Chandlings
| Chandlings Prep School | |
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| File:Chandlings school outdoor photo.jpg | |
| Location | |
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Bagley Wood , , OX1 5ND | |
| Information | |
| Type | Private preparatory day school |
| Established | 1994 |
| Department for Education URN | 131981 Tables |
| Headmistress | Christine Cook |
| Chair of Governors | Ralph Townsend |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 2 to 11 |
| Enrolment | approx. 400 |
| Website | http://www.chandlings.org.uk/ |
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) with a wide variety of sports and educational facilities 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 | edit source]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]
Among the school's facilities are an indoor heated swimming pool, tennis and netball courts, playing fields, full-size astroturf pitch, a golf course, stables, and woods where a new low-ropes course has been built.[4]
The headmaster is Adam Mallins. [5]
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.[6]
In rural surroundings near Oxford, Chandlings is part of Radley Schools Group.
Publications
[edit | edit source]- Clare Walsh, Get Cooking! (Chandlings Manor School, 2005, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Good Schools Guide (Lucas Publications, 2003), p. 737
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- ^ Jonathan Barnes, ed., Preparatory Schools 2013, (2012), p. 235
- ^ Chandlings profile at ultimateactivity.co.uk, accessed 5 May 2018
- ^ 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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