Dean Close School

Town: Cheltenham.
County: Gloucestershire.
Area: Midlands / South West.
Type: Co-educational, Senior, Boarding and Day.
Age Range: 13 to 18 (Preparatory School 2+ to 13).
Religious Affiliation: Church of England.
Special Diets: Vegetarians and some special dietary requirements.
Scholarships and Bursaries: Awards offered in Academic, Art, Drama, Music, Sixth Form, Sport. Bursaries are also offered. All-rounder scholarship offered at 13+.
Entry Requirements:
1) Examination - either Scholarship, Common Entrance Exam or our "Uncommon Entrance".
2) Reference from Current School.
3) Interview with Headmaster.

Facilities: All-weather Pitches, Art and Design Studios, CCF Office & Parade Ground, Chapel, Climbing Wall, Conference Facilities, Contemporary Boarding Houses, Design Technology Centre, Drama Studio, Purpose-built Music School, Sports Hall, 25m Swimming Pool, Theatre.

Activities: Aerobics, Art and Design, Band, Biology Club, Brass Group, Board Games, Car Maintenance, CCF, CDT, Ceramics, Chamber Choir, Chamber Orchestra, Chemistry Club/Projects, Choral Society, Christian Union, Classical Society, Climbing, Community Action, Computing/Computer Programming, Conservation, Contemporary Christian Music Band, Cookery, Current Affairs, Dancing (Modern, Ballet, Tap), Debating, Decus Magazine, Drama, Debating, Driving, Duke of Edinburgh, Economics and Politics Society, Electronics, Films of the Classics, Fourth Form Challenge, Geography Society, History Society, House Bible Studies, Inter-House Quiz Competition, International Club, Jazz Group, Juggling, Life Saving, Literary Society, Metal Work, Model Engineering, Modern Languages Society, Music Theory, Musical Ensembles, Natural History, Oil Painting, Orchestra, Portraiture, Photography, Public Speaking, Riding, Science Society/Projects, Scuba-diving, Small Choir, Sketching, Stage Sets Construction, String Group, String Quartet, Technical Unit, Textiles/Batik, Theatre Admin/Maintenance, Trampolining, Video Making, Watercolour Painting, Weight Training, Wind Band, Woodwork, Young Enterprise, Oxbridge Discussion.

Sports: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Canoeing, Clay Pigeon Shooting, Cricket, Cross Country, Cycling, Diving, Golf, Hockey, Rugby Sevens, Rugby, Shooting, Soccer, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo.

" Dean Close successfully combines traditional values and high academic standards with its modern approach and state-of-the-art facilities."

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