Description
Bruern Abbey School is Independent Secondary school in Non-selective for kids aged 8 to 14 (Gender - 8 to 14 )
Bruern Abbey is a unique school, catering exclusively for boys aged 8 to 16 diagnosed with dyslexia, dyspraxia and other learning difficulties. The beautiful grounds at the prep and senior schools provide the perfect setting for boys to thrive and engage in a plethora of opportunities beyond the classroom. The highly skilled and passionate specialist staff, support the boys with their academic and pastoral needs; helping them develop techniques and skills to successfully manage their learning difficulties.Bruern has for many years been the only prep school in the country to have as its main purpose the preparation of boys with learning difficulties for Common Entrance and other entrance examinations to mainstream independent senior schools. From September 2022 the school is extending this to preparation for GCSEs, through expanding our provision to open a senior school. Learning difficulties should not preclude academic success, and we believe that extending our offering will allow even more boys to benefit from Bruern's unique offering.
Facilities
Prep
Bruern Prep School is well-established as the only prep school in the country that caters exclusively for boys diagnosed with learning difficulties. Located just over an hour from London and 15 minutes from Oxford, the school provides the perfect setting for boys to thrive and engage in a plethora of opportunities beyond the classroom.Academics are of paramount importance at Bruern Prep. Due to boys' learning difficulties, they need to be taught in very specific ways to help them reach their full potential.The Junior School runs a skills-based curriculum. What this means in practice is that the focus of lessons is far more on 'how to do' rather than factual learning. This is crucial in bringing boys' literacy and numeracy skills up to speed and hence why they have twice as many English and Maths lessons as a standard prep school would for all our juniors, coupled with having two teachers in each class for these key subjects.
Senior school
To allow even more boys to benefit from Bruern’s unique offering, we are delighted to be opening Bruern Senior School from September 2022. At Bruern, they firmly believe that learning difficulties should not preclude academic success, and through expanding the provision they will provide boys with invaluable support throughout their GCSEs and beyond.Bruern Abbey Senior School will be a boys-only weekly boarding and day school. The site will be based in the small village of Chilton in Buckinghamshire, a 20-minute drive from the current Bruern Abbey School site, and situated with excellent transport links to London. The centre of the school is a Georgian manor house that was built in 1740. The school benefits from impressive grounds, as well as the use of the associated barns, stable block and clock tower to provide inspiring classroom spaces.
Features
Things to note
Beyond the Classroom
Giving boys the opportunity to experience all facets of School life is crucial. Bruern makes every effort to offer as many and varied sports, activities, music as possible through the week.
Sport at Bruern
There is a strong tradition of sporting excellence at Bruern. Boys receive specialist coaching in our core sports of Rugby, Football, Cross Country, Swimming and Cricket. However, there are also plenty of opportunities to try out other sports as optional sports (Basketball, 7-a-side Football and Tennis) and as part of our Extra-Curricular programme, with sports including Archery, Golf, Clay Pigeon Shooting and Polo.
Extra Curricular
Please check the school website link for details.
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