About the school
Oswestry School is a co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged between 4 and 18. The school was founded in 1407 and is centrally situated in the market town of Oswestry, Shropshire. The junior school, Bellan House, for pupils aged 4 to 11, stands in its own grounds, a short walk from the main school campus. It includes the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) setting. Boarders, all agedover 11, are accommodated in boarding houses on the senior school campus. The school has a broadly Anglican ethos but welcomes all faiths or none in the spirit of its original non-denominational foundation. A single governing body has oversight of both senior and junior schools. The headmaste rhas oversight of both senior and junior schools.
Since the previous inspection, a new refectory and sports hall have been built and the science laboratories have been refurbished.
What the school seeks to do
The school's aim is to create a happy environment where pupils develop a love for learning.The school seeks to educate the whole child with an emphasis on pupils’intellectual,spiritual and physical development, preparing them for the challenges of life in the spirit of the motto 'we learn not forschool, but for life' .
About the pupils
Day pupils live within a distance of one hour's travel to the school and represent a comprehensive range of backgrounds. Boarders come from a wide variety of countries, including the Far East. Nationally standardised test data provided by the school indicate that the ability of the pupils isbroadly average in the junior school, above average in the senior school and broadly average in the sixth form. Eight pupils have an education, health and care plan (EHC), or a statement of special educational needs. The school has identified 127 pupils as having special educational needs and/ordisabilities (SEND), which include dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia; 86 receive additional specialist help. English is an additional language (EAL) for 92 pupils, 67 of whom receive specialist tuition. Datais used by the school to identify those pupils who are more able in the school population, and the curriculum is modified for them and for those pupils who demonstrate special talents in the creativete arts and sports.
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