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What We Offer

  • Business studies
  • Drama/Theatre
  • Economics
  • ICT
  • Painting/Sculpture
  • Psychology
  • English
  • English As Foreign/2nd Language
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Latin
  • Spanish
  • Archery
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Cricket
  • Cross-Country
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Hockey
  • Martial Arts
  • Netball
  • Rounders
  • Rugby
  • Table Tennis
  • Tennis
  • Water Sports
  • Adventure Training
  • Ballet
  • Cadets
  • Canoeing
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • Horse Riding & Management
  • Language Club
  • Orienteering
  • Public Speaking
  • Rock Climbing
  • Sailing
  • Young Enterprise
  • BTEC - Business and Technology Education Council
  • GCSE - General Certificate of Secondary Education
  • IB DP - International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme
  • IBCP - International Baccalaureate Career Related Programme
  • IGCSE - International General Certificate of Secondary Education
  • Non-denominational
  • Hearing Impairment (HI)
  • Dyslexia or Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD)
  • Aspergers Syndrome (AS)
  • After School Club
  • Armed Forces Children
  • Diplomatic Children
  • Expatriate Children
  • Gifted Children
  • International Students
  • Rail Services
  • School Bus Service
  • Special Diets

Word From The Head

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Mr Frank Thompson


A very warm welcome to Windermere School. We are a school that is as unique and all-encompassing as our idyllic location on the banks of England’s largest lake at the very heart of this UNESCO World Heritage site.

Place only makes up one element of what makes our school so special, of equal importance is people. We are a family as much as we are a school, a home away from home for many of our pupils and we achieve this because we care. We have the capacity to care about everyone one of our pupils because of our size.

Small class sizes and dedicated staff that offer wrap around care throughout the school year ensures that when parents choose Windermere School they do so safe in the knowledge that their children will be taken in the fold, a place of comfort, security and belonging.

The final element that I believe makes us such a special place to live and learn is our curriculum and the experiences we provide. In everything we do we seek to challenge and inspire, to find that real depth of learning that we know exists just beyond the edge of our comfort zones. Be that in the classrooms, on the mountains, out on the lake to taking on an opposition team on the sports pitch, our pupils embrace those challenges, they look forward to them, driven to succeed, confident enough to fail and always looking to learn whatever the outcome.

I am so proud to be leading such a dynamic community. We aim for every pupil to be inspired by the challenge, rooted in the land and brought into the fold: empowering compassionate change makers who seek to improve their world.

You are all warmly invited to come and experience the very special environment that is Windermere School, I hope to welcome you soon.

Mr Frank Thompson Headmaster

Fees

Annual Day Fees *£7605 to £17775
Annual Weekly Boarding Fees *£24120 to £30150
Annual Full Boarding Fees *£25485 to £31335
Flexi BoardingYes
* Currency: GB Pound

Number Of Pupils

64Day84
65Full Boarding35
9Weekly Boarding19
Boys Girls

Admissions

Scholarships and Bursaries

  • Academic
  • Armed forces discounts or bursaries
  • Art
  • Assisted Places
  • Bursaries
  • Dance or Ballet
  • Drama
  • IB Diploma scholarships
  • Music
  • Siblings
  • Sixth Form
  • Sport

Admissions Process

  • Entry test or exam
  • Interview
  • Report from previous school

% Pupils Gaining
GCSE/IGCSE Passes 7 - 9

% Pupils Gaining
A Level Grades A – C

IB Score
 

School Reviews

Which School Advisor


Located in the Lake District, this small all-through, non-selective school offers a choice of academic and vocational pathways alongside a unique outdoor education programme which makes it most suited to the adventurous type.  

Which School Advisor


Located in a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Windermere School could win the contest for most beautiful campus – but more importantly it’s won awards for a unique outdoor education programme that uses this glorious natural setting to full advantage  

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