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Salad days at Wycliffe


school’s woodlands, learning about nature while having fun and hot chocolate. Tree climbing is even actively encouraged. A nursery is opening at Beaudesert Park in September. Fees:Fees cost up to £5,995 per term and sibling discounts are available. Flexi-boarding for a max of three nights a week costs £34 a night. Open days:Parents and pupils are welcome to visit the school at a time that suits them, or the next organised open day is Friday 16 March 9.30am till noon. Contact: Beaudesert Park School, Minchinhampton; • www.beaudesert.gloucs.sch.uk


Wycliffe This co-educational day and boarding school in Stonehouse, 30 minutes from Tetbury, blends the best of the traditional and the modern and as such offers a broad curriculum. Pupils can study everything from


media studies to history at A Level, and astronomy and Japanese at


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GCSE, as well as a BTEC National Diploma in sport and in hospitality. It is the only school in the UK to


win the prestigious NACE Challenge Award across every one of the six stages of education (from pre-school to A Level), proving its commitment to nurturing gifted pupils. Pupils with a special talent are


encouraged to apply for the school’s Gifted and Talented register and are then given specially designed programmes of study to help develop, stretch and talent the pupil to help them achieve their full potential. There is also an extensive range of


co-curricular activities, with Years 9 and 10 being encouraged to attend two activities per week such as chess, cookery or writing for the student magazine. Fees:Senior school starts at £5,600 a term for day students and £9,240 for boarders. Open days:Saturday 3 March 10.30am until 12.30pm. Contact:Wycliffe School, Stonehouse; • www.wycliffe.co.uk TL


Further afield


Hopelands Preparatory School A small school for 3-11-year-olds in Stonehouse www.hopelands.org.uk


Rendcomb College A boys and girls boarding and day school for 3-18-year-olds near Cirencester www.rendcombcollege.org.uk


Grittleton House School An independent day school for girls and boys aged 2-16 near Chippenham www.grittletonhouseschool.org


Hatherop Castle School A boarding and day school set in majestic grounds for two years and over www.hatheropcastle.co.uk


Royal High School An independent day and boarding school of choice for girls aged three to 18 in Bath www.royalhighbath.gdst.net


Prior Park Prep School A co-educational Catholic preparatory school for three to 13- year-olds, day and boarding www.priorparkprep.com


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