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Brentwood School,布伦特伍德学校 Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex CM15 8AS
Tel: 01277 243243 Fax: 01277 243299
Website: www.brentwoodschool.com
• BOYS, Girls, Mixed sixth, 11–18, Day & Boarding
• Pupils 1117, Upper sixth 126
• Termly fees £3482 (Day), £6032 (Boarding)
• HMC
• Enquiries/application to the Headmaster

What it’s like
Founded in 1557, as a boys’ school. There has been a mixed sixth since 1974 and girls have been admitted at 11 since 1987. Boys and girls are educated separately to GCSE; the sixth form remains co-educational. The school occupies a single site in a relatively urban area with extensive gardens and nearly 70 acres of playing fields. It is architecturally pleasing (parts of the Old Big School built in 1568 are still in use). There have been many modern developments including a new art, design and technology centre, performing arts centre, all-weather floodlit pitch and indoor swimming pool. Examination results are very good. Extra curricular strengths lie in sport, music, drama and art. Notable successes in sports and games, including in football, fencing, tennis, squash and girls’ hockey. There is a flourishing CCF. The school enjoys good local support.

School profile

Pupils & entrance
Pupils: Age range 11–18; 1117 pupils, 1044 day (645 boys, 399 girls), 73 boarding (47 boys, 26 girls).
Entrance: Main entry ages, 11, 13 and 16. Own exam at 11; Common Entrance at 13; for sixth-form entry, 6 GCSEs (3 at least grade B, 3 grade C, usually grade A in sixth-form subjects). No religious requirements but Anglican tradition. 30% of intake from state schools (at 11 (plus 60% of new entrants to sixth form). 30% of intake from own prep (enquiries to the Headmaster's Secretary, Brentwood Preparatory School, Middleton Hall Lane, Brentwood, CM15 8EQ; tel 01277 243333).

Scholarships, bursaries & extras Up to 25 scholarships pa, value of up to 50% fees: up to 20 academic, up to 3 art, up to 4 music (16–22 at 11, 4–5 at 16). 10 bursaries means-tested available. All text books included in fees. Fencing, individual music, CCF etc extra.

Parents 65+% in industry or commerce; 35% the professions. 70+% live within 30 miles.

Head & staff
Headmaster: Ian Davies, in post from 2004. Educated at universities of Oxford (theology) and Cambridge. Previously Headmaster at St Dunstan's (Catford) and Head of Lower School at Latymer Upper. Also Fellow of the RSA.
Teaching staff: 107 full time, 19 part time. Annual turnover approx 10%. Average age 36.

Exam results
GCSE: In 2003, 165 pupils in fifth; 91% gained at least grade C in 8+ subjects, 7% in 5–7 subjects. Average GCSE score 63 (60 over 5 years).
A-levels: 142 in upper sixth; 5% passed in 4+ subjects, 94% in 3 subjects. Average final point score achieved by upper sixth formers 325.

University & college entrance 96% of 2003 sixth-form leavers went on to a degree course (9% after a gap year), 4% to Oxbridge. 7% took courses in medicine, dentistry & veterinary science, 21% in science & engineering, 6% in law, 31% in humanities & social sciences, 33% in economics, business and finance, 2% in vocational subjects eg hotel management, education, agriculture. Others typically go on to the City and the armed services.

Curriculum GCSE, AS and A-level. 28 AS/A-level subjects (including psychology, ICT and computing).
Sixth form: Most sixth formers take 4 subjects at AS-level, 3 at A-level. 10% take science/engineering courses; 59% take arts and humanities; 31% both. Key skills taught as discrete units and integrated into lower sixth-form teaching; AS-level assignments contribute to key skills assessment.
Vocational: Work experience available.
Special provision: Subsidiary EFL classes offered.
Languages: French, German and Spanish offered at GCSE and AS and A-level; also GCSE Italian in sixth form. Regular exchanges. Close contacts with twin town in Bavaria; strong links with Spain and France.
ICT: Taught both as a discrete subject and across the curriculum. 350 computers for pupil use (8 hours a day), all networked and with e-mail and internet access.

The arts
Music: Some 30% of pupils learn a musical instrument; instrumental exams can be taken. Some 13 musical groups including orchestras, big band, concert band choirs, brass ensemble etc. Big band has released 6 CDs, frequent foreign tours; choirs, cathedral visits; many members of county youth orchestra, town orchestra etc.
Drama: GCSE drama and AS and A-level theatre studies. Pupils are involved in a range of school and house productions. Recent school productions include Ain't Life Good, Guys & Dolls, The Rivals and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Art & design: On average, 60 take GCSE, 24 AS and A-level. Design, pottery, textiles also offered. Former pupils have gone on to courses in fine art, industrial, graphic and textile design, animation and art history.

Sport & activities
Sport: Soccer, cricket, hockey, netball, tennis, badminton, basketball, rugby, cross-country, volleyball, athletics, swimming, fencing, squash, table tennis, trampolining, weight training, circuit training, rounders. AS and A-level PE available. National representatives in squash, soccer and fencing; county athletes and cross country runners, netball, hockey and cricket players; also successful volleyball and tennis teams.
Activities: Pupils take bronze, silver and gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. CCF or community service compulsory for 3 years from age 13. Over 30 clubs, eg archery, music, Christian Union, film, golf, science and technology, geography, debating, theatre, computing, bridge and chess.

School life
Uniform: School uniform worn throughout.
Houses & prefects: Competitive houses. Prefects, head of school, head of house and house prefects, appointed by the Headmaster.
Religion: Regular chapel (C of E) services.
Social: Foreign exchange visits; organised trips to Germany, France, Spain, USA, Australia, South Africa, Ecuador, Mongolia; visits to First World War battlefields and classical sites; ESU scholars both ways; close contacts (especially musical) with twin town in Bavaria. Pupils allowed to bring own car or bike to school with permission. Self-service meals. School shop. No tobacco or alcohol allowed.

Discipline Punishment by admonishment, detention and suspension. System of commendation.

Boarding 70% have own study bedroom, 30% share. 2 single-sex houses. Resident qualified medical staff. Central dining room. Visits to local town allowed with housemaster/mistress permission.

Alumni association is run by Mr I R West, Secretary, 11 Regent Square, London E3 3HQ.

Former pupils Sir Hardy Amies; Sir Robin Day; H Whitaker (Almanack); Bishop Griggs of Ludlow; Air Marshal Sir John Rogers; Douglas Adams (author); Prof Roger Cowley (experimental philosophy, Oxford University); Dr Stephen Fleet (Vice Master of Downing College Cambridge); Peter Stothard (former Editor of The Times); Griff Rhys-Jones (TV); Noel Edmonds (TV), Frank Lampard Jnr (England footballer), Keith Allen (actor), Sir Nick Scheele (Ford Chief Operating Officer); Chris Jarvis (TV presenter).