Leweston School A GSG School
- Leweston School
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 6EN - Head: Mr John Paget-Tomlinson; Miss Alanda Phillips
- T 01963 211015
- F 01963 201786
- E [email protected]
- W www.leweston.co.uk/
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 0 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in Dorset
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Dorset
- Pupils: 635; sixth formers: 71 (54 girls; 17 boys)
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Fees: Day £7,497 - £18,186; Boarding £20,184 - £32,790 pa
- Open days: September
- 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..
Pupils say the school is warm and welcoming and like the fact that they are encouraged to achieve their potential. ‘Everyone is kind to you here,’ a year 6 girl told us. When pupils arrive they are assigned a peer mentor to help them settle in and everyone knows everyone. Head prefect, two deputies, heads of the four houses and other prefects in place. They all keep a weather eye out for each other and for the younger students...
What the school says...
Situated just outside Sherborne in 46 acres of beautiful parkland, and only 21/2 hours drive from London, Leweston School offers a co-educational Prep, Senior School and Sixth Form.
Leweston offers a disciplined, creative and inspirational environment in which all are encouraged to reach their full potential. Full and weekly boarding options are available as well as a range of attractive scholarships and bursaries. ...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
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Fencing
Shooting
Sailing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since January 2020, John Paget-Tomlinson (40s), previously deputy head (academic) at Portsmouth High School GDST. Educated at Wells Cathedral School, where he modestly says he played the trombone ‘very badly’. Read history and philosophy at Reading, followed by a master’s in war studies at King’s College London, a research master’s at King’s, PGCE at the University of Chichester and an MSc in education leadership at Portsmouth. ‘I’m an eternal student,’ he laughs. He’s fascinated by military history and after a spell in the navy he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in intelligence. First teaching job was at Churcher's College, where he was rapidly promoted to head of history and then deputy head of sixth form, before moving to Portsmouth High for eight years.
When he first visited Leweston he was...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| 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 | Y |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perrott Hill School | 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 Art and Design Scholarship |
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