Sidcot School is a co-educational independent boarding and day school for pupils aged between 3 and 19 years. It is governed by a board composed of up to eighteen governors,at least half of which are members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The school's Quaker foundation can be traced back to 1699, when the school was established in Sithcott to teach boys of Quaker families. It briefly moved to Yatton,then reopened in 1808 on its present site as a co-educational school. Since the last full inspection there has been a change of head in 2012 and a new chair of govemors has been appointed.
The school is divided into a junior day school which includes the Early Years Foundation Stage(EYFS) and educates pupils aged 3 to 11 years, and a senior school which provides boarding and day places for pupils aged 11 to 19. The boarding community is accommodated in five boarding houses.