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Education, education, education... it's as important as it's ever been to give children the very best start in life. And if you feel that independent schooling is right for your offspring, take a look at the following pages for a list of independent schools in the Norfolk aTea. Eastern Daily Press Norfolk September 2007

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BEESTON HALL SCHOOL West Runton, Cromer, NR27 9NQ.

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Head: I K MacAskill BEd lHons!.

Tel 01263 837324. Fax: 01263 838177.

Email: officelObeestonhall.co.uk

Website: www.beestonhall.co.uk

Co-educational: Seven to 13.

Religious affiliation: C of E [lOpe RCI.

Boarders 94, day pupils 69.

Fees per term: boarding £5,255; day £3,925 including meals.

Assistance with fees: means-tested bursaries available.

Entry requirements: informal assessment.

GLEBE HOUSE SCHOOL 2 Cromer Road, Hunstanton, PE36 6HW.

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Head: John P Crofts BA [Hons), PGCE.

Tel 01485 532809. Fax: 01485 533900.

Email: sjtlOglebehouseschool.co.uk

Website: www.glebehouseschool.co.uk

Co-educational: Six months to 13 years.

Religious affiliation: C of E [others welcome!'

Boarders 32, day pupils 76, plus nursery.

Fees per term: boarding £3,747; day £1,823 to £3,148 including

lunch.

Assistance with fees: scholarships and bursaries and governors'

awards.

GRESHAM'S SCHOOL Cromer Road, Holt, NR25 6EA.

Head: A R Clark MA.

Tel 01263 714500. Fax: 01263 712028.

Email: headmasterlOgreshams.com

Website: www.greshams.com

Co-educational: 13 to 18.

Religious affiliation: C of E.

Boarders 276, day pupils 181.

Fees per term: boarding £7,235; day £5,605 including lunch.

Assistance with fees: promotion of excellence, scholarships

[including art, music, drama and sports] available at Year 9 and

Year 12 entry.

Entry requirements: common entrance or entry test; six GCSEs

[A' to C) for sixth form entry with Bs preferred in subjects

undertaken for A level.

GRESHAM'S PREPARATORY SCHOOL Holt, NR25 6EY.

Head: J H W Quick BA (Hons), PGCE.

Head of Pre-Preparatory School: Mrs J Davidson Cert Ed.

Tel 01263714600 [prep!. Fax: 01263 714060.

Tel/fax 01263 714575 lpre-prep!.

Email: preplOgreshams.com

Website: www.greshams.com

Co-educational: three to 13.

Religious affiliation: C of E lothers welcome].

Boarders 50, day pupils 311.

Fees per term: boarding £5,280; day £2,000 to £4,050 including

meals.

Assistance with fees: scholarships and bursaries [Year 71.

Entry requirements: assessment (Maths/Englishl and previous

school's recommendation.

HETHERSETT OLD HALL SCHOOL Norwich Road, Hethersett, Norwich, NR9 3DW,

Head: Mrs J M Mark BA [Lon)

Tel 01603 810390. Fax: 01603 812094.

Email: enquirieslOhohs.co,uk

Website: www.hohs.co.uk

Girls: four to 18; boys; four to seven.

Religious affiliation: C of E.

Boarders 27, day pupils 206.

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Fees per term: boarding £6,195; day £1,995 to £3,150 including lunch. Assistance with fees: bursaries and academic scholarships available for entry to senior sch,ool and sixth form. Fee reduction for sisters, Forces and clergy. Entry requirements: assessment and interview or common entrance.

LANGLEY SCHOOL Langley Park, Norwich, NR14 6BJ.

Head: J G Malcolm BSc, MA, Cert Ed.

Tel 01508 520210.

Fax 01508 528058.

Email: ad ministration0langleyschool.co.u k

Website: www.langleyschool.co,uk

Co-educational: 10 to 18.

Religious affiliation: Non-denominational.

Boarders 130; day pupils 345.

Fees per term: boarding £4,240 to £5,900; day

£2,235 to £2,900 excluding lunch.

Assistance with fees: scholarships [academic,

sport, music, drama, art, technology], family and

Forces discount.

Entry requirements: interview and report, results

of common entrance, SATS or GCSEs.

(Above) Set in Cathedral Close, the Norwich School is an independent day school for boys who are aged seven to 18, and has a co-educational sixth form.

Fees per term: day £1.450 to £2,175 excluding

lunch.

Assistance with fees: Year 3 scholarships and

bursaries.

Entry requirements: interview and school report

where available and trial day when possible.

THE NEW ECCLES HALL SCHOOL Quidenham, NR16 2NZ.

Head: R W Allard Cert Ed.

Tel 01953887217. Fax 01953 887397.

Email: admin0neweccleshall.com

Website: www.neweccleshall.com

Co-educational: four to 16.

Religious affiliation: inter-denominational.

Boarders 64; day pupils 121,

Fees per term: boarding £4,060 to £4,815; day

£1,555 to £2,580 including lunch.

Assistance with fees: music bursary.

Entry requirements: interview and assessment.

Fees per term: day £1.900 to £2,621 excluding lunch. Assistance with fees: academic scholarships and bursaries available at ll-plus and 16-plus. Music scholarship at l1-plus and 16-plus. Entry requirements: interview, school report and entrance assessments at four-plus/seven-plus and l1-plus. Girls who will achieve six GCSEs, grade B or above, can join the sixth form.

NORWICH SCHOOL 70 The Close, Norwich, NRl 400.

Head: J B Hawkins MA.

Tel 01603728430. Fax 01603728490.

Email: head.sec0norwich-school.org. uk

Website: wwwnorwich-school.org.uk

Boys: 11 to 18, co-educational sixth form.

Religious affiliation: Christian.

Day pupils 834.

Fees per term: day £3,055 excluding lunch.

Assistance with fees: scholarships, music

scholarships, bursaries, Cathedral choir.

Entry requirements: examination and interview,

six good GCSE passes required for sixth form.

THE LOWER SCHOOL - NORWICH SCHOOL 70 The Close, Norwich, NRl 400.

LANGLEY PREPARATORY SCHOOL

NORWICH HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

Beech Hill, 11 Yarmouth Road, Thorpe St

Andrew, Norwich, NR7 OEA.

Eaton Grove. 95 Newmarket Road,

Norwich. NR2 2HU.

Head: 5 B Marfleet BSc [Hons], PGCE, MSc.

Tel 01603 433861. Fax: 01603 702639.

Email: headmaster0lang leyprep .norfolk. sch. uk

Website: www.langleyprep.norfolk.sch.uk

Co-educational: two to 11.

Religious affiliation: non-denominational.

Day pupils: 141,

Head: Mrs V C Bidwell BA, PGCE, FRSA.

Tel 01603453265. Fax: 01603 259891.

Email: admin0nor.gdst.net

Website: www.gdst.net/norwich/

Girls: four to 18.

Religious affiliation: non-denominational.

Day pupils 880.

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Master: P M Greenfield BEd.

Tel 01603623194. Fax 01603 629679.

Email: l.school0norwich -school.org.uk

Website: www.norwich-school.org.uk

Boys: seven to 11.

Religious affiliation: Christian. Day pupils 165.

Fees per term: day £2,940 excluding lunch.

Assistance with fees: scholarships at nine-plus.

Entry requirements: assessment in English,

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HAPPINESS • CONFIDENCE • ACHIEVEMEINT That is why we're one of the best full-boarding and day Prep. schools in the country and why on average a third of our leavers gain awards every year to the leading pubillic schools

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"A gloriously happy school...delightful and outstanding with confident children" 01263 837324 www.beestonhall.co.uk [email protected]

THETFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL

A SEMIS :3'/,-l8 co-educational independent day

~chool

TGS: the family school

for families ambitious for their children

OPEN MORNING

Thetford Grammar School is a frienclly and family based community, a high achieving co-educational day school in East Anglia running through from 3'/" years to Sixth Form. We pride ourselves on our academic success - 88% A­ C grades at A level and 59% A*/A at GCSE - and on the development of the whole person. One of the striking features of the school is the way our seniors ~upport the younger pupils and the concern we show as a community for the outside world. We live in a site of historical significance, with buildings - and indeed our school history - going right back to pre-Conquest days. We blend in the traditions

of hard work and extra­ curricular activity, with an awareness of the need to produce rounded individuals, sensitive to others and fully equipped to meet the challenges of a modern technological society. Our new Performing Arts and Sixth Form Centre, opening in September, combines medieval wall and modern glass and steel, the very best of both worlds. That is how we see ourselves also: the best of the old and the new. But corne and see for yourselves. Bring your children for a day with us. Let them be the best judge of whether TGS is the right environment for them. \Ve are confident they will say yes!

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THE,TFORD GRA1VlMAR SCHOOL

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/J­ (Above left) While the school has a particularly strong artistic heritage, Gresham's provides a stimulating environment for both artists and scientists. (Above right) Gresham's School in Holt. RIDDLESWORTH HALl Diss, I'P22 2TA.

Head: Colin Campbell BA.

Tel 01953 681246. Fax: 01953 688124.

Email: en qui riesrari d,d lesworth haltco m

Website: www.riddlesworthhall.com

Girls: two-and-a-half to 13; boys; two-and-a-half

to 11.

Religious affiliation: C of E lall denominations

welcome].

Boarders [girls onlyl 29; day pupils 92.

Fees per term: boarding £4,750 to £5,050; day

£184 to £2,900 including lunch.

Assistance with fees: bursaries.

Entry requirements: interview and assessment.

SACRED HEART CONVENT SCHOOL 17 Mangate Street, Swaffham, PE37 7QW.

Head: Sr Francis Ridler FDC, BEd.

Tel 01760 721330/724577 Fax: 01760 725557.

Email: inforasac red heartsch 00 l.co. uk

Website: www.sacredheartschool.co.uk

Boys: three to 11; girls: three to 16.

Religious affiliation: RC [other denominations

welcomel.

Boarders 30: day pupils 162.

Fees per term: boarding £3,750 to £4,025;

day £1,775 to £2,650 including lunch.

Assistance with fees: Scholarships Year 7:

academic, music, art, sport, all rounder

Iboarderl. Some bursaries available.

Entry requirements: assessments, school report

and interview.

groupsl to eight-plus.

Religious affiliation: non-denominational.

Day pupils 116.

Fees per term: day £260 to £1,561 excluding

lunch.

Entry requirements: personal interview with

parent and child.

ST NICHOLAS HOUSE SCHOOL Yarmouth Road, North Walsham, NR28 9AT.

Principal and head: C J A Wardle.

Tel 01692 403143. Fax: 01692 403143.

Email: stnicholasrayarmouth4 7. fsnet.co.uk

Website: www.stnicholashouse.org.uk

Co-educational: three to 11.

Religious affiliation: multi-faith.

Day pupils 98.

Fees per term: day £1,060 excluding lunch.

Entry requirements: by interview.

TAVERHAM HALL SCHOOL Taverham, Norwich, NR8 6HU.

Head: W 0 Lawton M Ed.

Tel 01603 868206. Fax: 01603 861061.

Email: enqui rerataverhamhall.co.uk

Website: www.taverhamhall.co.uk

Co-educational: one-and-a-half to 13.

Religious affiliation: C of E.

Boarders 25: day pupils 242.

Fees per term: boarding £4,175; day £714 to

£3,740 including lunch.

Assistance with fees: academic, music, sport,

scholarships, Forces discount.

Entry requirements: interview and report.

ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL George Hill, Old Catton, Norwich, NR6 7DE.

THETFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL Bridge Street, Thetford, IP24 3AF.

Principal: F Reynol.ds. Tel 01603 425179. Fax 01603425179. Email: ad min rastch ri s to phers. co nnectadsl. co. uk Website: www.stchristophersnorwich.co.uk Co-educational: one-and-a-quarter Itoddler Eastern Daily Press Norfolk September 2007

Head: G J Price MA [Ox on].

Tel 01842 752840. Fax 01842750220.

Email: hmsecrathetg ram norfolk.sch .uk

Website: www.thetgram.norfolk.sch.uk

Co-educational: four to18.

Religious affiliation: non-denominational.

Day pupils 300.

Fees per term: day £2,324 to £2,810 excluding

lunch.

Assistance with fees: scholarships at 11 and sixth

form, bursaries available, details available from

the headmaster.

Entry requirements: examination, interview and

school report for entry at all levels.

THORPE HOUSE SCHOOL 7 Yarmouth Road, Norwich, NR7 OEA.

Head: A Todd BSc [Honsl.

Tel 01603 433055. Fax: 01603 436323.

Email officerathorpehouseschool.com

Website: www.thorpehouseschool.com

Girls: three to 16.

Day pupils 215.

Fees per term: day £1,480 to £2,240 excluding

lunch.

Assistance with fees: some scholarships

available for senior school entrants.

Entry requirements: day visit, l1-plus entrance

assessment, parent interview.

TOWN CLOSE HOUSE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD 14 Ipswich Road, Norwich, NR2 2LR.

Head: Graeme Lowe BEd.

Tel 01603 620180. Fax: 01603 618256.

Email: headratownclose.com

Website: www.townclose.com

Co-educational: three to 13.

Religious affiliation: C of E [other denominations

welcome].

Day pupils 467.

Fees per term: day £1,800 to £2,810 including

lunch.

Assistance with fees: scholarships and bursaries,

details available on request. Entry requirements:

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INDEPENDENT DAY & BOARDING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AGED 4-18 & BOYS AGED 4-7

Extensive choice of extra curricular activities Friendly, caring environment

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'Home away from home' boarding experience 100% success in boys getting 1st choice of school after 7 •

Exceptional sporting facilities

Small class sizes

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Specialist

teaching staff

Broadening horizons • Fostering creativity Building rfe skills • Learning adventurously King's is a robust school, a caring and happy community in which energy, integrity and courage flow in abundance.Visit us any time and feel the buzz that envelops the school.

Open Day 22 September Sixth Form Open Morning 13 October [email protected] www.kingsschoolely.co.uk

The King's School Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4DB Tel: 01353 660700 56

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IAbove left) Sixth formers relax by the chapel at Woodbridge School. IAbove right) Sports fields and buildings at St Felix Schools, Southwold.

FRAMLINGHAM COLLEGE Framlingham, Suffolk, IP13 9EY.

Head: Mrs G M Randall BA [Hons!. FRSA.

Tel 01728 723789. Fax: 01728724546.

Email: admissionsrclframcollege.co.uk

Website: www.framlingham.suffolk.sch.uk

Co-educational: 13 to 18,

Religious affiliation: C of E lother denominations

welcomel.

Boarders 286; day pupils 145.

Fees per term: boarding £6,524; day £4,193

including lunch.

Assistance with fees: scholarships, bursaries,

Forces discount.

Entry requirements: 13-plus common entrance

or scholarship exam; other candidates: interview,

test and school reference; 16-plus: interview,

school reference, scholarship exam and GCSE

results.

FRAMLINGHAM COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL Brandeston Hall, Brandeston, Suffolk, IP13 7AH,

Head: Nigel Woolnough BA IHons!. MSc, PGCE.

Tel 01728685331. Fax: 01728 685437.

Email :officefab randestonhall. co, uk

Website: www.framlingham.suffolk.sch.uk

Co-educational: two-and-a-half to 13.

Religious affiliation: C of E lother denominations

accepted!.

Boarders 56; day pupils 203.

Fees per term: boarding £5,143; day £1,839 to

£3,198 including lunch.

Assistance with fees: academic, music and

sports scholarships at l1-plus.

Entry requirements: assessment and report.

'lLD SCHOOL, HENSTEAD :oad Row, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 7LG. ead: M J Hewett BA, Cert Ed, M Coll P. Istern Daily Press Norfolk September 2007

Tel01502 741150. Fax: 01502 741150.

Email: oldschoolfabtclick.com

Website: www.theoldschoolhenstead.co.uk

Co-educational: four-and-a-half to 11.

Religious affiliation: non-denominational.

Day pupils 116.

Fees per term: day £1,450 to £1,820 excluding

lunch.

Assistance with fees: contact the headmaster.

Entry requirements: interview

ROYAL HOSPITAL SUFFOLK Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 2RX.

Head: Howard Blackett, MA.

Tel 01473 326200. Fax: 01473 326213.

Email: ad m issio nsfaroya lhospi ta lschoo l. org

Website: www.royalhospitalschool.org

Co-educational: 11 to 18.

Religious affiliation: inter-denominational.

Boarders 615; day pupils 15.

Fees per term: boarding £600 to £5,918; day £600

to £3,150 including lunch.

Assistance with fees: scholarships at all levels,

families of seafarers may be eligible for

assistance.

Entry requirements: own examination each

January plus common entrance if applicable.

SAINT FELIX SCHOOLS Southwol.d, Suffolk, IP18 650.

Entry requirements: pre-prep: interview and trial day; prep/senior Ill-plus!: entrance exam; older pupils interview and report; sixth form: GCSEs and report.

WOODBRIDGE SCHOOL Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4JH.

Head: 5 H Cole MA, MA lEd Mgt!. PGCE, C Phys,

MinstP.

Tel 01394615041. Fax: 01394380944.

Email: ad m issionfawood bridge. suffolk. sch. uk

Website: www.woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk

Co-educational: 11 to 18.

Religious affiliation: C of E lother denominations

accepted!.

Boarders 40; day pupils 560,

Fees per term: boarding £6,318; day £3,444 to

£3,648 including lunch.

Assistance with fees: academic, music, drama,

art, chess and all-rounder scholarships at 11­

plus, 13-plus and 16-plus.

Entry requirements: school entrance

examination at ll-plus; school examination or

common entrance at 13-plus; sixth form entry

minimum three grade Bs and two grade Cs at

GCSE plus interview and report.

THE ABBEY, THE PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR WOODBRIDGE SCHOOL Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 105.

Head: David A T Ward MA.

Tel 01502722175. Fax: 01502 722641.

Email: schooladminfastfelix.suffolk.sch.uk

Website: www.stfelix.co.uk

Co-educational: one to 18.

Religious affiliation: non-denominational.

Boarders 61; day pupils 291.

Fees: Boarding £4,000 to £6,300, day £1,300 to

£3,800 including lunch.

Assistance with fees: academic, music, drama

and sport scholarships/bursaries.

Head: Nicholas Garrett BA.

Tel 01394382673. Fax: 01394383880.

Email: offi cefat hea bbeysc hool-su ffolk.o rg. uk

Web: www.woodbridge.suffolk.sch.uk/the_abbey

Co-educational: four to 11.

Religious affiliation: C of E.

Day pupils 300.

Fees per term: day £1,998 to £2,995 including

lunch. Entry requirements: entrance tests

according to age.

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