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Prep schools in Bournemouth and Poole
If you’re looking for a single-sex private school for your 4-year-old daughter and baulk at the thought of starting the search all over again when she’s 11, Talbot Heath Junior School is the junior sibling of Talbot Heath School. Most girls head to the senior school at 11, with the occasional one or two to the local girls’ grammars. ‘It’s a very inclusive, warm environment,’ a parent told our reviewer. Many Bournemouth parents choose Castle Court School and Dumpton School(see details in our B...
Secondary schools in Bournemouth and Poole
With a pretty woodland site and redbrick buildings complete with cloisters, quads, an oak-panelled library and an impressive new science and technology hub, all-girls’ Talbot Heath Schoolis an engaging mix of old and new. This day and boarding school just a mile from Bournemouth beach offers small class sizes and a nurturing environment. Some parents looking for a co-ed day school in town head to Bournemouth Collegiate School in Southbourne. Many pupils arrive from Bournemouth Collegiate Prep...
Prep schools in Blandford
Blandford and the surrounding area have a range of prep school options. Bryanston Prep, three miles away, joined forces with Bryanston Schoolin 2020. The grounds are gorgeous, with more than 30 acres, an orchard, woods and two playgrounds, and parents like the new skills-based curriculum, focus on the performing arts, forest school and delightfully-named innovation room. Clayesmore Prep, situated in a generous corner of Clayesmore School’s 66 acres in the village of Iwerne Minster, seven mile...
Secondary schools in Blandford
The area around Blandford is fortunate to have several notable private secondary schools, all of which are reviewed by The Good Schools Guide. Co-ed Bryanston Schoolis just two miles from Blandford, situated in 400 acres of countryside and with facilities second to none. Two-thirds board but day pupils have beds in their houses and are well integrated into Bryanston life. The school is impressive across the board but the arts provision is outstanding. Nine miles east of Blandford is Canford S...
Prep schools in Sherborne
Co-ed Sherborne Prep takes children from 3 to 13, with a large number heading to nearby Sherborne School and Sherborne Girls afterwards. It merged with Sherborne Schoolin 2021 and now shares the senior school’s performance spaces, sports facilities and magnificent chapel. Even so, the prep has kept its own identity and autonomy and prepares children for a wide range of senior schools as well as its Sherborne neighbours. Three miles south of Sherborne, the prep school at Leweston Schoolfizzes...
Secondary schools in Sherborne
Sherborne is blessed with two illustrious private schools. Sherborne School and Sherborne Girlsare both single-sex schools but market themselves as ‘separate, yet together’. Parents reckon pupils get the best of both worlds – lessons in a single-sex environment and a host of joint co-curricular activities, music, sport, drama and social events. Sherborne Schoolis a terrific boys’ boarding school, with a strong sense of community, good academic results and opportunities galore on all fronts –...
Prep schools in Dorchester
The only prep school in Dorchester itself is Sunninghill Preparatory School, for children from 3 to 13. Small and nurturing, it has a good reputation locally and at 13 pupils head off to independents like Canford, Bryanston, Clayesmore, Sherborne and Milton Abbey. An increasing number opt for the well-regarded The Thomas Hardye Schoolin Dorchester.
Secondary schools in Dorchester
There is no private secondary provision in Dorchester and West Dorset but schools like Milton Abbey, Sherborne School, Sherborne Girls and Leweston Schoolare all within striking distance. Best primary schools in Dorchester Best state secondary schools in Dorchester Best nurseries in Dorchester
Places at special schools in the private sector are often sought through and funded by the local authority. The Forum School in Shillingstone, just outside Blandford, is a special school for pupils aged 7 to 19 with autism as well as complex needs, challenging behaviour and moderate to severe learning difficulties. Purbeck View School, in the seasi...
Find out about the distinguished private schools in Dorset, from prep to senior level, in Bournemouth, Poole, Blandford and Sherborne. Compare academic results, facilities, fees and reviews of each school.
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Canford School is one of the UKs top independent coeducational senior full boarding schools for pupils aged 13 to 18, located in Dorset in the South of England.
Clayesmore is one of the best British Independent boarding schools in Dorset. Our students come from London, Bath, Bournemouth, Bristol, Salisbury and other nearby areas.
An award-winning co-educational boarding and day school for pupils aged 3-18, set in more than 400 acres of Dorset countryside
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