Bilton Grange School

The Assistant Head, Teaching and Learning also holds the role of Head of LDD (Learning Difficulties and Disabilities), indicating dedicated leadership for learning support.

“Assistant Head, Teaching and Learning Head of LDD BA (Hons), MA”

School describes a strong pastoral care network extending beyond House staff to the wider staff body, focused on boarder wellbeing.

“Our strong pastoral care network runs throughout every element of the boarding environment but the House staff are not alone in supporting the boarders – our systems are communicated to the wider body of staff at Bilton Grange who all play an important role in ensuring the wellbeing of our boarders.”

Mental wellbeing of children is prioritized, with regular check-ins from House staff.

“The mental wellbeing of children is of paramount importance and regular check-ins with House staff are easy due to the nature of the day.”

Pupils achieved top 5% and top 2% scores nationally in the Oxford University Computing Challenge, having already been pulled from the top 10% via the Bebras Challenge.

“Of almost 16000 entrants across all categories, already pulled from the top 10% nationally from the Bebras Challenge, it feels impressive to say we had pupils score in the top 5% and even 2 score in the top 2%!”

The school emphasises small class sizes that allow children to be known and nurtured individually, with highly differentiated teaching.

“Our small classes ensure that all the children are known and nurtured as individuals and our teaching is highly differentiated, and often presented 1:1 or to very small groups, particularly in the younger years.”

The school has a strong Pre-Prep music department with specialist instrumental programmes and creative arts offerings.

“Very few schools could equal the quality of offering that we have here in our Pre-Prep music department.”

Broad range of specialist-taught subjects and co-curricular activities including outdoor learning, ICT, languages, dance, PE, games, swimming, art, DT and music.

“Outdoor Learning, ICT, modern foreign languages, dance, PE, games, swimming, art, DT and music are all taught by specialist staff, and form a rich diet of experiences for our pupils.”

Boarding culture and ethos is described as a caring, family-focused setting.

“The culture and ethos of our boarding community is to be a caring and family focused setting.”

School states happiness is central to its pastoral care and works to ensure a nurturing atmosphere where each child feels cared for and acknowledged

“Happiness is central to our pastoral care at Bilton Grange because we know that happy children learn more effectively. We work to ensure there is a nurturing atmosphere in which each child feels cared for and acknowledged.”