More House School (Farnham) A GSG School
- More House School (Farnham)
Moons Hill
Frensham
Farnham
Surrey
GU10 3AP - Head: Mr Jonathan Hetherington
- T 01252 792303
- F 01252 797601
- E schooloffice@morehouseschool.co.uk
- W www.morehouseschool.co.uk
- A special independent school for boys aged from 8 to 18 with specific learning difficulties
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Surrey
- Pupils: 470; 120 full and weekly boarders; sixth formers: 55
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Fees: Day £12,540 - £17,580; Boarding £19,548 - £27,360 pa
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
One erratic speller, in bottom English set at previous school, was promptly promoted to top group on arrival, school’s attitude, says Mr Hetherington, that ‘doesn’t matter if you can’t spell as long as you can read it.’ One set of parents, used to stopping for stiff drink on way home after parent-teacher meetings at previous school, switched to champagne celebration after coming here. Others, struggling to meet fees, don’t begrudge a single penny. Pupils burst out of shells and take…
What the school says...
More House School provides high quality education and pastoral care for boys aged 8-18 who are intelligent and thrive in a specialist learning environment, due to a Specific Learning Difficulty.
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since September 2015, Jonathan Hetherington BA MSc (30s) previously deputy head in charge of boarding. An English graduate who quit PGCE training first time round as ‘wasn’t ready’, was persuaded into the school by head of music (a Southampton Uni contemporary) initially to help with productions, then into English department, finally qualifying as a teacher through work-based graduate training programme and becoming head of boarding in 2011.
Wife, Lizzie teaches music at the school – eyes met across sweet music-making of uni orchestra (Mr H is a lapsed ‘cellist, Mrs H professional standard French horn and piano) and they’re a very personable pair. Now have two young children with all the attendant hoop-jumping and guilt trips that come with trying to be there for them, each other – and the...
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Special Education Needs
Remediation across the curriculum is individually planned. Language processing improved by five speech and language therapists. Occupational Therapy available. All staff attend specialised training to give a common approach. Although there is often a hidden remedial component to classwork, the aim is to give all boys a normal, happy experience of school.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Aspergers Syndrome [archived] | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders [archived] | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | Y |
| 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 | 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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