Westbourne House School A GSG School
- Westbourne House School
Shopwyke
Chichester
West Sussex
PO20 2BH - Head: Mr Martin Barker
- T 01243 782739
- F 01243 770759
- E admissions@westbournehouse.org
- W www.westbournehouse.org
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 2. to 13.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: West Sussex
- Pupils: 404; 90 boarders
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £10,440 - £17,985; Boarding £16,545 - £24,105 pa
- Open days: Prep School Tours - 16 June; Nursery and Pre-Prep - 13 June; Sports Fun Day - 29 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..
Westbourne is of hothouse repute, but it’s not so one dimensional. Certainly, there’s an atmosphere of determined concentration in lessons, and they ‘do push for excellence and scholarships’, says the headmaster, ‘but it’s just as satisfying to bring on the non academic child. We’re pretty diverse, and keen to emphasis personal bests’. Parents will send their children here to...
What the school says...
Designed to be holistic and stimulating, the Westbourne House curriculum is an unforgettable journey of discovery: science experiments, outdoor adventure, drama, debates, chess, cooking, ceramics, poetry, music, kayaking plus team and individual sports. Life in school is based on respect, kindness and perseverance and accompanied by an unparalleled level of support for - and responsiveness to - each child's needs.
Westbourne Pupils go on to prestigious senior schools, including Benenden, Brighton College, Eton, Harrow, Marlborough, Wellington, Winchester and Wycombe Abbey; many on a scholarship (over 120 in the past five years) for extraordinary academic, sporting, musical, artistic or all-round achievement. ...Read more
What the parents say...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2011, Martin Barker (BEd Exeter), deputy since 2007, previously at Papplewick in Ascot. Married to Helen, with two children who were at Westbourne, and are now at Canford, and Nancy the dog - an ex-disability dog, sacked for greed, who has found her niche attending reading sessions with children.
The headmaster is keen to equip pupils with a broad range of skills and open minds to cope with the unknown world to come, and says of Westbourne House, ‘it’s not the super pushy school people say it is. We do our best in all areas to be as good as we can be, but inclusivity really matters’.
Parents like the headmaster, describing him as 'fair’; ‘very straight’; ‘kind…follows through and listens’; and ‘solid, reliable and trustworthy’. They...
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Special Education Needs
At Westbourne House we aim to meet the needs of all our pupils in the classroom, through setting, differentiation and excellent staff to pupil ratios. However, for approximately 20% of our pupils, this is not sufficient to meet their learning or emotional needs. To provide additional support or tuition, be it short or long-term, we have an Individual Needs department (IN). The IN department consists of four specialist teachers (two with EAL qualifications), assistants and academic mentors, and is led by the Individual Educational Needs Co-ordinator (IENCo). We also offer emotional and/or behavioural coaching and a listening ear, either through our peer counselling, buddies or with one of our IN team.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Y |
| PD - Physical Disability | Y |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton College | 2017 | 9 | 7 | Academic Scholarship; Art Scholarship; Choral Scholarship; Drama Scholarship; Millennium Scholarship (2); Sport Scholarship |
| Seaford College | 2017 | 7 | 2 | Sport Scholarship (2) |
| Bedales School | 2017 | 4 | ||
| Canford School | 2017 | 4 | 1 | Sport Scholarship |
| Bryanston School | 2017 | 3 | ||
| Benenden School | 2017 | 2 | ||
| Eton College | 2017 | 2 | ||
| Marlborough College | 2017 | 2 | ||
| Bradfield College | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Cranleigh School | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Eric Abbott Award for Netball |
| Harrow School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Hurstpierpoint College | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Sport Scholarship |
| Lancing College | 2017 | 1 | 1 | |
| Midhurst Rother College | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Millfield School | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Sport Scholarship |
| Portsmouth High School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Sherborne School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| The Portsmouth Grammar School | 2017 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tonbridge School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Wellington College | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Sport Scholarship |
| Winchester College | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Wycombe Abbey | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Charterhouse | 2017 |
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