Sedbergh School A GSG School
- Sedbergh School
Malim Lodge
Sedbergh
Cumbria
LA10 5HG - Head: Mr A Fleck
- T 01539 620535
- F 01539 621301
- E enquiries@sedberghschool.org
- W www.sedberghschool.org
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 13 to 18 with a linked prep school
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Cumbria
- Pupils: 540; 523 boarders; sixth formers: 236
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £24,030; Boarding £32,625 pa
- Open days: October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Casterton, Sedbergh Preparatory School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
It was a joy hearing the rugby-playing sixth former, who had set his sights on Cambridge, wax lyrical about the music department and refer with awe and respect to a recent school production of A Christmas Carol as ‘very professional - dead arty and stuff’. Founded 1525 by Roger Lupton, a provost of Eton, it nestles amidst the fells in the beautiful old town of Sedbergh. It has a huge campus with gorgeous old stone buildings. Lots of fresh air involved...
What the school says...
Sedbergh School is a true boarding school with the House system playing a major role in the pastoral care and education of the pupils.
The recent academic results show that a school that excels in music and sport can also excel in its academic achievements and, combined with an almost unequalled extra curricular programme, provides a unique educational experience in an outstanding setting in the Yorkshire Dales.
Sedbergh School provides scholarships, awards and bursaries for talented individuals in music, sport, and for the academically able. Contact the school office or go to the web site for further information. ...Read more
What the parents say...
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2015 Good Schools Guide Awards
- Best performance by Girls taking Geology at an English Independent School (GCE AS level)
- Best performance by Boys taking Religious Studies at an English Independent School (GCE AS level)
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.
International Study Centre - school has a linked, international study centre for overseas students wishing to improve their English.
Sports
Fencing
Shooting
Sailing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head master
Since 2010, Andrew Fleck (geology at Nottingham; MA at Sussex), a period which he describes as the happiest years of his career.
The uniqueness of Sedbergh, he suggests, lies in its location (cocooned within the rolling hills of the Cumbrian countryside) and the fact it is a close and supportive full boarding community (in other words, a vast distance away from youth-distracting razzamatazz and the potentially toxic influences of flashy urban street corners). So while extracurricular activities are of great importance within any school, they are of colossal importance here. The rural setting effectively means pupils must draw on inner resources and ‘go find’ interesting things to do in rain or shine (not difficult, frankly, out of the mind-boggling array of sport, performance activities and societies on offer). So...
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Special Education Needs
Sedbergh offers individual learning support to pupils with specific learning difficulties, especially Dyslexia. Either within the timetable instead of a second modern language or in pupil's free time. Nov 09.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Aspergers Syndrome [archived] | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders [archived] | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Delicate Medical Problems [archived] | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| 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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