Yehudi Menuhin School A GSG School
- Yehudi Menuhin School
Stoke d'Abernon
Cobham
Surrey
KT11 3QQ - Head: Ben Gudgeon
- T 01932 864739
- F 01932 864633
- E [email protected]
- W www.menuhinschool.co.uk
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 19.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Surrey
- Pupils: 88; sixth formers: 35
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Day £45,719; Boarding £46,929 pa for those not on music and dance scheme
- Open days: October/February/May
- 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..
‘Every term is always the busiest I’ve ever had,’ says one pupil. Life here is intense, combining ‘the burning heat of a passionate interest [with] a keen eye for the smallest things in life,’ as one pupil put it - and of being understood. ‘One is first a human being, then a musician, then an instrumentalist.’
What the school says...
Specialist Music School plus GCSE and A level subjects. Entry is strictly through instrumental audition.
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Other features
Music and dance scheme - government funding and grants available to help with fees at selected independent music and dance schools.
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.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2020, Mr Ben Gudgeon. Previously senior deputy head (pastoral) at Sherborne Girls’ School 2015-2019, where he was in charge of pastoral care, staff development and the co-curricular programme. Before that, head of music at Dauntsey’s School for four years, preceded by a five-year stint as head of performing arts at Churcher’s College. He lives on site with his wife (a teacher at a school nearby), school-age child, and dog.
An accomplished musician, he studied music and French at Bristol and the Sorbonne, followed by vocal performance training and a variety of specialist roles – conductor, accompanist, animateur and teacher (piano and music theory to undergraduates). Moving here, however, has been ‘a very humbling experience – the first time in my professional career that I have not been the best musician...
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