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At Fine & Country we recognise the value of independent education. Independent schools provide a world-class education. They continue to be popular for a number of reasons including exceptional exam results, small class-sizes, extra-curricular opportunity and progression to university. More parents than ever would choose to educate their child at an independent school if they could afford it, according to research published on 12 November 2012. The commitment of independent schools to offer a well-rounded education, with excellent provision beyond the classroom, particularly in the arts and sport, continues to attract many families year on year. At Fine & Country, we recognise that choosing the right school is a very important decision that takes plenty of time and research. Ideally children should be given specific opportunities and support in order to excel. The diversity of independent schools means that parents can match the specialism of the school to each child’s individual gifts and challenges.With this in mind, we have published the mini-guide to education to help you make the right choices when selecting the school to provide your child with the education he or she deserves.
Table of Contents St Mary’s ............................................................................................ 1 Beeston Hall School ........................................................................ 2 Woodbridge School ........................................................................ 3 Holmwood House Preparatory School ...................................... 4 The Royal Hospital School ............................................................ 5 Thetford Grammar ......................................................................... 6 Brandeston Hall ............................................................................... 7 Framlingham College ...................................................................... 8 Ipswich School ................................................................................. 9 Riddlesworth Hall School ............................................................ 10 Norwich High School for Girls .................................................. 11
St Mary’s School Type: Gender: Pupils: Fees:
day school girls age 3-16; boys age 3-4 400 £2,488 - 3,780 per term
St Mary’s School - more than a hundred years’ experience of preparing girls for the future. A focused academic education, with a wealth of opportunities to stretch each individual intellectually, creatively and physically and to support her as she develops into young adulthood – that’s what we offer at St Mary’s School, Colchester. Our school has a long tradition of educating girls aged 4 to 16, but we are always looking to the future and to the important roles our pupils will play in shaping their world. St Mary’s Lower School is a Sunday Times Top 100 Preparatory School where girls achieve excellent results in Sats and at 11+. At the same time they have plenty of opportunities to develop interests and skills
that last forever - from lively activities in our dance studio to fun and challenge outdoors in our forest, school life is never dull! In the school grounds is our own purpose-built kindergarten, where girls and boys aged rising-three to four take their first steps in learning in a safe, encouraging environment. Girls aged 11 to 16 thrive at St Mary’s senior school, where a dynamic, girl-friendly academic curriculum is balanced with exciting sport, drama, music, art and extra-curricular activities. Our pupils’ GCSE results are the best of any independent school in North Essex. Parents and their daughters are welcome to visit St Mary’s at any time and we also hold regular open days. Please see our website for more information.
T 01206 216420 | http://www.stmaryscolchester.org.uk St Mary’s School, 91 Lexden Road, Colchester, Essex CO3 3RB www.fineandcountrylifestyles.com
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Beeston Hall School Type: day and boarding Gender: co-educational Pupils: 142
B t H Beeston Hallll S School h l iis an iindependent d d t co-educational d ti l prep school, on the beautiful North Norfolk coast, just five minutes’ walk from the sea. Our school’s number one priority is the children’s well being and happiness. Children will be challenged in their pursuit of excellence and we will support each child as they find what they are good at. There are excellent modern educational facilities, separate Music and Art Schools, two modern computing suites, indoor shooting range, Sports Hall, 20m Swimming Pool, full size Astroturf, floodlit all-weather area and extensive playing fields. There are two boarding houses, one housing pupils in Years 3-7, the other one for Year 8 pupils, which provide a warm and
Fees:
Year 3 Day Pupils Year 3 Boarders Day Pupils (Y4-8) Boarders
caring home ffrom h home. i environment, i t a reall h A wide curriculum includes Art and Design,Theatre Studies, Computing, Music, Design Technology, and Sport. We also offer extra-curricular activities such as Shooting, Cooking, Scottish Reels Dancing, Chess, Sailing, Ballet, Fencing, Judo, Horse Riding, Fly Fishing, and many more. Children are prepared for entry to a wide variety of boarding Public Schools through either Scholarship or Common Entrance at 13+. These include schools such as Eton, Gresham’s, Harrow, Norwich School, Oakham, Oundle, Radley, Rugby, The Ley’s,Tudor Hall and Uppingham.
T 01263 837324 | E office@beestonhall.co.uk | www.beestonhall.co.uk
Beeston Hall School, West Runton, Cromer, Norfolk NR27 9NQ 2|
£3,587 £5,740 £5,329 £7,075
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Woodbridge School Schools: Woodbridge School (11-18), The Abbey Preparatory School (7-11), Queen’s House Pre-Preparatory School (4-7) Type: day (ages 4-18) & boarding school (ages 13-18) Gender: co-education Pupils: 848 48 Fees: day: ay: £7,710 - £14,400, boarding: £26,700 Everything we do at Woodbridge School is underpinned by a firm objective – to build confidence in our pupils.We want each child to leave here with a belief in themselves. A belief which has been buttressed by their successes and achievements. Central to those achievements of course is academic success, but a well-rounded education is not solely based on exam results. Hence our broad programme of sports, arts, activities, music, CCF and an exceptional international programme which saw 300 pupils take part in exchanges or visits to 18 different countries last year. Children who come to Woodbridge enjoy a wealth of activities designed to bring out the confidence in one and all, and where there is confidence and happiness, we believe there is a path to success that extends to excellent academic achievement and a tremendous vigour for life far beyond the School grounds. We have a clear vision at Woodbridge – to produce well-educated, secure and confident young people who will become the happy and balanced adults of the future.
T 01394 615041 | E enquiries@woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk | woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk
Woodbridge School, Burkitt Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 4JH www.fineandcountrylifestyles.com
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Holmwood House Preparatory School Type: Gender: Pupils: Fees:
day with flexi and weekly boarding options co-educational 302 £2,830 - £4,995 per term
Founded in 1922, Holmwood House is a thriving co-educational preparatory school for children aged 4 to 13 years.
quality and standards of the early years provision are outstanding’ and every area inspected was found to be outstanding.
Located just two miles from the centre of Colchester, in 34 acres of beautiful grounds, the school’s extensive facilities offer its pupils unrivalled opportunities, including an indoor swimming pool, science labs, cookery room, music, dance and drama facilities, squash and all-year tennis courts, Design & Technology facilities and iPads.
Holmwood House is the only independent school in Colchester, and one of just a handful in the county, to be included in The Good Schools Guide and summer 2013 saw every Year 8 pupil gain a place at their first choice senior school, with a stunning 50% of the cohort gaining scholarships.
Pupils flourish in small classes, taught by subject specialists from Year 4 upwards and demonstrate excellent academic progress appropriate to their age and ability. In the School and Nursery’s recent Early Years ISI inspection it was reported that “the overall
For further information, please contact the Admissions Registrar on 01206 574305 or admissions@holmwood.essex.sch.uk. A wealth of information is also available at www.holmwood.essex.sch.uk.
T 01206 574305 | E admissions@holmwood.essex.sch.uk | www.holmwood.essex.sch.uk
Holmwood House School, Chitts Hill, Lexden, Colchester, Essex CO3 9ST 4|
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The Royal Hospital School Type: Gender: Pupils: p Fees:
day, full & weekly boarding school co-education 700 day from £4,118 per term, boarding from £6,863 per term
Set in 200 acres of stunning Suffolk countryside overlooking l ki the h Ri River S Stour, the h R Royall H Hospital i lS School h l iis a co-educational day and boarding school for 11 to 18 years olds. With excellent resources and dedicated staff, pupils are encouraged to aim high, achieve their personal best and most importantly to enjoy doing it.The curriculum is broad and balanced, combining the finest of academic traditions with the latest technologies, and with small class sizes every pupil receives close individual guidance. The School has a proud reputation for musical excellence and creativity and imagination are fostered through the performing arts. This is demonstrated by the recent investment in a new £3.6m music school.
Fitness and well-being are promoted through the enjoyment off a wide j id range off sports, ffrom traditional di i l team games to more specialist pursuits. Uniquely, all new pupils in Year 7 receive RYA sailing tuition as part of the curriculum and, as a result of the School’s seafaring heritage, water sports play an important part in the sporting programme. Every pupil has opportunity to pursue a huge range of interests, to discover new passions and develop important values and commitment that will last a lifetime. For more information and to find out about Open Mornings and visiting the School, please contact the Admissions Office on the telephone number or email address below.
T 01473 326210 | E admissions@royalhospitalschool.org | www.royalhospitalschool.org
The Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk IP9 2RX www.fineandcountrylifestyles.com
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Thetford Grammar School Type: Gender: Ages: Pupils: Fees:
day school co-education 3½ - 18 300 3,205 – 3,876 per term
Thetford Grammar School is a friendly and family based community, a high achieving co-educational day school in East Anglia, from rising 4s to the Sixth Form. The strength of this “all through” school is that it enables us to place great emphasis on a supportive environment, one in which pupils take responsibility for themselves and for each other. Academic success is at the heart of our activities and our most recent Inspection report commented on “articulate and confident pupils who develop their creativity and work independently, thinking logically and analytically”. The development of the whole person is also of great significance for us and we strive to encourage this creativity through Art, Music, Drama,
Sport and indeed in any classroom.We blend in the traditions of hard work and extra-curricular activity with an awareness of the need to produce rounded individuals, individuals sensitive to others and fully equipped to meet the challenges of a modern technological society. Our Sixth Form Centre combines medieval walls with modern glass and steel, the very best of both worlds and that is exactly how we see ourselves. Our pupils come from all round the region, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, a testament to our popularity. But come and see for yourselves. Bring your children for a ‘taster’ day with us. Let them be the best judge of whether TGS is the right environment for them. We are confident they will say yes!
T 01842 752840 | E hmsec@thetgram.norfolk.sch.uk | www.thetgram.norfolk.sch.uk
Thetford Grammar School, Bridge Street, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 3AF 6|
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Brandeston Hall Type: Gender: Pupils: Fees:
boarding & day school co-educational 250 £7,618 – 13,255 per term
Brandeston Hall is a preparatory school for 2½ to 13 year old boys and girls.The School was established in 1948 and officially opened in 1949 in its present idyllic neo-Tudor setting beside the River Deben. It enjoys an excellent reputation in its own right but maintains close links with its senior counterpart, Framlingham College. Pupils at Brandeston Hall are very proud of their school and find their preparatory years exciting, rewarding and stimulating. The youngsters explore their talents, discover new ones and feel valued in a friendly, caring and supportive environment.We are also conscious of the very different adult world for which we are preparing them, of the qualities they will require to prosper, and of our responsibility in nurturing these qualities.
Our curriculum extends well beyond the classroom.We offer a broad, balanced and diverse programme of activities to complement our academic teaching, including equally as outstanding provision for Sport and the Performing Arts. It also includes the ‘hidden curriculum’; children need their free time and need to learn how to use it properly.Throughout all of this we are committed to developing key lifelong qualities in our children which will stand them in good stead for the rest of their lives. Pupils here develop a real appetite and zest for life, and leave us with the best possible academic passport, well on their way to becoming well-rounded, well-mannered and successful young men and women, whatever their chosen path in life.
T 01728 685331 | brandestonhall.co.uk Brandeston Hall, Brandeston, Suffolk IP13 7AH www.fineandcountrylifestyles.com
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Framlingham College Type: Gender: Pupils: Fees:
day & boarding school co-educational 415 £17,372 – 27,029 per year
This is a school that is interested in the development of the whole person as well as the examination candidate, and we encourage our pupils to open their minds, to aim high in all they do, and to make the most of the opportunities available to them.The College has a fine record in stretching the most able pupils, and we are confident that the bright child will do as well here as they will anywhere else. At the same time, our ‘value-added’ rating for those pupils who are not automatically destined to achieve A grades at GCSE and A Level stands alongside the very best in the country. Individual programmes of study provide each pupil with the knowledge and expertise to realise their full academic and personal potential, and the vast majority of our leavers go on to top British universities, including
Oxford and Cambridge.What is certain is that all pupils can be assured of the highest professional quality of provision and individual care in all areas of school life, whatever their strengths or interests. Framlingham College is a co-educational boarding and day school for pupils aged 13-18.The most common entry points to the College are at 13 (Year 9) and 16 (Sixth Form, when we have a large number of new students joining us), but it is not uncommon for pupils to join at other stages. Our prep school, Brandeston Hall, is situated on a beautiful site about 3 miles from the College, and caters for pupils from 2½ -13. Again, pupils join at a number of stages, with a number joining each year at 11 (Year 7) before moving on to the College at 13.
T 01728 723789 | www.framcollege.co.uk Framlingham College, Framlingham, Suffolk IP13 9EY 8|
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Ipswich School for Girls Type: Gender: Pupils: Fees:
day girls 600 Pre-Prep: £2,465 Junior School: Year 1-2 £2,637, Year 3-6 £2,796 Senior School: Year 7-8 £3,858, Year 9-13 £3,912
Ipswich High School is a leading independent day school in Suffolk with approximately 600 girls aged 3-18. The school enjoys a high profile across the region and there is considerable demand for places. Our catchment area extends across Suffolk, Essex and South Norfolk. The school has a well-deserved reputation for sport, drama, art and music and in 2011 2011, achieved top ratings across all categories in the Independent Schools Inspectorate report. With a strong academic history, the school consistently tops the league tables at GCSE and A level. Ipswich High was founded in 1878 and since 1992 has been situated in the beautiful surroundings of Woolverstone Hall.The spacious site has been adapted well to
the needs of an innovative and forward-looking school with superb facilities including theatre, ICT suites, swimming pool, bespoke cookery rooms and astro-pitch. We capitalise on the 84 acres of outstanding natural surroundings for sport, scientific research, inspiration for drama and art as well as relaxation! The woodland and ponds also provides outdoor classroom areas for cross-curricular study. The school is proud of its friendly and caring ethos and we attach great importance to pastoral care. We have an extensive and exciting programme of extra-curricular activities, including considerable opportunity for international travel.
T 01473 780201 | E admissions@ihs.gdst.net | www.ipswichhighschool.co.uk
Ipswich High School for Girls , Woolverstone, Suffolk IP9 1AZ www.fineandcountrylifestyles.com
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Riddlesworth Hall School Type: Gender: Pupils: Fees:
day & boarding school co-education 110-120 on application
Riddlesworth Hall Preparatory School is an IAPS co-educational school for 2-13 year olds. Boarding, whether full, part-time or ‘flexi’, is also available for girls and boys from the ages of 7 to 13. Class numbers are strictly limited so there will not be more than twenty children in each year group.
Riddlesworth Hall aims to be a unique, stimulating, secure and happy environment, rich in opportunity and expectation. Every child is encouraged to aspire to the highest possible educational, moral and spiritual standards, preparing them to meet the challenges of a changing world.
Riddlesworth Hall Preparatory School is 65 years old this year.The magnificent Hall is set amidst thirty acres of its own parkland where playing fields, woods, ropes courses and general ‘space’ provide the ideal environment for your child's development.
Headmaster Paul Cochrane and his family reside in the Hall, nurturing the family ethos at Riddlesworth. Mr and Mrs Cochrane have a passion for the traditional preparatory school and continue to develop academic standards and the wider curriculum.
T 01953 681246 | E rhps@riddlesworthhall.com | www.riddlesworthhall.com Riddlesworth Hall School, Riddlesworth, Norfolk IP22 2TA 10 |
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Norwich High School Type:
Independent day school member of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) Gender: Girls Pupils: Approximately 750 pupils Ages: 3 - 18
Fees: Polliwiggle Nursery - £2,439 full time per term (Early Years Funding can be claimed for the first 15 hours per week), Junior School - £2,934 per term, Senior School £3,897 per term. Scholarships and Bursaries are aavailable in the Senior School. Norwich High School is the only school in Norfolk and Suffolk in the top 100 nationally for both independent Junior and Senior schools, according to The Sunday Times’ rankings published in November 2013. This achievement is testament to the school’s long-standing passion for fostering confident and driven young women with a desire to succeed. Norwich High opened its doors in 1875 and is the only school of the Girls’ Day School Trust in Norfolk. Every girl, from 3 years to 18 years, enjoys a quality education designed to meet their needs in an environment which champions them as individuals. Set in 13 acres of grounds, the main buildings are attached to a distinguished Regency house, which has been extended to provide attractive Senior School classrooms, up-to-date science laboratories and an extensive library. The Junior School is situated in a separate house with its own specialist rooms and adventure playground. Other facilities include a self-contained Nursery, recently refurbished Sixth Form Centre, state-of-the-art performing arts centre, an outdoor theatre, spacious sports hall and a 25-metre indoor heated pool. Taster Days and tours of the school are available by contacting the Registrar. Please call 01603 453265 or email admissions@nor.gdst.net to book a visit.
T 01603 453265 | E admissions@nor.gdst.net | www.norwichhigh.gdst.net Norwich High School, 95 Newmarket Road, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 2HU www.fineandcountrylifestyles.com
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