Principal's Welcome

In September 2021 we opened a new Nursery which optimises our onsite facilities and easy access to the natural world for outdoor learning. Please note that Nursery places are extremely limited and therefore registering well in advance is strongly recommended. Contact us to arrange a visit and a meeting with our Head of Infants, Alexa Yeoman.

Blanchelande’s infant school is for boys and girls aged 4-7. Reception and Years 1 and 2 are housed around the Rosaire courtyard and from their classrooms they can spill out onto the decking for work and play. Just a minute away the Infants have their own forest learning area where a structured curriculum ensures that learning continues just as much as it does in the classroom. Each class has an LSA who supports the children and the class teacher. The Infant department is a place of security, joy, friendship and adventure. In 2019 the Infant department’s playground was completely renovated, and in 2020 the Reception classroom received a complete refit.

Blanchelande’s junior school is for boys and girls aged 8-11 (Years 3-6). Pupils benefit from small class sizes, an ambitious academic curriculum with specialist teachers, and plenty of sport and exercise. As well as the core curriculum, pupils study languages (French and Latin), music, history and art/design. The College’s ‘liberal arts’ curriculum teaches knowledge and culture (the ‘best that has been known and thought’) as an integrated, synchronized whole, fostering lateral thinking and cultural literacy. Our primary school pupils transfer automatically at 11+ to the senior school.

Blanchelande’s senior school is for boys and girls aged 11-16. Whether moving up from our prep school or joining Blanchelande from elsewhere, all pupils begin by consolidating core knowledge and skills and following a broad curriculum of arts, sciences, humanities, technical skills and sport. Blanchelande educates pupils to be intellectually accomplished but also to have wide interests and practical skills – including ICT, cookery and Design Technology – that will set them up for their lives ahead. There is also a wide range of extra-curricular activities for students to get involved with before, during and after school. Pupils select their GCSE options at the end of Year 9 and most work towards nine or ten GCSEs from Year 10. Furthermore, Blanchelande offers students in Year 10 the opportunity to undertake the Higher Project Qualification, supported by our superb Inquiry-Based Learning Department.

Sixth Formers benefit from small, seminar style lessons and brand-new facilities including a stunning new Senior School Library, Sixth Form Common Room, seminar rooms and an A-Level Science laboratory and study area. Our Sixth Form is open to Blanchelande students moving up from Year 11 and to students from other schools seeking a bespoke learning experience and academic and pastoral support of the highest standard. Provision for the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is outstanding.