Malvern College, Malvern | The Good Schools Guide

Malvern College
College Road
Malvern
Worcestershire
WR14 3DF
Head: Mr Antony Clark
T 01684 581500
F 01684 581615
E enquiries@malcol.org
W www.malverncollege.org.uk
A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 13 to 18 with a linked junior school
Boarding: Yes
Local authority: Worcestershire
Pupils: 670; 80 per cent full boarding; sixth formers: 330
Religion: Church of England/Christian
Fees: Day £23,043 - £23,763; Boarding £34,779 - £37,104 pa
Open days: October and May. Please contact the Registrar for further details.
Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
ISI report: View the ISI report
Linked schools: The Downs Malvern

What The Good Schools Guide says..

This is a school for the international set, and those who come from the local area, or even ‘over the hill’ - as the other side of the Malverns is described - undoubtedly benefit by having their horizons expanded beyond the comfortable values of the English shires. There are huge opportunities for pupils to learn from different cultures here and the college does well to work on its links with the local community, so it is not just the moneyed international culture that pupils assimilate, delightfully...

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What the school says...

Malvern College aims to develop well-rounded, balanced individuals who will achieve personal fulfilment at university, at work and in society at large.

The focus of the school is academic work. The broad curriculum and co-curriculum is under-pinned by a strong emphasis on pastoral care to encourage and enable individuals to maximise their potential. Malvern offers a choice between the International Baccalaureate and A levels in the Sixth Form and produces impressive results.

We have recently made significant investments in state-of-the-art sports facilities and have also opened two new superbly equipped boarding houses. The boarding houses have extensive en-suite facilities and the new Sports Complex includes a 25m swimming pool, an eight-court sports hall, shooting range, squash courts, dance studio, multi-purpose fitness suite and an entertainment suite. We also have two newly refurbished tournament-quality Rackets courts. In addition, we offer a wide range of co-curricular activities from canoeing and mountain biking to Tae kwon do and scuba-diving.

Stimulated and challenged by the 'Malvern experience', pupils more frequently exceed expectations than match them. The focus on individual achievement is counterbalanced by an encouragement of teamwork and a spirit of co-operation and service to others.
2016: 30% of pupils from overseas ...Read more

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2015 Good Schools Guide Awards

Best performance by Boys taking Other Languages at an English Independent School (IBO Higher level component)
Best performance by Girls taking Other Languages at an English Independent School (IBO Higher level component)

Curricula

International Baccalaureate: diploma - the diploma is the familiar A-level equivalent.

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Sports

Polo

Fencing

Shooting

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Headmaster

Since 2008, Antony Clark MA HDE (50s). Widely regarded as a safe anchor for the school, he has been at Malvern long enough to make his own significant mark. He brought all his experience of being head at two schools in South Africa, and Gresham’s for six years, to Malvern. He has focused on growing the school (it is now up to capacity, he tells us) and on developing the academic culture within the school, and is overseeing the three international school offshoots in China and Egypt. His wife is a lecturer in law and enjoys being involved in the school as much as she can. Antony is seen by the pupils and parents as a measured and balanced head, a bit distant, but the pupils feel he does know them and they respect...

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Special Education Needs

Malvern College has a Learning Support Department with seven part time, qualified, and experienced members of staff. We offer one to one support with literacy, numeracy and study skills to pupils with a predominantly mild specific learning difficulty. The Department screens pupils for specific difficulties on entry and offers to design an individual programme to meet an individual's needs through one to one tuition for an additional charge. A period of diagnostic teaching follows and may result in a referral to a visiting educational psychologist for a full assessment. A pupil may receive a regular lesson once a week, attend a short block of lessons or, in the Sixth Form, attend as and when required. The Department writes an annual Individual Educational Plan for each pupil that is made available to all teaching staff and is reviewed with parents at Parents Days. The Department is continually seeking to develop links with the teaching staff and offers internal training/advice. Where appropriate, arrangements are made for special access arrangements in public exams, such as additional time, rest breaks and word processing. The facilities are excellent and a warm, positive attitude is fostered. We offer a 'drop in facility' for pupils for private study with access to the school networked computer system, a printer and additional resources to help a pupil fully access the curriculum in their preferred learning style. We currently have three computers and are able to access a pupil's work and offer help with drafting and presentation.

Condition	Provision for in school

ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Aspergers	Y
Aspergers Syndrome [archived]
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders	Y
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders [archived]
CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia
Delicate Medical Problems [archived]
Dyscalculia
Dysgraphia
Dyslexia
Dyspraxia
English as an additional language (EAL)
Epilepsy [archived]
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
Not Applicable
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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