Brockhurst and Marlston House

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We aim to provide a first-class all-round education by combining the best features of the single-sex and co-educational systems. Pupils are encouraged to become well-rounded individuals with open and enquiring minds who are confident in challenging their understanding.
The particular personal qualities we value and foster are cheerful enthusiasm, appropriate self-confidence, and good manners. We develop these by setting clear expectations and providing a very wide range of opportunities both in and out of the classroom. All our children can discover things they enjoy and can achieve success in. As a result, they become confident in 'having a go' without fear of failure, and their determination to do their best, resilience, and moral courage develops.
We believe this is the best preparation for future success and for leading a fulfilled life.
Brockhurst prepares boys for Common Entrance and Scholarship exams at the age of 13 to leading senior Independent Schools. We have never been a feeder for a particular senior school because we believe that the choice of a school should suit the attributes of the child. Consequently, our pupils go on to a very wide range of schools according to their abilities. A high proportion wins academic, music, art, drama and sports awards on entry and a list of recent successes can be found on our web site.
The school teaches a very wide curriculum which encompasses a generous allocation in every boy's timetable for Music, Art, Drama, and Physical Education. All boys study English, Mathematics, Science, French, Technology, History, Geography and Scripture from the outset, and are introduced to Latin in Year 5 and another modern foreign language thereafter.
Boys sitting for scholarships are also taught Greek. The school has a well-equipped ICT suite, and computing, including programming and robotics, is taught to all boys as a subject in its own right as well as being used in other subjects as an aid to learning.
Considerable advantage is taken of field trips and outings both locally and further afield including to France and the school’s field studies center on Exmoor.
Parents are informed of their children's progress through regular written reports and meetings with teachers, Deputy Heads and Headmaster.
The school is continually looking to refine and improve the quality of education it provides.
Pupils' progress is closely monitored and assessed. The school streams pupils according to ability and operates a setting system in some subjects in the senior part of the school. Also, there is a scholarship set in the final year. At the Headmaster's determination, able pupils may at any point be moved up by a year for their academic work and these pupils will be directed towards scholarship entrance papers. A pupil may also be given additional support from time to time according to his particular needs and the school has a first-class Learning Development Centre equipped to provide both short and long-term help.

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