Downside School Prospectus 2022

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ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND ETHOS D OW N S I D E I S A C O - E D U C AT I O N A L , F O RWA R D - T H I N K I N G C AT H O L I C S C H O O L T H AT W E L C O M E S P U P I L S A N D PA R E N T S O F A L L FA I T H S W H O S E T S TO R E B Y E M P H A S I S I N G T H E I M P O RTA N C E O F M O R A L C O U R AG E , I N T E G R I T Y A N D S E RV I C E TO OT H E R S . When the climate is one of personal growth and change, achievement happens, in all arenas, without becoming the be-all and end-all of life. We all know that education is a long game – indeed the longest game possible. Our pupils will achieve the exam results necessary to get them to the next stage of their lives, but the Christian values learnt here will accompany them forever. The School, founded in 1606 (the same year, for example, that the Gunpowder Plot failed and Rembrandt was born), is home to 350 boarders and day pupils, aged between 11 and 18 years of age.

The School is a collection of beautiful buildings, the most magnificent of which is the Abbey, visible like a beacon for miles around. The School grounds and pitches are everything you would expect from a major school in the rolling Somerset countryside. The facilities are extensive and include an indoor swimming pool, a Mac Suite dedicated to music, a health centre, and a Performing Arts Centre containing a 400-seat theatre and a recording studio.

PUPILS SPEAK OF THE BENEDICTINE VALUES WHICH LIE AT THE HEART OF THE SCHOOL’S ETHOS OPENLY AND PROUDLY. THIS IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THOSE PUPILS WHO ARE NOT CATHOLIC AS MUCH AS THOSE WHO ARE. ISI Report

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