Downside School

Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4RJ

Contact Information

• Head: Dom Leo Maidlow Davis
• Telephone: +44 (0)1761 235103
• Fax: +44 (0)1761 235105
• Email: registrar@downside.co.uk
• Website: http://www.downside.co.uk

School Information

Downside is a co-educational boarding and day school for pupils aged 11 to 18, and one of England’s oldest and most distinguished Catholic schools. Almost all the pupils at Downside are full boarders, although day pupils are also warmly welcomed. The opportunities open to boys and girls at Downside – academic, sporting, in music, drama and co-curricular activities – are exceptional.

General Information

Fees per term

Entry Requirements & Financial Assistance

Age Ranges & Pupil Numbers

Subjects taught

Art, Biology, Business Studies/Finance, Chemistry, Design and Technology (DT), Double/Triple Award Science, Drama/Theatre Studies, Economics, EFL/ESL, English Language, English Literature, French, Further Mathematics, Geography, German, Greek, Hebrew, History, Italian, Latin, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology, Religious Studies, Russian, Spanish

Facilities

All Weather Pitch, All weather surface, Art & Technology Centre, Art studio, Auditorium, CDT Centre, Chapel, Common Room, Concert Hall, Cricket nets, Design & Technology Suite, Gymnasium, IT Suite, Language Centre, Learning Support Unit, Library, Music Centre, Performing Arts Centre, Photography Studio, Playing Fields on-site, Science laboratories, Sixth Form Centre, Sports Hall, Squash Courts, Swimming Pool (covered), Tennis Courts, Theatre

Activities

Art, Ballet/Dance, Board games, Bridge, Caving, CCF/ACF, Ceramics, Chess, Choir, Climbing, Community Service, Computing/IT, Cookery, Current Affairs, Dancing, Debating/Public Speaking, Design/Technology, Drama/Theatre Studies, Environmental/Green club, Fashion Design, Film/Video Club, Fishing, Forum Debating, Gardening, Go-karting, Knitting, Life Saving/First Aid, Mandarin, Model United Nations, Music with theory, Orchestra/Band, Orienteering, Philosophy, Photography, Poetry, Pottery, Riding, Riding for the disabled, Rock Climbing, School newspaper, Science club, Student Magazine, Ten Tors, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Theatre trips

Sports

Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Canoeing, Climbing Wall, Cricket, Cross Country, Fencing, Fitness Training, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Hockey, Horse Riding, Netball, Polo, Rounders, Rugby, Sailing, Shooting, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis

Travel Information

Map: www.multimap.co.uk
Nearest Train Station: 15-45 minutes
Nearest Airport: Less than 60 minutes
Location: Rural

Miscellaneous Information

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