EDUCATION
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AT CLAREMONT DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL
Claremont is a thriving , co-educational day and boarding school for children aged 1-18 . The nursery , pre-prep and preparatory schools were established in St-Leonards-on-Sea in 1925 , set within 100 acres of stunning East Sussex countryside , while the senior school and sixth form at Bodiam developed more recently in response to the success of the prep school .
Rated ‘ outstanding ’ across all areas in its recent Ofsted report , there are approximately 600 pupils at the school , including 50 boarders . The school prides itself on the inspirational quality of its teaching staff who create a dynamic learning environment in which all pupils make rapid progress .
Claremont is a centre of genuine academic excellence , recently recording their best ever GCSE results and surpassing the school ’ s 2015 performance , which saw Claremont topping the league tables in East Sussex . 94 percent of this year ’ s results were A * to C grades ( including English and Maths ) and an astonishing 46 percent of all the pupils ’ grades were an A */ A grade . Nearly half of all students achieved five or more A */ A grades and 76 percent of all grades were A * to B .
To see how far your child could thrive at Claremont , the school would like to invite you to experience the nursery and prep school in their upcoming open mornings on Friday October 14th and Saturday October 15th , from 9.30am-1pm . The senior school and sixth form are open on Saturday October 15th too , from 9.30am-1pm .
To view the Ofsted outstanding provision on offer at Claremont at any other time , please telephone 01424 751555 to make an appointment .
PLANNING SUBMITTED FOR NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL IN HORSHAM
Horsham will welcome a new secondary school by September 2020 if plans for a sustainable new live , work , play community to the north of the town get the go-ahead from Horsham District Council .
The new secondary school , partly funded by the Liberty Property Trust from an overall infrastructure and community benefits package of around £ 50 million , will sit within an education campus in the proposed new ‘ North of Horsham ’ development – the planning application for which has recently been submitted .
Designed from an early stage to be a key feature of the overall master plan , the new campus will also include a primary school , as well as catering for ‘ early years ’ children and pupils with special educational needs . Andrew Blevins , managing director of Liberty , said : “ It ’ s not often you hear about good things coming early with large-scale new communities , but we understand that the secondary school is a priority for West Sussex County Council ( WSCC ). Therefore , we will open up the site from the start for them to have the school up and running by 2020 .”
With pressure already on school places locally , Liberty believes that the North of Horsham development will provide an opportunity to deliver a comprehensive education solution and the WSCC is prioritising delivery of the new secondary school to help meet this important need . Likely to be a ‘ free school ’, it will cater for 900 pupils and have the potential to expand to 1,200 pupils if wider district needs demand it . Liberty will help to pay for the new secondary school buildings and facilities , as well as providing some land for the new school .
“ We ’ re delighted to have submitted our planning application ,” added Blevins . “ We said last year that we were going to get the application right and that is exactly what we ’ ve done .”
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