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Thank you for your interest
in Downside School.
Downside is an independent,
co-educational boarding and day school for pupils aged
11 to 18, and one of England’s oldest and most distinguished
Catholic schools. Founded in 1606 in Douai, Downside
today is a school of four hundred and thirty boys and
girls, housed in magnificent buildings at the foot of
the Mendip Hills, twelve miles south of the city of Bath.
DOWNSIDE
IS A CATHOLIC SCHOOL
The Benedictine monastic community of St Gregory the
Great, now at Downside, has been running a school for
Catholic children for over four centuries. Through the
sacraments, prayer, catechesis and example, in the classroom
and out of it, both monks and lay staff at Downside seek
to inspire pupils to love God and to serve others. Whilst
Downside welcomes families and children from other faiths,
we ask them to always to recognise our distinctively
Catholic nature.
DOWNSIDE IS AN ACADEMIC SCHOOL
Downside works with families to ensure that the boys
and girls have high academic expectations, are successful
in public examinations, and discover intellectual interests
that will stay with them for life. The School has a
thriving academic life to stretch the brightest pupils,
and provides structured support for the less able.
Class sizes are small and each pupil is assigned a
tutor to supervise his or her academic progress.
DOWNSIDE IS A BOARDING SCHOOL
Almost all the boys and girls at Downside are seven-day-a-week
boarders, although day pupils are also warmly welcomed.
The School is committed to remaining a traditional
boarding school, not a flexi-boarding school or a weekly
boarding school. The opportunities open to boarders
at Downside – academic, sporting, in music, drama and
co-curricular activities – are exceptional. Weekends
for boarders are full, busy and purposeful.
This internet site can only
give you an impression of our life and work; there can
be no substitute for coming to visit us in person. You
may like to register for one of our Open Days by clicking
here or you may prefer a separate, private visit which
our Registrar, Mrs Anastasia Hatvany, will be pleased
to arrange for you.
Tel 01761 235103
Email registrar@downside.co.uk
Thank you for visiting the
Downside School website.
Dom Leo Maidlow Davis
Head Master
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