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This school earns its local reputation as first choice for an academic education with excellent pastoral support and discipline. With indisputable strengths in music and sports, parents love the way it develops their children’s sense of who they want to be. At Twyford, everyone is welcomed, encouraged to try everything, persuaded to find something they love and helped to meet their full potential.
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Overview & data
- Pupil numbers
- 436 ·
- Offers boarding
- Yes ·
- Religion
- C of E
- Fees
- Day £16,803 - £29,934; Weekly boarding £35,764 pa
- Local authority
- Hampshire County Council
Headteacher
Headmaster
Andrew Harvey
Since 2020, Andrew Harvey. Originally from Dorset, he studied theology at Derby then went straight into education as a gappy at Perrott Hill School, returning there to teach after his PGCE. ‘Loving the outdoors,’ he then went to Sandhurst and was
Entrance
No specific requirements at any age. Comprehensive intake, no entry tests, just a taster day. Parents describe application as being easy and feeling welcomed. Nursery, where most start, from age 2. Waiting lists exist for nursery, years 1 and 2,
- Open days
- March
Exit
Vast majority stay for years 7 and 8. Popular onward destinations are Winchester College, Bradfield, Canford, Marlborough, Wellington, Radley, Lord Wandsworth College, Godolphin, St. Swithuns, and King Edward VI, Southampton but the school feeds into
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Teaching & learning
Learning support & SEN
Boarders
Noteworthy investment in boarding, which has moved from the upper floors of Queen Anne’s house into Orchard Close, a former care home directly adjacent to the school. Acquired in 2021, then completely refurbished and opened in 2022, Orchard Close has
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 Twyford School does not permit pupils to have mobile phones or smart watches at school (with the exception of weekly boarders who leave their phones with matron and have limited access to them). These phones are issued solely for the limited period pupils wish to make a telephone call in boarding time, and then collected in again.
Pupils
Money matters
Transformational bursaries (110 per cent of fees, needs assessed) for one pupil per year group. Wickham Foundation bursaries for disadvantaged pupils joining for year 7 and 8, with talent in academics, sport, music, art or drama. Independently
- Fee information
- Day £16,803 - £29,934; Weekly boarding £35,764 pa
Our view
With roots dating back to the mid-eighteenth century, Twyford has occupied its present 25-acre location since 1809 and parents unanimously express their love for the site. Queen Anne House (circa 1750) provides a beautiful facade, while modern
The last word
This school earns its local reputation as first choice for an academic education with excellent pastoral support and discipline. With indisputable strengths in music and sports, parents love the way it develops their children’s sense of who they want
