Description
Cottesmore School is Independent Secondary school in Not applicable for kids aged 4 to 13 (Gender - 4 to 13 )
Cottesmore School is a boarding community that puts children first. The Christian and family ethos enables us to enrich the lives of the young people in our care. Each child is cared for, valued, inspired, nurtured and educated to achieve personal excellence through the enhancement of their intellectual curiosity, academic achievement, physical development, imagination, creativity, and spirituality.Cottesmore is a close, caring and very busy community. The staff common room is welcoming and supportive and all members of staff are expected to work very much as a team with the children as the central concern. They aim to value all members of staff, whatever their role at the school, and we welcome initiative and ideas for school improvement.Staff at Cottesmore are generous in their support for each other, covering lessons and helping when colleagues are under pressure and this is something that we all very much appreciate about the school. They aim to create a happy and rewarding working environment. There is a strong tradition of close pastoral care and we aim to share good practice in all areas of our working lives.
Facilities
ACADEMIC
The academic curriculum at Cottesmore encompasses a variety of elements, ensuring the experience for pupils is both broad and balanced. The academic curriculum covers aspects of mathematical, linguistic, scientific, technological, human and social, and aesthetic and creative ‘areas of experience’. The sporting curriculum supports the physical area. The activities and hobbies programme provides further access to a number of areas. The life of the Chapel and PSCHE programme provide support for human and social areas. No single part of the curriculum will necessarily cover any one particular area, or in fact only one area. The broad nature of the curriculum contains a number of cross-curricular and cross-‘areas of experience’ links.
Features
Things to note
Sport
Success in sport can lead to success in other fields and can lay the foundations for friendship and fun. At Cottesmore we provide an exceptionally wide range of sports. Major games for the boys are Football, Rugby, Hockey and Cricket. The girls play Hockey, Netball and Rounders, with some Lacrosse. There is a full fixture list of matches each term for all of these, as well as for Tennis, Squash, Athletics, Swimming Judo, Golf, Cross Country Running, Short Tennis, Basketball and Shooting.
Extra Curricular
Please check the school website link for details.
1.67 miles
