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Royal Alexandra and Albert School is unique. It is a co-educational, voluntary-aided school covering the age range 7 to 18. We have over 410 boarders and around 410 day boarders. We have lessons on Saturday mornings and are a true boarding school where many boarders remain at school each weekend. Our boarding fees are around £12k per year.
Our secondary boarding houses have a maximum 48 boarders and are well staffed with a minimum of six staff of whom three are resident. There is an ongoing programme for updating and extending boarding houses and this includes the addition of 42 study bedrooms for sixth formers.
There are around 50 boarders and 90 non-boarders in Juniors, making us one of the largest primary boarding schools in the UK. There is one class each in Years 3 and 4 and two classes in Years 5 and 6.
Our boarding houses reflect the different ages of pupils within the school and are designed to keep the age range of any particular house quite narrow. Juniors are housed in a co-educational complex with separated first floor sleeping areas. There is one girls' house and one boys' house for boarders aged 11-13 and older secondary boarders occupy another five boarding houses. Currently, the Sixth Form are housed together in Gatton Hall. We believe that by avoiding houses which cover a five-year age span we create a more friendly structure.
In September 2005 the school was designated a Specialist Sports College. This has allowed us to develop extra sports facilities including an indoor Riding school and a new Cricket pavilion. We are in 260 acres of parkland yet only 5 minutes from junction 8 of the M25. In addition to the usual facilities - Sports Hall, Gymnasium, Music Centre, Drama Studio and indoor swimming pool - we have a BHS Approved Riding School with a sand school, twelve horses and two instructors and an indoor riding school. In 2009 work was completed on an all-weather floodlit sports pitch and netball courts. Plans have been approved for a new Tennis Academy with 4 indoor, 4 outdoor and 2 junior courts.
As a High Performing specialist School we have acquired the second specialism of Maths and Computing and have also been designated the Lead School for Gifted and Talented in our area.
Admission to the school is limited to holders of a UK or other European Union passport. We are not able to consider applications from holders of other passports and we do not offer English as a Foreign language - all applicants must be able to access the whole curriculum in English.
The core subjects at GCSE are Maths, English Language, English Literature, Science and ICT. To this pupils add from a range of options which currently include French, German, History, Geography, RE, Art, Drama, Music and PE as well as new Vocational GCSEs in Business Studies, Leisure and ICT.
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School details
Age range: 7 - 18
Day pupils: 260 boys and 230 girls
Annual day fees: £2,970 - £4,695
Full boarding pupils: 220 boys and 190 girls
Annual full boarding fees: £12,630 - £12,630
TOTAL PUPILS: 480 boys and 420 girls, including 60 boys and 60 girls in the 6th form
Staff numbers: 100 full time and 4 part time
Method of entry: Interview, This is a non-selective school, Please apply to school, This school only accepts children of citizens of the United Kingdom and the EU
Accreditations and affiliations: BSA, HMC, SBSA, SHMIS
Religious affiliation: Church of England
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Scholarships
The school offers: Clergy/Ministers, Junior school entry, Financial need, Senior school entry, Boarding
Curriculum, exams and 6th form
Exam boards: A Level, AS Level, BTEC, GCSE, SATs, UK
% pass rate at grades A* to C (exams at age 16): 90%Are vocational courses (such as AVCE/GNVQ) offered? Yes
35 courses are offered for age 18 exams
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