Sidcot School

Sidcot School was founded in 1699 and is one of the oldest and most prestigious private schools in the UK. The school is located in the picturesque countryside on the outskirts of the village of Winscombe and is 30 minutes by car from the historic city of Bristol and 2 hours from London.

About 600 students’ study at the school, mostly British and only a small percentage are foreigners. Foreign students show as good results as their British classmates. Graduates successfully enter selected universities around the world, the most prestigious and ranking.

DIRECTOR (stand 2023)

James Jones, Education - The University of Sheffield, Bachelor of Arts - BA, History and Master of Arts - MA, History.

FAMOUS SCHOOL GRADUATES

• Tim Bevan, film producer
• Percy Bigland, portrait painter
• Mary Bryzer, neuroscientist
• Nick Broomfield, documentary filmmaker
• Edward Compton, landscape painter
• Aldvan Eyck, modernist architect
• Charles Handley-Reed, architectural historian
• Robert Lusty, journalist
• Robert Milner Shackleton, professor of geology
• Mary Treger, art historian
• Anthony Waller, director (films American Werewolf in Paris, Mute Witness)
• Zoë Wanamaker, actress (films “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone”, “Wilde”, series “Poirot”, “Doctor Who”)
• Deborah Warner, film and theatre director
• Vincent Watts, Vice Rector, University of East Anglia
• Justie Webb, journalist for BBC Radi4's Today

KEY FACTORS

• Excellent academic results.
• Good location: in a beautiful countryside, absolute security! At the same time, the school is only 30 minutes away by car to Bristol.
• Over 100 hobby classes in free time from study: from fencing ta chess club and painting. Everyone will find activities to their liking!
• A delightful riding centre located right on the school grounds.
• 84% of graduates go to selected universities.

EQUIPMENT

The school has a 25-meter heated pool, gym, gym, tennis courts, rugby and football fields, all-season sports fields. Here, great equipment for practicing art: spacious and bright studios, 3D studios for practicing ceramics and sculpture, special equipment for photography, film production and website design, including a traditional photo laboratory. The art department has three furnaces for firing ceramics, an oven for firing glass, several printing presses and a workshop for gypsum moulding.

Sidcot School has a great riding centre with a stable with its own horses, a pony club, outdoor all-weather arenas and a cross-country horse-riding training route. Pupils can bring their own horses (even from abroad) to keep them in the stable, providing full feeding, care and training. Schoolchildren have the opportunity not only to attend riding lessons, but also to learn how to care for horses and get Horse Owner's Certificates.

PROGRAM

GCSE

A two-year program for obtaining a certificate of general secondary education. Required to study 6 subjects, 4 subjects are studied by choice.

GCSE One Year Course

Intensive one-year program for international students 15-16 years old, which offers intensive preparation for the transition to graduation programs A -level or IB.

A-level

A two-year university preparatory program. Students choose 4 or 5 subjects for in-depth study.

International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB)

A program recognized by universities around the world. 6 subjects are studied: 3 at the advanced level and 3 at the standard level. In addition to this, students write an extended essay, take the course “Theory of Knowledge” (practical philosophy) and the course CAS (“Creativity, Activity and Mutual Assistance”).

BTEC

An alternative to the A-level program: a pre-university training course with maximum emphasis on the development of practical skills, the application of theoretical knowledge in real life. You can get a BTEC qualification in the following specialties: business sciences, sports.

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD

Residence, younger students live in double and triple rooms. High school students live in single and double rooms. Some students prefer to do homework in their rooms, while others use the library for this. Each house has a comfortable common room with a TV, DVD and game console, WIFI and a small kitchen for students.

SPORT

Sports at school: athletics, basketball, cricket, cross-country running, horse riding, fencing, soccer, golf, hockey, karting, netball, rounders, rugby, skiing, swimming, tennis. Throughout the year, children regularly participate in matches against local schools, showing excellent athletic performance.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Sidcot Centre for the Creative Arts combines traditional genres with the latest technology and modern means of fine art, music, drama, sculpture, photography and digital media. The music school has a special hall for performances, rehearsal rooms, a recording studio and equipment for practicing music technology. The theatre department provides opportunities for theatrical art classes, the creation of radio productions or films.

The school offers more than 100 additional classes on interests: from archery and trampoline ta math club and hiking. The school guarantees that students have every opportunity to try new classes, as well as develop existing interests. Examples of extracurricular activities: the creation of digital media projects, debates, jewellery manufacturing, television production, a culinary club, a choir, a needlework club, a mathematics club, and much more.

The school organizes excursions for students, visits to galleries and museums, international exchange programs, music tours, lectures.

COST, 2023-2024

£11,030 - £14,430 per semester (depending on age).
There are 3 semesters in the school year.

Included in cost

• Teaching
• Accommodation and meals
• Laundry
• Clubs

Extra paid

• Registration fee - £160
• Deposit - £5,000
• Flights
• Transfers t/ from the airport
• Visa
• Services of the company "Paradise"
• Guardianship (as required by British law)

SERVICES OF THE EDUCATIONAL COMPANY INCLUDE

• Selection of 5-6 schools that best meet the individual characteristics of the child, further goals, talents, with the desired environment. Help in the correct interpretation of school ratings, an explanation of why the school occupies one place or another. Help in obtaining reliable information about schools that are not included in the ratings, with an explanation of the reasons for non-participation in it.
• Admission t1-3 schools, selected from the proposed. Which includes the preparation of the necessary documents, school reports, characteristics, recommendations. Selection and submission of tests to prepare the student for exam testing, assistance in preparing essays. Preparation for an interview with the teacher / principal, registration for the exam. The necessary list of recommendations when attending school for passing entrance examinations. Correspondence with the school (far from all schools enter into correspondence with foreign parents, they are cautious about them, trust only ta trusted agent).
• Assistance in paying registration fees, deposits, bills. Clarification of school rules, including disciplinary and legal aspects.
• Filling out the required medical forms.
• Selection of guardians required by UK law.

Student supervision during the first month of training is provided as a gift: assistance in resolving issues related to resettlement, billing, informing parents about the child’s health status, assistance with understanding of academic programs, organization of ext. classes for the child in a particular subject, help in choosing the program most suitable for the child, transfer to another class, etc.

IMPRESSION OF A SCHOOL VISIT

Natasha Strein
Founder of ‘’Paradise’’

Muscovite Mark is in the 9th grade of the English school Sidcot near Bristol. He is 13 years old. A very good choice: at the age of 13, British children go to senior school: a lot of new ones, friendship is just beginning.

But the most important thing is that this year has the character of PREPARATORY and research. Children study many sciences and arts in order to try EVERYTHING FOR THE MAXIMUM and in the next, 10th grade, at the age of 14, already make their own choice of subjects.

The child is no longer small, and also a terrible ghost of adolescence loomed. The energy rushing, the protest is growing ... The school has created all the conditions for their splash.

Therefore, if you do not dare to send the child in 10 (perfect), then 13 years old is the BEST AGE for sending.