Preparatory School
School Calendar Trinity Term
Term Dates Trinity Term 2018 Start of Term:
Monday 16th April – Boarders return by 6.00pm Tuesday 17th April – Day pupils return by 8.15am
Exeat:
Friday 4th May (3.45pm after Chapel) – Monday 7th May (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
Half Term:
Friday 25th May (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 3rd June (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
End of Term:
Saturday 30th June at the end of Speech Day Events
Michaelmas Term 2018 Start of Term:
Monday 3rd September – Boarders return by 6.00pm
Exeat:
Friday 21st September (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 23rd September (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
Half Term:
Friday 19th October (1.00pm after the House Cross-Country) – Sunday 4th November (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
Exeat:
Friday 23rd November (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 25th November (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
End of Term:
Friday 14th December (12.45pm after Carols by Candlelight)
Tuesday 4th September – Day pupils return by 8.15am
Lent Term 2019 Start of Term:
Monday 7th January – Boarders return by 6.00pm Tuesday 8th January – Day pupils return by 8.15am
Exeat:
Friday 25th January (4.00pm after the House Swimming Gala) – Sunday 27th January (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
Half Term:
Friday 15th February (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 24th February (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
Exeat:
Friday 8th March (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 10th March (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
End of Term:
Friday 29th March (12.45pm after Chapel)
Parents are invited to all events in bold (as applicable)
APRIL WEEK 1 Monday 16th
9.00am-4.00pm Staff Inset Day Boarders return from 4.30pm
Tuesday 17th
Start of Term Pupils may wear summer uniform (optional) 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 8.50-9.50am Tutor and Form Time
Wednesday 18th 8.30am School Council Meeting – Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 in F9 Boys' Cricket – U13 Indoor County Final at University of West of England 1st VIII Away 10.00am Thursday 19th
8.30am House Assembly 10.00am Selected Music Scholars visit Dalkeith House Retirement Home 2.20pm Junior Choristers to Tewkesbury Abbey for Tour 5.30pm Schola Cantorum: First Evensong of the Trinity Term
Friday 20th
7.45am-5.00pm UKMT Team Maths Challenge 2018 at Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form Centre, Leominster 2.30pm Start of Term Chapel Service – Rev'd J. Ash Late Games Lesson: Pick Up for all pupils 4.45pm 6.30-8.30pm Prefects’ Dinner in Dean Close House
Saturday 21st
10.00am Wilton Trip to the Beach 12.20-2.00pm Boys' Cricket Practice – Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 Boys' Cricket v Prior Park – 1st XI Away 1.30pm 12.20-2.00pm Tennis Practice – 1st VI, 2nd VI, 3rd VI, 4th VI, 5th VI and 6th VI 12.20-2.00pm Girls' Cricket Practice – Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8
Sunday 22nd
Boarders' Drayton Manor Trip
WEEK 2 Monday 23rd
4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 24th
Hockey – U13 Boys' and Girls' West of England Finals at Millfield 8.30am Assembly – Mr S. Cahill 1.00pm District Swimming at Cheltenham Ladies' College 5.30-7.00pm Year 6 Parents' Meeting in the Centenary Hall
Wednesday 25th 8.30am School Council Meeting – Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 in F9 Boys' Cricket v Prestfelde – 1st XI Home 2.00pm Boys' Cricket v Sir Thomas Rich's School – 2nd XI and 3rd XI Home 2.00pm Boys' Cricket v The Richard Pate School – U11A and U11B Home 2.30pm Tennis v Bromsgrove Preparatory School – 1st VI and 2nd VI Away 2.30pm; 3rd VI, 4th VI, 5th VI and 6th VI Home 2.30pm Girls' Cricket v St John's-on-the-Hill – U13A and U13B Away 2.30pm; U11A, U10A, U9A Home 2.30pm; U8 Home 3.45pm Thursday 26th
Year 7 Healthy Living Day 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 11.00am Oaksey v Yeaman Tug-of-War House Competition 1.30pm Performance Platform in the Centenary Hall 7.30pm Year 8 Parents' Information Evening in the DCS Prince Michael Hall
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Friday 27th
2.30pm Hall Service – Mr J. Cowling 4.30pm DCPS and DCS Boarders' Sibling Teatime Concert in the Centenary Hall followed by tea in the DCPS Dining Room (6.00pm)
Saturday 28th
12.20-2.00pm Tennis Practice – 1st VI, 2nd VI, 3rd VI, 4th VI, 5th VI and 6th VI 12.20-2.00pm Girls' Cricket Practice – Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 Boys' Cricket v Magdalen College School – U10A Home 10.30am; U11A Home 12.40pm Boys' Cricket v Monmouth School – 1st XI and 3rd XI Away 2.00pm; 2nd XI and 4th XI Home 2.00pm Boarders' Orienteering Adventure Night
Sunday 29th WEEK 3 Monday 30th
7.40am-6.30pm Year 6 Trip to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 1st
8.30am Assembly – Mr J. Harris 9.00am Year 3 Trip to Notgrove 5.30-7.00pm Year 7 Parents' Meeting in the Centenary Hall
MAY
Wednesday 2nd Boys' Cricket v Bromsgrove Preparatory School – 1st XI, 3rd XI, 5th X, U11A and U11B Away 2.15pm; 2nd XI, 4th XI, 6th X, U10A and U10B Home 2.15pm Tennis v Clifton College Preparatory School – 1st VI, 2nd VI, 4th VI and 6th VI Away 2.15pm Girls' Cricket v Clifton College Preparatory School – U13A X, U13B X, U11A X, U11B X and U11C X Home 2.15pm; U10A VIII, U10B VIII, U10C VIII, U9A VIII and U9B VIII Away 2.15pm 6.30pm Celebration of Music Across Dean Close in the Centenary Hall Thursday 3rd
8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 11.00am Deacon v Boarders Tug-of-War House Competition 1.00pm School Council Working Lunch in Dean Close House 1.30pm Science Exhibition in the Centenary Hall Atrium 4.30-5.30pm Drama at Teatime CH3 and CH4
Friday 4th
1.00pm U13 Boys' Cricket Tour to Hampshire and the Isle of Wight departs 1.30-2.15pm Parent Viewing Science Exhibition in the Centenary Hall Atrium 2.40pm Chapel – Mr J. Wragg-Smith Exeat begins after Chapel 4.00-5.15pm Staff Inset Boys' Cricket v King Edward's Southampton – U13A Away 4.15pm
Saturday 5th
Exeat Boys' Cricket v Ryde School – U13A Away 10.30am 5.00pm Boys' Cricket Tour returns
Sunday 6th
Exeat
Monday 7th
Bank Holiday Monday Exeat Boarding Houses open from 6.00pm – Boarders return by 7.30pm
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WEEK 4 Tuesday 8th
Choir Schools' Association Conference in London All pupils should return to school in summer uniform House Music Competition Popular Music and Ensemble Auditions this week 13+ Academic Scholarship Examinations at DCS 8.30am Assembly – Mrs O. Hamilton 9.00am-1.00pm Year 6 Churches Trip 9.50am Sextortion Presentation from Gloucestershire Police to Year 7 10.20am Sextortion Presentation from Gloucestershire Police to Year 8 4.30pm National Cyber Security Talks @ DCPS
Wednesday 9th
Choir Schools' Association Conference in London 13+ Academic Scholarship Examinations at DCS Boys' Cricket v Clifton College Preparatory School – 1st XI, 3rd XI, 5th XI, U10A, U10B, Colts and U9A Away 2.15pm; 2nd XI, 4th XI, 6th XI, U11A, U11B, U9B and U9C Home 2.15pm Tennis v Wycliffe Preparatory School – 1st VI, 2nd VI, 3rd VI, U11A IV and U11B IV Away 2.00pm; 4th VI, 5th VI, 6th VI, 7th VI, U10A IV and U10B IV Home 2.00pm Girls' Cricket v Wycliffe Preparatory School – U11C VIII and U10C VIII Home 2.00pm; U9 Away 2.00pm; U8 Home 3.45pm
Thursday 10th
13+ Academic Scholarship Examinations at DCS 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 1.00pm Chamber Choir Lunchtime Concert in the Lady Chapel, Gloucester Cathedral
Friday 11th
Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts Drama Section starts 2.30pm Hall Service – Rev'd J. Ash Boys' Cricket v The Richard Pate School – U9A, U9B and U9C Home 3.30pm 4.45-8.00pm Year 3 'Stay Late in Forest School' session
Saturday 12th
9.30-11.00am Open Morning Boys' Cricket v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U8 Home 10.00am Boys' Cricket v Royal Grammar School Worcester – 1st XI Home 2.00pm; 2nd XI and 3rd XI Away 2.00pm Tennis v The Dragon – 1st VI, 2nd VI, 3rd VI, 4th VI, 5th VI and 6th VI Away 2.15pm. Tennis Practice U11A IV, U11B IV, U11C IV and U11D IV 12.20-2.00pm Boarders' Swim and Doughnuts Wilton Camp Out
Sunday 13th WEEK 5 Monday 14th
Mental Health Awareness and Wellbeing Week House Music Competition Popular Music and Ensemble Auditions continue DCS Cricket and Tennis Skills Day Severnside Girls' Tennis Tournament 1st IV, U11 Pair and U10 Pair Home 4.00pm Severnside Boys' Tennis Tournament U13 Pair and U11 Pair Away 4.00pm 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
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Tuesday 15th
8.30am Assembly – Mr M. Cooper 8.30-11.00am Pre-Prep Maths Morning 9.00-9.40am 13+ CE French Listening Exam Swimming Gala v Wycliffe Preparatory School – Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 Home 4.45pm 4.30pm Yeaman Teatime Concert
Wednesday 16th 9.00-9.40am 13+ CE Spanish Listening Exam Boys' Cricket v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – 1st XI, 4th XI, U11A, U11B, U9A, U9B and U9C Away 2.00pm; 2nd XI, 3rd XI, 5th XI, U10A and U10B Home Tennis v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – 1st VI, 2nd VI, 3rd VI, 4th VI, U11A IV, U11B IV, U11C IV and U11D IV Away 2.30pm; 5th VI, 6th VI, 7th VI, U10A IV, U10B IV and U10C IV Home 2.30pm Girls' Cricket v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U9 Home 2.30pm; U8 Home 3.45pm Thursday 17th
IAPS District Meeting at Eton College CE 13+ French Speaking Exam 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 11.00am Yeaman v Deacon Tug-of-War House Competition 1.00pm A Team BBQ Lunch in Dean Close House 4.30pm Prefects' Afternoon Tea with the Warden in Dean Close House
Friday 18th
CE 13+ Spanish Speaking Exam 2.30pm Hall Service – Miss K. Morgan 4.45-8.30pm Year 4 'Supper in the Sticks' Forest School Event 7.00pm Royal Wedding Quiz Evening for Parents in the Centenary Hall
Saturday 19th
Cheltenham College Preparatory School Tennis Festival – U9 and U8 Away 9.30am The Downs Malvern Aquathalon at Malvern College – U13 and U11 Away 10.00am Tennis v The Downs Wraxall – 1st VI, 3rd VI, 4th VI and 5th VI Home 12.30pm; U10A IV and U10B IV Away 10.00am Girls' Cricket v Abberley Hall – U13 X, U11A X and U11B X Home 2.30pm Tennis v Abberley Hall – 2nd IV Away 2.00pm Boys' Cricket v The Downs Wraxall – U8, U10A, U9A, U9B and U9C Home 10.00am; 3rd XI and U11B Away 1.30pm; 1st XI, 2nd XI and U11A Home 1.30pm
Sunday 20th
Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts Drama Section ends Boarders' Trip to Giffords Circus
WEEK 6 Monday 21st
Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 End of Year Examination Week 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 22nd
8.30am Assembly – Mrs S. Davies 10.30-11.50am Whole School Photograph 1.30pm Performance Platform in the Centenary Hall Athletics v Cheltenham Ladies' College – Year 7 and Year 8 Girls Away 5.00pm
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Wednesday 23rd Senior Schola Cantorum Choristers out all day at CSA Sports Tournament and Evensong at Salisbury Cathedral Tennis v Cheltenham Ladies' College – 1st VI, 3rd VI and 5th VI Home 2.30pm; 2nd VI, 4th VI, 6th VI and 7th VI Away 2.30pm Girls' Cricket v St. John's-on-the-Hill – U13 X Away 2.30pm; U11A, U10A and U9A Home 2.30pm; U8 Home 3.45pm Boys' Cricket v Abberley Hall – 1st XI, 3rd XI, 5th XI, U11B and U10A Home 2.30pm; 2nd XI, 4th XI and U11A Away 2.00pm Boys' Cricket v Hatherop Castle – U9A and U9B Home 2.15pm Thursday 24th
8.30-9.00am Assessment 5 to Pupils 11.00am Oaksey v Boarders Tug-of-War House Competition Popular Music and Ensemble Finals of House Music Competition 6.00-7.00pm Best of the Fest Concert in the Centenary Hall
Friday 25th
8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 10.00am Council of Members Meeting in the DCS Prince Michael Hall 2.40pm Chapel – Mr E. Harris Half Term begins after Chapel
JUNE Sunday 3rd
Half Term ends Houses open from 6.00pm – Boarders return by 7.30pm
WEEK 7 Monday 4th
Year 6 and Year 7 School Exams 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 8.50am Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 Form Time 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 5th
Year 8 Common Entrance Examinations Year 6 and Year 7 School Exams 8.30am House Assembly 9.00am-4.20pm Year 4 Viking Day in CH3 and CH4 5.00pm Joint Housemasters' Meeting in the Pavilion
Wednesday 6th
Year 8 Common Entrance Examinations Year 6 and Year 7 School Exams Girls' Senior House Tennis (Year 7 and Year 8) – 2.00pm Girls' Junior House Cricket (Year 5 and Year 6) – 2.00pm Boys' Cricket v Beaudesert Park – 1st XI, 3rd XI, U11B, U10A, U9A, U9B and U9C Home 2.15pm; 2nd XI, 6th X, U11A, U10B and Colts Away 2.15pm Boys' Cricket v Hatherop Castle – U8s Home 3.30pm
Thursday 7th
Year 8 Common Entrance Examinations Year 3 Rainforest Day 8.30am Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 Form Time, Year 7 Tutor Time 10.00am-2.30pm Year 5 to Cheltenham Science Festival 11.00am-10.00pm Year 8C Scholars to Blenheim Palace
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Friday 8th
Year 8 Common Entrance Examinations 8.30am House Assembly 9.00-11.30am Year 3 to Cheltenham Science Festival Boys' Cricket – U13A Severnside Six-a-side at Wycliffe Preparatory School 11.15am MCU Weekend departs 2.30pm Hall Service – Mrs C. Salisbury Boys' Cricket v The Richard Pate School – U8s Home 3.30pm 6.00pm DCPS and DCS Sibling Tea in the DCPS Dining Room
Saturday 9th
10.30am Battle of the Bands Tennis v Kingswood – 1st VI, 2nd VI, 3rd VI and 4th VI Away 2.00pm Girls' Cricket v Cheltenham Ladies' College – U13A and U13B Away 2.00pm Boys' Cricket v Wycliffe Preparatory School – 1st XI and U11B Away 1.30pm; 2nd XI and U11A Home 1.30pm Boarders' Summer Film Night
Sunday 10th
11.00am Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum Sing Eucharist at Tewkesbury Abbey 5.30pm MCU Weekend Away returns
WEEK 8 Monday 11th
Year 8 Leavers' Trip to Devon departs 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 12th
8.30am Assembly – Mrs J. Cahill (Year 2 in Assembly) 1.35pm Michael Lei (Year 7) Lunchtime Piano Recital in the Centenary Hall 4.30-6.15pm Senior Play Auditions
Wednesday 13th Clifton College Preparatory School Girls' Cricket Festival – U12 VIII 10.30am Girls' Cricket v Clifton College Preparatory School – U11A X, U11B X and U11C X Away 2.15pm; U10A VIII, U11B VIII, U11C VIII, U9A VII and U9B VIII Home 2.15pm Boys' Cricket v Sir Thomas Rich's School – U12A and U12B Home 2.30pm Boys' Cricket – U11A Severnside Six-a-side at The Downs School, Wraxall 12.30pm Boys' Cricket v Berkhampstead – U11B and Colts Home 2.30pm Boys' Cricket v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U10A and U10B Away 2.15pm; U9B and U9C Home 2.15pm; U8s Away 3.45pm Boys' Cricket – U9A Severnside Tournament at St John's-on-the-Hill Thursday 14th
8.30am Headmaster's Assembly Tennis – St. Edward's Preparatory School U10 Mixed Tournament 10.00am 4.30-6.15pm Senior Play Auditions
Friday 15th
1.00-1.45pm Chapel Arts Concert 2.30pm Hall Service – Mr P. Moss 4.30-6.15pm Call-backs Senior Play Auditions 5.00pm Year 8 Leavers' Trip returns 6.00pm DCPPS, DCPS, DCS Dance Show in the Bacon Theatre
Saturday 16th
9.30am Trustees' Meeting in the Dean Close Pre-Prep Hall Tennis v Clifton College Preparatory School – U9 Away 10.00am Tennis v Bromsgrove Preparatory School – U11A IV and U10A IV Home 12.30pm Boys' Cricket – U8 Festival at Beaudesert Park 1.30-5.00pm Junior Christian Union Trip Boys' Cricket v Kings School Worcester – U12A Home 2.00pm; U12B Away 2.00pm National Boarding Week: Boarders' Outdoor Laser Tag and (“It's a Knockout”) Evening
Sunday 17th
Boarders' Lie-in 6
WEEK 9 Monday 18th
ABRSM exams this week 9.00am-4.35pm Expedition Day Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 Boys' Cricket v Sir Thomas Rich's School – 1st XI Home 4.00pm 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union National Boarding Week: Boarders' Big BBQ
Tuesday 19th
8.30am Assembly – Mr J. Wragg-Smith 11.00am Oaksey v Deacon Tug-of-War House Competition 11.30am Retirement Homes' Craft Morning in the Centenary Hall 4.30pm Ensembles' Informal Concert in the Centenary Hall
Wednesday 20th Tennis v Beaudesert Park – 1st VI, 2nd VI, 3rd VI, 4th VI, U11A IV and U10A IV Home 2.30pm; 5th VI, 6th IV and 7th IV Away 2.30pm Girls' Cricket v Beaudesert Park – U11A VIII, U11B VIII and U11C VIII Home 2.30pm; U10A VIII, U10B VIII, U9A X and U9B VIII Away 2.30pm Boys' Cricket v St John's-on-the-Hill – 1st XI, U11A, U11B and U9A 2.30pm; 4th XI, Colts and U9B Away 2.30pm Boys' Cricket v Wycliffe Preparatory School – 3rd XI and U10A Home 2.00pm; 2nd XI Away 2.00pm Boys' Cricket v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – 5th XI Home 2.00pm; 6th XI Away 2.00pm Boys' Cricket v Hatherop Castle – U8s Home 3.30pm Thursday 21st
Year 8 Healthy Living Day 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 11.00am Boarders v Yeaman Tug-of-War House Competition 2.00-5.30pm Year 8 Cooking at Dean Close Cookery School 2.30-3.15pm Year 3 Come and join us in Forest School – Open session 3.30-4.15pm Year 4 Come and join us in Forest School – Open session 5.15pm Year 7 Boarders' Round-the-Clock Event at DCS 6.30pm Prefects' BBQ
Friday 22nd
Year 7 Pupils' Round-the-Clock Event at DCS 2.30pm Hall Service – Mr J. Gould Boys' Cricket v Berkhampstead – U9A and U9B Home 3.30pm 6.30pm Year 8 Leavers' Recital in the Centenary Hall
Saturday 23rd
10.00am-4.00pm Sports Day (all pupils to attend) 1.00pm Grand Final of House Tug-of War Competition National Boarding Week: Boarders' Big Run for Uganda
Sunday 24th
Swing Band Perform at Upton Jazz Festival National Boarding Week: Boarders' Big Roller Disco and Boarders' Review
WEEK 10 Monday 25th
Extravaganza Rehearsal Week 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 26th
Extravaganza Rehearsal Week 8.30am Assembly – Mrs J. Moss 10.00am Tennis Tournament Finals 2.00-5.30pm Year 8 Cooking at Dean Close Cookery School 4.15pm DCS U6th Leavers' Tea Party on Wilton Lawn
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Wednesday 27th Extravaganza Rehearsal Week Boys' Senior House Cricket (Year 7 and Year 8) – 2.00pm 6.30pm Year 8 Leavers' Dinner in the Dining Room Thursday 28th
Extravaganza Rehearsal Week All rehearsals for Summer Extravaganza in Bacon Theatre Boys' Cricket v The Parents – 1st XI Home 6.00pm Girls' Tennis v The Parents – 1st VI and 2nd VI Home 6.00pm 5.30pm Schola Cantorum Final Evensong of the Year, with Valediction of Choristers
Friday 29th
9.00am Headmaster's End of Year Assembly 1.00pm All Performers to the Bacon Theatre 2.15pm Dress Rehearsal of Extravaganza (non-performers attend the dress rehearsal) 5.00pm The End of Year Extravaganza in the Bacon Theatre
Saturday 30th
7.50am Senior Choir and Schola arrive in Chapel for rehearsal 8.40am End of Year Leavers' Chapel Service – Rev'd J. Ash (all pupils to attend) 10.00am Speech Day Events Commence 11.15am Prize Giving and Speeches in the Marquee End of Term: pupils may depart at the end of Speech Day Events
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Useful Names and Numbers School Office
Mrs D. Smith
01242 512217
dcpsoffice@deanclose.org.uk
Chaplain
Rev’d J. Ash
01242 258032
chaplain@deanclose.org.uk
Admissions
Mrs R. Chaplin
01242 258001
rchaplin@deanclose.org.uk
Health Centre
01242 258080 or 01242 258046
Bursar
Mr A. Bowcher
01242 258086
School Shop
Mrs K. Wood
01242 258016
PA to Headmaster
Sara Clark
01242 512217
slclark@deanclose.org.uk
Houses
House Parents
House Number Home Number Email
CALDECOTE
Mr and Mrs M. Cooper
01242 258014
01242 258064
mgcooper@deanclose.org.uk
WILTON
Mr and Mrs D. Fraine
01242 258012
07884 667310
kjfraine@deanclose.org.uk
FORTFIELD
Mr and Mrs J. Gould
01242 258030
01242 258013
agould@deanclose.org.uk
DEACON
Mrs R. Beecham
01242 258028
01242 258028
rbeecham@deanclose.org.uk
OAKSEY
Mr E. Harris
01242 258083
01242 691394
ejwharris@deanclose.org.uk
YEAMAN
Mr C. Standing
01242 258085
07816 150323
cjstanding@deanclose.org.uk
Dean Close Preparatory School Lansdown Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 6QS Email: dcpsoffice@deanclose.org.uk www.deanclose.org.uk