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Curriculum plans are monitored, reviewed and updated regularly to keep them fresh, topical and exciting. Most learning at Bevendean is thematic and topic based which helps the children to make meaning in the real world. Lower School Year 2 – Year 3. The aim in the Lower School at Danes Hill is to offer new and exciting challenges to every child.
School Life. A child’s school days should be filled with excitement and wonder, creating memories that they will treasure for years to come. Danes Hill School is the perfect platform for children to discover their passions, make lifelong friendships and believe in themselves. One of the way we do this is through our House system.
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Danes Hill School is a non-selective co-ed prep school for children aged 3-13 in Oxshott. It is a big school set across two sites. The main school sits on a 55-acre campus, the pre-prep, is on a smaller site about half a mile away. It is an exciting and buzzy school with plenty on offer both on through the curriculum and the extra-curricular progra...
In a word? Outstanding! The main school is undeniably impressive, set on 55 acres with an attractive Victorian mansion at its heart that blends well with an extensive mix of add-ons. The junior school is in the main building which opens out onto its own dedicated playground, and the upper school is in the Wrens and Robins Buildings. There is everyt...
Danes Hill is a sporty school and has a rich history that includes success at county, divisional and national levels. The ethos is “sports for all” with inclusion, participation and enjoyment at the heart of it. The usual suspects are played – football, rugby, hockey, cricket, and netball. There is also athletics, tennis and swimming. Fixtures are ...
Music is taught from transition to year 8, and children also have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument taught by visiting music teachers. There are more choirs, ensembles and bands than you can shake a conductor’s baton at, including an orchestra, jazz band, string quartet, flute, clarinet, saxophone, double reed, guitar and brass ensemble...
Bevendean, the pre-prep, is on a separate site five minutes’ drive from the main campus. It goes from nursery (mini-transition) to year 1. In year 2, children move to the prep school. Most learning at the pre-prep is topic based, and there are specialist teachers for music, sport and languages. Outdoor learning is big, and children have bi-weekly F...
The school aims to provide a broad-based education and prides itself on offering support and resources for stronger learners as well as the weaker ones. It is a three or four-form entry throughout the school from year 2 upwards and specialist teaching happens across all of the school in subjects like DT, music, PE, games and art. Children are taugh...
Children at Danes Hill do well academically. A large majority go on to Reed’s School, St John’s Leatherhead and Epsom College. Pupils in 2023 also accepted places at ACS Egham, Ardingly, Box Hill School, Brighton College, Charterhouse, Cheltenham Ladies’ College, City of London Freemen’s School, Cranleigh School, Eton, Guildford High, Hampton Schoo...
Pastoral care is at the forefront of everything at Danes Hill – and it’s tackled strategically with a whole-school approach, but support starts with the form teacher. The fact the school is broken down into smaller sections helps establish a focus on individual pupils and their needs. There are 12 ELSAs at Danes Hill and there is also a full-time s...
Richard Brown stepped in as interim head in April 2024, replacing Maxine Shaw. He has more than 25 years’ experience working in independent education at both junior and senior school levels. Richard was headmaster at Handcross Park School in Haywards Heath for seven years, and for eight years before that he was headmaster at Dorset House School in ...
Danes Hill offers Breakfast Club at the pre-prep from 7.40am and at the prep School from 7.15am. An Extended Day Club runs until 5.25pm at the pre-prep and until 5.45pm at the prep school A huge range of extra-curricular activities are offered at Danes Hill. If you can think of it, it’s probably on the programme. There’s everything from judo and ja...
What the school says... Situated in an impressive, leafy campus of 55 acres on the edge of Oxshott village, Danes Hill offer a very broad and diverse curriculum, outstanding pastoral care, extensive extra-curricular opportunities and impressive sporting, music and teaching facilities ensure that the children benefit from a high quality education where the individual is recognised, valued and ...
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Number of pupils. 692. Day fees per annum. £5,300 - £7,500 per term. Associations. IAPS, ISC. "We believe Danes Hill School develops independent, confident and caring children with strong minds and voices. We've witnessed this journey in our children and for us, this is the school's greatest strength." Danes Hill School is a co-educational ...
