| Chandlings Prep School | |
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Bagley Wood , , OX1 5ND | |
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| Type | Private preparatory day school |
| Motto | We champion childhood by promoting curiosity, endeavor and adventure |
| Established | 1994 |
| 131981 Tables | |
| Ofsted | Reports |
Headmaster | Adam Mallins |
Chair of Governors | Alison Derham |
| Staff | 90 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 2 to 11 |
| Enrolment | approx. 400 |
| Houses | Astley Poltimore Richardson |
| Colours | Blue Red Gold Grey |
| Website | www |
Chandlings, or Chandlings Prep School, known until 2007 as Chandlings Manor School, is an independent co-educational preparatory school at Bagley Wood near Kennington, a village south of Oxford.
The school occupies a site of 62 acres (25 hectares), and is a member of the Independent Association of Prep Schools.
History
Chandlings was founded in 1994 as a co-educational day-school by the governors of Cothill House to supplement the preparatory boarding school education for boys at Cothill. In its early years, it was known as Chandlings Manor School.1
Present day
The school is operated by Radley Schools Group, an educational charity registered in England, which also operates other preparatory schools in England.2
Chandlings is a co-educational school which has a nursery and a pre-prep department, which delivers an Early Years Foundation Stage programme for children up to year 2, and then a prep department, for years 3 to 6. Pupils are divided into three houses: Richardson (colour: red), Astley (dark blue) and Poltimore (green).3
The headmaster is Adam Mallins.4
The Good Schools Guide says:
The name conjures up ancient stones, mullioned windows, the faded grandeur of an ancient aristocratic line. The reality is more of a 62-acre Southfork Ranch/nouveau Cotswold mash-up with added fountains. Parents be reassured, these well-appointed low-rise buildings do, in fact, lend themselves very well to a school.5
Publications
- Clare Walsh, Get Cooking! (Chandlings Manor School, 2005, ISBN 0955006708)
References
References
- Good Schools Guide (Lucas Publications, 2003), p. 737
- "Cothill Educational Trust, registered charity no. 309639". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- Jonathan Barnes, ed., Preparatory Schools 2013, (2012), p. 235
- https://chandlings.org.uk/about/heads-welcome/
- Ralph Palmer, 12th Baron Lucas, ed., Chandlings profile at goodschoolsguide.co.uk, accessed 5 May 2018