Chandlings
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| Chandlings Prep School | |
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| Location | |
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Bagley Wood , , OX1 5ND | |
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| Type | Private preparatory day school |
| Motto | We champion childhood by promoting curiosity, endeavor and adventure |
| Established | 1994 |
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| Ofsted | Reports |
Headmaster | Adam Mallins |
Chair of Governors | Alison Derham |
| Staff | 90 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 2to 11 |
| Enrolment | approx. 400 |
| Houses | Astley Poltimore Richardson |
| Colours | Blue Red Gold Grey |
| Website | www |
Chandlings, or Chandlings Prep School, known until 2007 as Chandlings Manor School, is an independent co-educational preparatory school at Bagley Wood near Kennington, a village south of Oxford.
The school occupies a site of 62 acres (25 hectares), and is a member of the Independent Association of Prep Schools.
History
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Chandlings was founded in 1994 as a co-educational day-school by the governors of Cothill House to supplement the preparatory boarding school education for boys at Cothill. In its early years, it was known as Chandlings Manor School.[1]
Present day
[edit ]The school is operated by Radley Schools Group, an educational charity registered in England, which also operates other preparatory schools in England.[2]
Chandlings is a co-educational school which has a nursery and a pre-prep department, which delivers an Early Years Foundation Stage programme for children up to year 2, and then a prep department, for years 3 to 6. Pupils are divided into three houses: Richardson (colour: red), Astley (dark blue) and Poltimore (green).[3]
The headmaster is Adam Mallins.[4]
The Good Schools Guide says:
The name conjures up ancient stones, mullioned windows, the faded grandeur of an ancient aristocratic line. The reality is more of a 62-acre Southfork Ranch/nouveau Cotswold mash-up with added fountains. Parents be reassured, these well-appointed low-rise buildings do, in fact, lend themselves very well to a school.[5]
Publications
[edit ]- Clare Walsh, Get Cooking! (Chandlings Manor School, 2005, ISBN 0955006708)
References
[edit ]- ↑ Good Schools Guide (Lucas Publications, 2003), p. 737
- ↑ "Cothill Educational Trust, registered charity no. 309639". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- ↑ Jonathan Barnes, ed., Preparatory Schools 2013, (2012), p. 235
- ↑ https://chandlings.org.uk/about/heads-welcome/
- ↑ Ralph Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas, ed., Chandlings profile at goodschoolsguide.co.uk, accessed 5 May 2018
External links
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