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Dean Close School: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK

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Introduction

Dean Close School is one of international boarding schools in England. Dean Close is a co-ed boarding school for boys and girls located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The main purpose of the Dean Close curriculum is to offer a challenging and balanced academic education, equipping pupils for the opportunities and demands of their future lives. Boarding facilities are excellent. We aim at this top boarding school for international students to stretch the minds of the most able pupils while ensuring that those of more moderate ability obtain the necessary qualifications and the greatest intellectual satisfaction of which they are capable. A committed common room uses a range of teaching styles to deliver a broad-based curriculum, with most pupils sitting 9 or 10 GCSEs. At this top UK boarding school alongside core subjects there is a genuine breadth of choice from Design Technology to Greek and from Physics to Spanish to Drama. Class sizes average between 15-20 and all classrooms, laboratories, library facilities and seminar rooms are fitted to the very highest standards with state-of-the-art technology. Coupled with an excellent teaching staff, this is what accounts for the 98 percent of pupils who obtain university places each year.

Nearest international airport: Bristol/Birmingham/Heatrow (80km/100km/145km)

Number of students

Boarding School:

Girls:

118

Boys:

127

Total:

245

Day School:

Girls:

Boys:

125

Total:

224

Fees

7 days boarding:

11,997 per term

About the school

Boarding School Facilities
All classrooms, laboratories, library facilities and seminar rooms are fitted to the very highest standards with state-of-the-art technology. The bespoke Art School entrance opens into the BonBernard Gallery, a light, lofty space that hosts a broad range of both pupil and visiting exhibitions. The facility also boasts excellent studio spaces for specialist work in 2 and 3 dimensions, with individually allocated work areas for Sixth form pupils. Music School has at its centre an elegant concert hall enhanced by hand-made stained glass windows, banners and acoustic curtain. Wonderful renowned Music Department with its internationally renowned Carducci Quartet leads the Strings Department. Great performing opportunities exist for pupils of all abilities and the department stages in excess of 50 concerts each year, ranging from informal lunchtime recitals to major choral and orchestral events!

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Academic life

Fourth Form (Year 9)

All pupils in the Fourth Form study the following subjects: English, History, Mathematics, Latin/Classical Civilisation, Geography, French, Physics, Religious Studies, Chemistry and Biology. The creative Studies course introduces the scholars to a wide range of artistic and creative subjects, embracing Design Technology, Art & Design, Drama, Music and Physical Education. Spanish is studied as a second modern foreign language by the majority. Classical Greek is an extra subject for the most able Latin students.

Remove & Fifth Form (Years 10 & 11)

GCSE subject options are chosen in the second term of the Fourth Form. Most pupils will take 10 GCSEs. The core curriculum studied by all pupils consists of: English, Mathematics, Religious Studies, Physical Education and PHSE. The majority of pupils take French or English as a secondary language (ESL). The rest of the available subjects are in option groups. GCSE Religious Studies (short course) is taken by all candidates at the end of the Remove Form (Year 10). Members of the top set in Mathematics sit the IGCSE examination at the end of the Remove Form, which enables them to further their studies in both depth and breadth in the Fifth Form by taking Additional Maths.

Sixth Form Boarding School

In order to undertake the normal A level course we expect scholars to have obtained a minimum of four GCSE passes at B & 2 at grade C, with B the standard minimum requirement in those subjects intended for further study. Most Sixth Formers choose four A level subjects in the first year, which will lead to AS qualifications at the end of that year. Three subjects will normally be continued to the full A level (A2) in the second year. There is at present the wide range of 23 subjects from which to choose, as follows: English, History, Mathematics, Politics, Physics, Philosophy & Ethics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, French, Business Studies, German, Psychology, Spanish, Theatre Studies, Latin, Art & Design, Greek, Music, Classical Civilisation, Design Technology, Geography, Physical Education.

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Location Description

Shelburne Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6HE

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