset
- Pupils: 843; sixth formers: 238
- Religion: Methodist
- Fees: Day £16,413; Boarding £25,800 - £35,376 pa
- Open days: 1st October 2022. Please visit our website to book your place.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Kingswood Preparatory School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Pastoral care is ‘exemplary,’ say parents, who enthuse about the quality of pupil and staff relationships and the overall sense of ‘being part of a community that cares about each other.’ Locally viewed as ‘the caring, pastoral and holistic choice’, the school’s modesty belies the fact that it does rather well academically. While definitely not an academic hot house, parents are…
What the school says...
Kingswood School is one of the finest independent schools in the South West of England, providing an atmosphere of happiness and excellence in which children thrive. Day and boarding pupils are fully integrated. They benefit from and enjoy a dynamic curriculum with a breadth of teaching and learning to enable them to reach their own true potential. ...Read more
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Other features
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
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since September 2020, Andrew Gordon-Brown (50s), formerly headmaster at Truro School for seven years. A warm, considered and visionary South African. Educated at Hyde Park High School in Johannesburg, studied commerce at University of Cape Town and then qualified as a chartered accountant. Spent 12 years in financial services both in South Africa and the UK for the likes of Deloitte, UBS and JPMorgan Chase. A rowing fanatic, he competed for South Africa in the 1992 Olympics (coming a commendable eighth) then set his heart on Oxbridge rowing. Taking a study break from his thriving finance career, he completed an MSc in agricultural economics and a diploma in social studies at Keble College, Oxford; met his now wife, Harriet, and earned a rowing blue in the 1994 Boat Race. In 2003, he made a...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Kingswood School offers a limited level of learning support for pupils with mild difficulties such as Dyslexia.
| 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 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heywood Prep | 2021 | 6 | 1 | |
| Kingswood Preparatory School | 2021 | 95 - 99% head to linked senior school | ||
| The Paragon School | 2021 | 1 | ||
| The Roche School | 2021 | 1 |
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