Ages 
We asked a group of pupils to summarise school in a word: ‘Fun!’, ‘Free!’, ‘Cool!’, ‘Creative!’, ‘Amazing!’, ‘Amazing!’, ‘Brilliant!’, ‘Amazing!’, ‘Brilliant!’ Any drawbacks? ‘Yes!’, said one, ‘I wish they would turn Dolphin into a secondary school so I wouldn’t have to bother with the faffamalaff of finding another school as great as this.’ Well said, young man: why can’t more schools be like Dolphin?
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Overview & data
- Pupil numbers
- 181 ·
- Religion
- None
- Fees
- £15,966 - £21,870 pa
- Local authority
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Area guides
Headteacher
Head
Mr Adam Hurst
Since 2019, Adam Hurst. Raised in Henley until the family moved to Devon, where he attended Kelly College; read English literature at Reading. Teaching career all quite establishment, up to now: Shiplake, Caldicott Prep, Dauntsey’s and The Oratory.
Entrance
Every pupil and parent we asked had arrived at an unusual point, often from local primaries, sometimes mid-year. Year 1 upwards come for two taster days as part of the admissions process.
Exit
Parents generally favour local senior schools with a pastoral focus and emphasis on creativity; rarely seeking a big brand for the sake of it. Leighton Park and Luckley House popular, alongside Reading Blue Coat, Shiplake, Frensham Heights. A number
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Learning support & SEN
Pupils
Money matters
At the lower end in terms of fees in the area and parents feel it’s good value (‘The best money we’ve ever spent,’ a common refrain). Means-tested bursaries from year 5.
- Fee information
- £15,966 - £21,870 pa
Our view
School visits are always a whirlwind, meeting a million people and bouncing from lesson to lesson; our day at Dolphin was more than that. Within moments of arriving we’d been swept off our feet by chatty year 6s eager to show and tell us everything
The last word
We asked a group of pupils to summarise school in a word: ‘Fun!’, ‘Free!’, ‘Cool!’, ‘Creative!’, ‘Amazing!’, ‘Amazing!’, ‘Brilliant!’, ‘Amazing!’, ‘Brilliant!’ Any drawbacks? ‘Yes!’, said one, ‘I wish they would turn Dolphin into a secondary school
