Beaudesert Park is a preparatory school for boys and girls from 8 - 13 with a pre-prep department which was opened in 1987. The Headmaster maintains a very flexible attitude towards the options of full, weekly or day given to the 170 pupils in the Prep School. There are 124 children in the Pre-Prep Department aged between 4 and 8. Over the last eighteen years an extensive building programme has extended the facilities to include a sports hall, indoor swimming pool, design technology department and the pre-prep department. The school stands in beautiful grounds high up in the Cotswolds adjoining 500 acres of common land and golf course. Despite its rural location, the school is within half an hour of the M4 and M5 motorways and within easy reach of the surrounding towns of Gloucester, Cheltenham, Cirencester, Swindon, Bath and Bristol. London, Gatwick and Birmingham airports are under an hour and a half's drive.
There is a strong academic tradition and all pupils are encouraged to work to the best of their ability. Children are prepared for Common Entrance and Scholarship examinations. Pupils are given individual attention in classes which are mostly setted or streamed. Over the last five years an average of 10 scholarships - academic, art, music and technology - have been won to leading Independent Senior Schools. The staff consists of 21 full time and 16 part time teaching staff, including six music teachers, all of whom take a personal interest in the children's welfare.
Good manners and consideration for others are a priority. Beaudesert strives to create a happy and purposeful atmosphere, providing for the talents of each child in a wide range of activities, cultural, sporting and recreational. There are thriving drama, art, pottery and music departments. Sporting activities include cricket, soccer, rugger, hockey, netball, rounders, tennis, swimming, athletics, golf, badminton, archery, fencing, dance, judo, rifle shooting and riding. A large number of societies and clubs meet each week.
