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An immaculate school with a diverse intake, brilliant space and facilities and that doesn’t forget to balance fun with helping children achieve excellence in life and learning.
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Overview & data
- Pupil numbers
- 220 ·
- Offers boarding
- Yes ·
- Religion
- RC
- Fees
- Day £14,946 - £28,023; Boarding: £31,821 - £42,348 pa
- Local authority
- Surrey County Council
Headteacher
Headteacher
Mr Philip Barr
Since August 2023, Philip Barr, who studied PE and maths at St Mary’s University Twickenham, followed by an MA in Catholic education and leadership – a textbook training for a Jesuit prep school head. A respected former deputy of the school, he is
Entrance
The school is now co-ed in pre-prep, with girls entering the middle school from September 2024. Taster visit and informal assessment for younger applicants. Children in year 3 and above also sit maths and English assessments.
SJB is license
- Open days
- February, May, September
Exit
Majority head off after year 8 to public school, with Eton and Harrow, Wellington and Winchester leading destinations. Smaller numbers move to local day schools (St George’s Weybridge, Windsor Boys’, Reading Blue Coat). Head notices parents are sp
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Teaching & learning
Learning support & SEN
Boarders
Available from year 4. Two long dormitories at the top of the main house accommodate small, immaculate cubicles – ‘keeping your cubicle tidy is really big here,’ one boy assured us – and ‘hang out’ zone with beanbags etc at one end. Boarders’ name
Mobile phone policy
A clear mobile phone policy is a really important part of modern schooling. This school has provided us with their policy.
Mobile phone policy
Provided by the school and not part of our review
No mobile phones at school. Boarders are allowed a device and have access to it for 30 mins twice/week to call home, and for an hour on weekends.
Pupils
Money matters
At the dearer end of Windsor preps — but also boasting some of the best facilities. No sibling discounts and 'a very limited number' of bursaries offered of up to 100 per cent.
- Fee information
- Day £14,946 - £28,023; Boarding: £31,821 - £42,348 pa
Our view
A school in strong recovery mode (after some staffing issues) and which is doubling down on the attributes that distinguish it from competitors – thorough academic preparation and great sport with fantastic facilities, as well as modernising some
The last word
An immaculate school with a diverse intake, brilliant space and facilities and that doesn’t forget to balance fun with helping children achieve excellence in life and learning.
