# Cotswold Schools - Guide to Top Schools in the Region > A guide to some of the top schools in the Cotswolds, from The Royal High School in Bath to The Cotswold School and Burford School, with tips for parents. URL: https://cotswolds.info/schools.shtml Section: Home Page Last updated: 2021-02-11 A guide to some of the region's top outstanding educational establishments across the Cotswolds. Finding the right school for your child is a serious business and can seem like an overwhelming task. There’s so much information – from inspection reports to online forums, league tables, open days and the local parent grapevine. While glossy brochures are a good way of getting across a school’s unique selling points, canny parents look beyond glitzy marketing to the curriculum, facilities, teaching staff and core values. Pastoral care and discipline are vital areas to quiz a school about, and its bullying policy will often give an insight into how it views its responsibility to pupils. In terms of curriculum, language provision is improving all the time. Even the smallest prep school now offers more than just French. Spanish is a favourite and while many senior schools already teach Mandarin or another Asian language, others will offer it during a lunchtime session or after-school club. We list here some of the top schools in the Cotswolds as a starter for making that all important decision where to send your children. ## Bath Schools ### The Royal High School The Royal High School Bath, a leading independent day and boarding school for girls aged 3-18. From three year old girls holding hands in the playground of our Ofsted rated Nursery within our Junior School at Cranwell House, to our exceptionally high-achieving Senior School where lifelong friendships and personal triumphs shared; onto our dynamic Sixth Form College, confident, capable young women ready to take on the world. Pre-Prep Prep Senior Day Boarding Girls Boys YES YES YES YES YES YES NO **Address** **Tel** **E-mail** **WebSite** Lansdown Road, Bath, BA1 5SZ 01225 313877 royalhigh@rhsb.gdst.net www.royalhighbath.gdst.net > About the city of Bath ## Bourton-on-the-Water Schools ### The Cotswold School Cotswold School is a successful, highly popular secondary Academy where we pursue and achieve academic excellence, celebrate success and constantly strive to improve. Superb examination results at both GCSE and A Level mean we are consistently ranked as one of the highest performing comprehensives in the country. Known for highly successful preparation for University. Ofsted judged the school ‘Outstanding’ in every category. Pre-Prep Prep Senior Day Boarding Girls Boys NO NO YES YES NO YES YES **Address** **Tel** **E-mail** **WebSite** The Avenue, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, GL54 2BD 01451 820554 admin@mail.cotswold.gloucs.sch.uk www.cotswold.gloucs.sch.uk > About the village of Bourton-on-the-Water ## Burford Schools ### Burford School At Burford we aim to provide outstanding education both within and beyond the curriculum. This means pursuing academic success at all levels, so that every student achieves their best possible examination results. We feel that the best way to see our school is through a visit and we welcome visits any working day, as our students are the best ambassadors for our school. Pre-Prep Prep Senior Day Boarding Girls Boys NO NO YES YES YES YES YES **Address** **Tel** **E-mail** **WebSite** Cheltenham Road, Burford,Oxfordshire 0X18 4PL 01993 823303 admin.4040@burford. oxon.sch.uk www.beaudesert.qloucs.sch.uk > About the town of Burford ## Cheltenham Schools ![Airthrie School](https://cotswolds.info/images/schools/airthrie_school.jpg) **Airthrie School, Christ church Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 2NY | Tel: 01242 512837** Airthrie prides itself on its homely and caring atmosphere, and the individual attention given to each child. We place great emphasis on providing a nurturing environment where children can discover the joy of learning and grow into purposeful, enthusiastic, confident and friendly pupils together with a broad and creative curriculum, where languages, ICT, music, art, drama and sport of all kinds are a regular feature. We are a thriving and respected independent day school and nursery for boys and girls aged 3 to 11 years with a strong focus on small teaching groups and one-to-one teaching, where each child's strengths are rapidly identified and encouraged. Pre-Prep Prep Senior Day Boarding Girls Boys YES YES NO YES NO YES YES > About the town of Cheltenham ## Cirencester ### Hatherop Castle Hatherop Castle School is a co-educational Day and Boarding preparatory School for children between 4 and 13. Llittle Owls the schools’ Nursery takes children from 2 (in September 2014 this is being extended to 12 months). The school has a 100% record of children achieving their first choice senior school often with a range of scholarships. Children leave us as confident and successful individuals well prepared for senior school life. Pre-Prep Prep Senior Day Boarding Girls Boys YES YES NO YES YES YES YES **Address** **Tel** **E-mail** **WebSite** Hatherop, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. GL7 3NB 01285 750206 admissions@ hatheropcastle.co.uk www.hatheropcastle.co.uk > About the town of Cirencester ## Gloucester ### King's School King's is a successful co-educational independent day school offering academic excellence, small class sizes, outstanding pastoral care and a unique programme to identify and develop individual talents. Set within the Cathedral grounds, with 520 girls and boys aged three to eighteen, King’s inspires achievement and provides a special sense of identity and powerful community unlike any other. Pre-Prep Prep Senior Day Boarding Girls Boys YES YES YES YES NO YES YES **Address** **Tel** **E-mail** **WebSite** Hatherop, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. GL7 3NB 01285 750206 registrar@ thekingsschool.co.uk www.thekingsschool.co.uk > About the city of Gloucester ## Malvern Schools ### Malvern College Malvern College is a traditional school with an eye on the future; a co-educational boarding and day school for pupils aged 13 -18, where focus is on academic excellence and achievement in all fields, but also upon providing outstanding pastoral care for boarding and day pupils. The International Baccalaureate (IB) is offered as an alternative to A levels in the Sixth Form. Pre-Prep Prep Senior Day Boarding Girls Boys YES\* YES\* YES YES YES YES YES > \*Linked with The Downs Malvern **Address** **Tel** **E-mail** **WebSite** College Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3D 01684 581515 registrar@malverncollege.org.uk www.malverncollege.org.uk > About the town of Malvern ## Minchinhampton Schools ### Beaudesert Park School A thriving independent school for children aged 3-13 for giving boys and girls an outstanding all-round education. Set in 30 glorious acres on the edge of Minchinhampton Common, Beaudesert marries excellent facilities and 30+ extra curricular. All 400 children there live within 25 miles, and family-friendly features include the opportunity for older children to flexi-board, a flexible approach to after-school care. Pre-Prep Prep Senior Day Boarding Girls Boys YES YES NO YES YES YES YES **Address** **Tel** **E-mail** **WebSite** Minchinhampton, Gloucestershlre, GL6 9AF 01453 832072 office@beaudesert. qloucs.sch.uk www.beaudesertgloucs.sch.uk > About the town of Minchinhampton ## Nailsworth Schools ### Tha Acorn School The Acorn School is a co-educational, independent school in Gloucestershire, where students receive a stimulating and highly academic programme, supported by our own internal examination and assessment system. Every student who has applied to university direct from The Acorn School has achieved a place, without state examinations. Furthermore, we have received ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted reports in 2005, 2009, and 2012. Pre-Prep Prep Senior Day Boarding Girls Boys NO NO YES YES NO YES YES **Address** **Tel** **E-mail** **WebSite** Church Street, Nailsworth, Gloucestershlre, GL6 0BP 01453 836508 info@theacornschool.com www.theacornschool.com > About the town of Nailsworth ## Oxford Schools ### Magdalen College School Magdalen College School is a friendly, inclusive and highly distinctive school of about 840 pupils, boys aged 7-18 and girls in the Sixth Form. It is recognised not only as a centre of intellectual excellence, but also as a place where pupils enjoy full and active lives beyond the classroom, with music, art, sport and drama all strong. MCS has a reputation for outstanding pastoral care, and the staff room is renowned for its commitment to helping pupils achieve their successes. 44 students received Oxbridge offers in 2014). Pre-Prep Prep Senior Day Boarding Girls Boys NO YES YES YES NO YES 6TH FORM YES **Address** **Tel** **E-mail** **WebSite** Oxford. 0X4 1DZ 01865 242191 registrar@mcsoxford.org www.mcsoxford.org > About the city of Oxford ## Stratford-upon-Avon Schools ### The Croft Preparatory School The Croft Preparatory School is an independent co-educational day school for children 2 to 11 years, and has over 400 pupils, with class sizes of no more than 20 pupils, a forward-thinking school, with traditional values, a broad and balanced curriculum. We typicall provide teaching in small groups with discipline and a wider knowledge of the world both spiritual and geographical, where sport and drama play an important part. Pre-Prep Prep Senior Day Boarding Girls Boys YES YES NO YES NO YES YES **Address** **Tel** **E-mail** **WebSite** Alveston Hill, Loxley Road, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 7RL 01789 293795 office@croftschool.co.uk www.croftschool.co.uk > About the town of Stratford-upon-Avon ## Tetbury Schools ### Westonbirt Schools Westonbirt Senior School and Westonbirt Prep offer excellent teaching in a friendly and supportive environment for girls & boys age 3-11yrs in the Prep and for girls aged 11-18 years in the Senior. Set in 210 acres of Gloucestershire parkland, the schools enable every pupil to achieve their full potential. We aim to instil personal confidence and balance the academic, cultural and recreational within a strong spiritual framework in an inspiring setting. We have Open Days and Open Door Days, when parents can find out about daily school life. Pre-Prep Prep Senior Day Boarding Girls Boys YES YES YES YES YES YES YES (to 11) **Address** **Tel** **E-mail** **WebSite** Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8QG 01666 880333 admissions@westonbirt.org www.westonbirt.org > About the town of Tetbury ## Warwick Schools ### King's High King’s High School is an independent day school for girls aged 11-18. Our school is a lively community and we enjoy a reputation, of which we are rightly proud, both for academic success and the personal development of our girls. Our winning formula of encouraging excellence in academics, sport and the arts, along with lots of fun, has produced consistently good performance for King’s High, which has appeared within the top 50 schools. Pre-Prep Prep Senior Day Boarding Girls Boys NO NO YES YES NO YES NO **Address** **Tel** **E-mail** **WebSite** 5 Smith Street, Warwick, CV34 4HJ 01926 494485 enquiries@kingshiqhwarwick.co.uk www.kingshiqhwarwick.co.uk > About the town of Warwick ## Worcester Schools ![Abberley Hall School](https://cotswolds.info/images/schools/abberley_hall.jpg) **Abberley Hall School, Worcester WR6 6DD | Preparatory School Tel: 01299 896275 | Pre-Prep & Early Years Tel: 01299 896101.** Few schools in the country boast such a beautiful and secure environment in which to educate children. Situated in a private rural estate, it stretches across 90 acres of spectacular Worcestershire parkland, with views across seven counties. Long-established traditional values, combined with outstanding modern facilities, are at the heart of our vibrant boarding and day community which caters for boys and girls aged between 2 and 13 years. We aim to provide the academic, sporting and social grounding which is the foundation for success and each year children of wide-ranging abilities make the transition to prestigious independent schools. An informal and friendly approach to school life, underlined by discipline, enables all pupils to fulfil their potential and our commitment to the needs of each child encourages achievement both in and out of the classroom. Pre-Prep Prep Senior Day Boarding Girls Boys YES YES NO YES YES YES YES > About the city of Worcester BACK TO TOP This page last modified Thursday, 11-Feb-2021 13:24:35 CET