Frewen College

Since 2024, Mark Loveday BEd (University of Worcester) PGdip NPQH. An alumnus of King’s School, Worcester, before qualifying as a teacher in 2005 and working across primary, secondary and sixth form provisions. Previously deputy head and head of

A specialist school for children whose primary need is dyslexia, speech and language difficulty, dyscalculia and sometimes dyspraxia. The entry procedure is carefully designed to identify those who fulfil Frewen’s criteria. Dyslexia often co-occurs

After GCSE, some pupils leave to pursue courses elsewhere, the rest continue into sixth form, after which they go on to a variety of destinations. Recently University of East Anglia and University of Essex to study History and politics, and Bristol

The old maxim, 'If the child cannot learn the way you teach, then change the way you teach’, is here in spades. The curriculum is broad and encompasses the subjects you would expect to see in a mainstream secondary, except (unsurprisingly) modern

The art and design-technology rooms are situated in the beautiful stable block, topped by a light and airy belvedere. DT is well equipped with computers and the high-ceilinged workroom is filled with the scent of cut wood and photos on the wall of

If you are looking for traditional sports teams bundling out every weekend, or you have a budding sports star, then Frewen is probably not the place for you, though there is plenty of variety of exercise on offer within the structure of the school

Approximately one third of the students are boarders. The youngest are in year 7, although in special circumstances, year 6 have boarded. No weekly boarding, but boarders are free to go home at the weekend. Of the 40 or so boarders (a few

The school has on-site therapists - speech and language, occupational and counselling, and approximately one third of pupils have had therapy at one time or another. Some children are prone to anxiety because of their previous experiences and can be

Many of the students arrive feeling beaten down by their previous experiences. One parent said her son was ‘full of fear and anxiety and had very little self-belief and low confidence’. The school gives them a feeling of belonging – here they are

Students are drawn from a wide area and a wide range of backgrounds. Those funded by local authorities mostly come from Kent and East Sussex. Some families relocate specifically for the school. Minibus routes start from Bexhill, Tunbridge Wells and

Approximately two-thirds of students are funded by local authorities and one third are self-funded. More children in the prep school tend to be self-funded, as diagnosis of dyslexia becomes more possible over time. Some pay privately and then look

The school house is extraordinarily serene (ignore the parked cars) as you approach; as if time has passed on without changing it. However, inside, it is specialist teaching on steroids. There is an overwhelming sense that the students have