Sherborne School A GSG School
- Sherborne School
Abbey Road
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 3AP - Head: Dr Dominic Luckett
- T 01935 812249
- E [email protected]
- W www.sherborne.org
- An independent school for boys aged from 13 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Dorset
- Pupils: 543; sixth formers: 218
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £30,375; Boarding £37,500 pa
- Open days: Individual visits by appointment
- 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..
Parents and boys talk about the head in glowing terms. They say he has upped the academic ante, put an emphasis on kindness and smartened up the uniform. In turn, the head is full of praise for the pupils. ‘The boys are interesting, engaging and decent,’ he says. ‘They know their own minds but there is a reservoir of kindness there. People say that you never meet an unpleasant old Shirburnian and it’s true.’ Head loves the fact that Sherborne is ‘a proper boarding school’...
What the school says...
Sherborne School, founded in 1550, is one of the leading independent schools in the country. Built around Sherborne Abbey in a beautiful, bustling, small market town, surrounded by the rolling Dorset scenery, it is a truly unique location. The benefits and advantages of the peaceful setting are enhanced by the ease of transport to London with a direct train from Waterloo to Sherborne.
All schools strive to provide the best education they can, which often comes down to academic success, a caring pastoral environment and a busy extra-curricular life. Sherborne offers all these, thriving on the balance between tradition and constant innovation and improvement.
Sherborne supports and challenges every boy to become a man of distinction and as an all-boys school, with neighbouring girls schools, we can use our lengthy experience of educating boys to shape our approach to their often different interests and learning styles, pastoral needs, and rates of development. ...Read more
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Other features
International Study Centre - school has a linked, international study centre for overseas students wishing to improve their English.
Sports
Polo
Shooting
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2016, Dr Dominic Luckett (early 50s), previously head of Mill Hill School. Educated at King Edward VII Grammar School (now King Edward VII Academy) in King’s Lynn, the University of Leicester, where he gained a first in history, and Oxford, where he did his DPhil in early Tudor history. Encouraged by an inspirational history teacher, he was the first of his family to go to university. ‘I suspect that if it hadn’t been for him I would have ended up working in Sainsbury’s,’ he says. Taught for 11 years at Harrow School, where he was head of history and an assistant housemaster; subsequently moved to Worth School as deputy head. In 2007 he became head of Mill Hill School and chief executive of the Mill Hill School Foundation. He is an ISI inspector...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Boys with dyslexia, and other mild specific learning difficulties, are well supported by a team of three in newly refurbished accommodation.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| 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 | 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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Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldro | 2017 to 2018 | 7 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
| Ashdown House School | 2016 | 1 | ||
| Beaudesert Park School | 2014 to 2017 | 3 | ||
| Chafyn Grove School | 2015 to 2018 | 16 | 8 | Sport Scholarship |
| Cheam School | 2016 to 2018 | 4 | 3 | Art Scholarship; Sport Scholarship; Sports Scholarship |
| Cothill House | 2016 to 2017 | 6 | ||
| Dumpton School | 2017 to 2018 | 2 | ||
| Elstree School | 2016 to 2018 | 5 | 1 | DT Scholarship |
| Farleigh School | 2016 to 2018 | 20 | 6 | Sport Scholarship; Art Award; All Rounder Award; Music Scholarship; Sports Awards (2) |
| Fulham School | 2015 to 2017 | 5 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; Music Scholarship |
| Hall Grove School | 2015 to 2017 | 3 | 2 | |
| Hazlegrove School | 2017 to 2018 | 6 | 2 | DT Scholarship; Music Scholarship |
| Highfield and Brookham Schools | 2018 | 3 | ||
| Horris Hill School | 2017 | 7 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
| Kensington Prep School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Lanesborough School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Ludgrove | 2017 to 2018 | 4 | ||
| Moulsford Preparatory School | 2016 | 1 | ||
| Parkside School | 2018 | 1 | ||
| Perrott Hill School | 2017 to 2018 | 3 | 1 | Music Scholarship |
| Pinewood | 2017 | 2 | ||
| Port Regis | 2017 to 2018 | 10 | 5 | Academic Exhibition; Sports Scholarship; Art Scholarship; Academic Scholarship; Sports Scholarship |
| Salisbury Cathedral School | 2018 | 2 | 4 | Academic Scholarship; Music Scholarship; Music Exhibition; DT Scholarship |
| Sandroyd School | 2018 | 9 | 2 | |
| Sherborne Preparatory School | 2018 | 12 | 6 | Music Scholarships (2); Academic Scholarships (2); Drama Scholarship; Sports Scholarship |
| St John's Beaumont School | 2015 to 2018 | 2 | ||
| St Peter's Preparatory School | 2018 | 3 | 1 | All Rounder Scholarship |
| St Philip's School | 2019 | 1 | ||
| Sunningdale School | 2016 to 2017 | 4 | ||
| The Manor Preparatory School | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Academic Exhibition |
| The Pilgrims' School | 2015 to 2017 | 3 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; Music Scholarship |
| The Prebendal School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Thomas's Battersea | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Tower House Preparatory School | 2019 | 1 | ||
| Twyford School | 2017 to 2018 | 5 | ||
| Westbourne House School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Windlesham House School | 2015 to 2017 | 3 | ||
| Woodcote House School | 2018 | 3 | 2 | Art Scholarship; Sports Scholarship |
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