Winchester House School A GSG School
- Winchester House School
44 High Street
Brackley
Northamptonshire
NN13 7AZ - Head: Mrs Emma Goldsmith
- T 01280 702483
- F 01280 706400
- E [email protected]
- W www.winchester-house.org
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 13.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Northamptonshire
- Pupils: 300
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: Day £10,905 - £19,230; Boarding £17,085 - £24,330 pa
- Open days: See website
- 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..
Based in and around a former hunting lodge, approached directly from the charming high street, with grand wrought iron gates guarding an 18-acre, Tardis-like campus. It must definitely wow escaping Londoners, the main building so characterful it even moonlights as a wedding venue in the holidays. Delightful pre-prep setting (across a small road) with large, bright classrooms, every possible millimetre of space adorned with creative offerings and the ceilings festooned with bunting and mobiles. ‘Proper computer science’ is taught as part of the curriculum, and pupils have twice…
What the school says...
'The aim of Winchester House is to develop life-long learners with a spirit of resourcefulness and self-reliance within a warm and purposeful community.
As parents the greatest gift we can give our children is to create opportunities for them to develop their self-esteem to ensure that they are resilient, enabling them to tackle and overcome any obstacle they face. At Winchester House we encourage children to take up opportunities and embrace challenge with tenacity.
We strive to give each child a thirst for life-long learning through a stimulating and innovative curriculum which pursues excellence.
Winchester House has a long tradition of delivering a holistic education and we are constantly reflecting on how to evolve to provide an education relevant to young people facing the challenges of contemporary society.
I hope you will take up the opportunity either to visit us for an Open Morning or come on a bespoke visit. I feel very lucky to be part of such a vibrant learning community which has an energy and sense of fun where children thrive.
I look forward to welcoming you.'
Emma Goldsmith, Head ...Read more
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Sports
Polo
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2014, Emma Goldsmith (50s). Born and educated in Durham before reading English at Manchester. As a fourth generation teacher she was at first adamant that ‘teaching was the last thing I was going to do’. Happily, her rebellious instincts were soon quashed, and she landed first teaching job at Oakham where she threw herself into coaching netball.
Later recruited to help set up sixth form girls’ boarding at Rugby. Fell in love with Bloxham School when visiting for a sports fixture and was hired to manage the transition to co-ed, including the first girls’ boarding house. Ended up as deputy head, where her husband is still director of rugby and a maths teacher. Two of her four children attended Winchester House, and she was asked to join the board of...
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Special Education Needs
We provide a broad, inclusive curriculum with all teaching staff recognising the full potential of each child. Support is provided through a variety of methods including extensive in-class support across the classroom range, small group work and individual withdrawal sessions. The school is fortunate in having an occupational therapist on site, a visiting speech and language therapist and an educational psychologist visits the school on a termly basis. Several learning support teachers also teach various aspects of the curriculum eg maths, history, classics. On entry to the school, in addition to a screening process, parents are requested to inform the school of any previous assessments. There are strong home-school links with regular meetings and workshops for parents. 10-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| 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 | Y |
| 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 |
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stowe School | 2020 | 13 | 6 | Drama Scholarships (4); Sports Scholarships (2) |
| Bloxham School | 2020 | 6 | 3 | Music Scholarships (2); Sports Scholarship |
| Radley College | 2020 | 6 | 3 | Sports Scholarships (3) |
| Oundle School | 2020 | 4 | ||
| Rugby School | 2020 | 4 | 1 | Computing Award |
| Malvern College | 2020 | 2 | 2 | DT Scholarship; Academic Scholarship |
| Tudor Hall School | 2020 | 2 | ||
| Abingdon School | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Eton College | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Headington School | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Millfield School | 2020 | 1 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
| St Edward's Oxford | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Uppingham School | 2020 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| Winchester College | 2020 | 1 |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Garden House School | 2020 | 1 |
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