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Housed in a beautiful ducal palace, surrounded by 750 acres of historically significant landscaped gardens, Stowe provides a unique educational environment in which youth is celebrated rather than stifled, where creativity is prized and academic rigour encouraged.
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Without doubt the most visually stunning of allEnglish private schools, Stowe School sits in 750 acres of splendour in rural NorthBuckinghamshire – an 18thcentury neo-classical palace as its centrepiece,surrounded by some of the most beautiful grounds in the country, with Vanbrugh,Soane, Kent and Capability Brown having all had a hand in design. Wi...
Seriously, where to start? An extraordinary array of sports facilities, many of which underpin the School’s elite pricing and lucky young guests. Amidst the expected rugby fields and sports halls, there’s a new golf course, an equestrian centre with a cross country course designed by Mark Phillips, an assault course, a livery centre, athletics trac...
Deep pockets have created some inspiring set pieces in terms of arts provision. The Chung Music School, completed in 2013 under the banner Music For Everyone, offers practise rooms, a 200-seat auditorium, recording studio (yes there’s even a Stowe music label) and music library. Fancy playing chopsticks on a Steinway? Here, choose from 24 of them! ...
There’s a regular roll call of new or upgraded facilities at Stowe. All boarding houses are having a makeover (more of that later) but in terms of set pieces there’s a fabulous Sixth Form Centre, opened in 2022, that acts as a purely social space for the students with a mezzanine and slick café/meet up area – the pupils can have hang out here for S...
In the early 2000s, before head Anthony Wallersteiner took up the reins, Stowe had a reputation as a ‘second choice’ school, that sat a good tier or two below the likes of Eton, Harrow, Radley and Rugby. Wallersteiner arrived from the academic powerhouse of St Paul’s in London and clearly set his sights on overhauling of the very middling academic ...
Modern boarding schools are particularly wise to the need to show outstanding pastoral care, and Stowe is no different. There’s a 24 hour medical centre, onsite counselling team and a partnership with The Priory in Oxford plus, in addition to the expected timetabled PSHE lessons, there’s AS Tracking to monitor pupil happiness and mental wellbeing a...
Like most schools with a mix of older and more modern buildings, the boarding accommodation is a bit of a mixed bag at Stowe. That’s all changing with a £1million per year rolling programme of renovation and renewal across all boarding houses, starting with the more dated boys provision. A couple of the houses have already been completed (Chatham a...
Anthony Wallersteiner has an easy charm and confidencethat clearly works its magic on Stowe’s swirl of old money, entrepreneurs andcelebrities. Actually, it worked on me too. I liked him. An art historian,author and super-brain (despite his well-trodden tales of his terrible prepschool reports), he is undeniably posh and polished, but also strangel...
DJing lessons are hugely popular at Stowe (34 pupils and counting). Amongst the array of scholarships are ones for Original Thinking and Chess which I think is just great. The Drama scholarship, unusually, doesn’t stipulate having to take Drama A Level which seems like a smart move for those who simply love the stage. Combined Cadet Force isn’t unu...
Here, let me pass you a brown paper bag. Now breathe deeply. Fees per term are £14,686 for boarding and £10,558 for Day in Boarding Houses (think day places in boarding houses with the kids able to stay over from time to time). Day House prices are currently discounted to £8503 per term.
Jan 23, 2022 · Stowe School has seen and educated many notable alumni, including royalty, actors and business owners. Sitting on an estate that is nearly 1,000 years old, the historical building in Buckinghamshire has seen many famous faces walk its halls shaping a fair share of notable people.
Stowe offers an exceptional full-boarding environment to boys and girls from 13-18. It is academically selective but somewhat less so than other schools that enjoy the same sort of national and international reputation.
The Stowe School is a public school (English private boarding school) for pupils aged 13–18 in the English countryside of Stowe, England. It was opened on 11 May, 1923 at the 1,000 year old Stowe House, a Grade I Heritage Estate belonging to the British Crown .
Aug 8, 2022 · Stowe School Review. Students have opportunities to thrive in academics, sport, music, or the performing arts while working towards GCSEs and A Levels at this full-boarding school located on a stunning campus in Buckinghamshire. Stowe School might just have the most stunning campus in the UK.
Mar 2, 2021 · The prestigious boarding school had four unlikely visitors in 1963, when The Beatles made an appearance at the school’s theatre, Roxburgh Hall. The visit came about after the school’s headmaster wrote to Brian Epstein, inviting the famous foursome to Stowe.
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