Bromsgrove School

Bromsgrove is one of the UK’s leading co-educational boarding schools. Catering for 1600 pupils aged 3 -18 and with 500 boarders, including international pupils coming from 40 different nationalities, together with a strong contingent of British boarders, the School is a small global community, a place to live, work and make friends for life. Bromsgrove School’s results are impressive, but Bromsgrove is much more than a place to get good grades, it prides itself on being a happy school where children of all ages can thrive both academically and outside of the classroom. The 2016 ISI inspection rated Bromsgrove as excellent in every category.   

Location

Bromsgrove School stands in 100 acres of grounds in the centre of Bromsgrove town, 13 miles north of Worcester and an equal distance south of Birmingham. Birmingham International Airport and Station are a 20-minute drive by motorway. The M5, M6, M42 and M40 motorways provide easy access to the School. 

Facilities  

Bromsgrove school has outstanding facilities with all boarding houses being new-build or completely renovated in recent years.  There is an on-going refurbishment programme so that the very high standards of accommodation are maintained. The sports facilities at Bromsgrove are extensive and were enhanced in 2012 by a £25 million building programme which included a major new sports arena with an eight badminton court sized sports hall, dance studios, gym, teaching rooms and hospitality suite / sports viewing room. These new facilities enhance the existing all-weather, floodlit sports facilities and extensive grass pitches for rugby and cricket.  The school has just started work on a new concert hall and performing arts centre which is due to open in September 2017. 

Boarding

Bromsgrove School has five Houses for Senior pupils, including an off-campus mixed house for Sixth Formers, and a 70 bed prep boarding house. The boarding environment is happy, stable, disciplined and nurturing. The stability and continuity that enable boarders to thrive are provided by resident houseparents (all academic members of staff) and their families, assistant houseparents, house mothers and a team of house-based tutors.

Music and the Arts

Music flourishes as an important and integral part of the School’s activities both within and outside the formal curriculum. Drama at Bromsgrove is exciting and inclusive, most recently pupils performed the musical Sweeney Todd to much acclaim. The Performing Arts will benefit from the major new performing arts complex which is under construction and due for opening in September 2017.

Sports 

Sport at Bromsgrove is particularly strong with individuals and teams regularly reaching national finals in sports such as hockey, netball, rugby, swimming and cricket. Winners of the NatWest U18 Rugby trophy in 2015 & 2016.

Extra-Curricular Activities

A wide range of sports and activities is offered, giving opportunities to participate at a competitive level in Rugby, Hockey, Netball, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Clay Pigeon shooting, Cricket, Cross-Country, Debating, Fencing, Golf, Rounders, Soccer, Squash, Swimming, Tennis and Young Enterprise. The Saturday timetable, in conjunction with the weekday programme, allows the activities programme more flexibility to offer both recreational and academic choices. The Duke of Edinburgh is hugely popular and there is a thriving Combined Cadet Force (Army and RAF), whilst approximately 100 pupils are currently involved in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme.

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