Cheam School Open Morning
- Cheam School
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Headley, Newbury, Berkshire RG19 8LD
Open Days and Open Weeks
- 26 September, 2026
- 13 March, 2027
We warmly invite you to Cheam School for an upcoming Open Morning. Join us to experience what makes Cheam such a distinctive and inspiring place for children to spend their formative years. During your visit, you’ll explore our beautiful 100-acre campus, gain a genuine insight into daily life here, and most importantly, meet the pupils and teachers who make our community so special.
Overview
- Early Years Foundation (EYFS): 0–5
- Day
- Co-educational
Religious Affiliation
Student Numbers
Gender Profile %
Offering
Curriculum
- EYFS Framework
Summer Programmes
English Language Support
- EAL (English as an Additional Language)
Sports & Outdoors
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Football
- Netball
- Tennis
- Volleyball
Music, Drama & Arts
Academic, Debate & Leadership
Academic
- Science laboratories
- Library digital and print
- Computer lab / IT suite
- Language lab
- Art studio
- Music rooms
- Drama studio
Sports & Recreation
Boarding & Pastoral Care
- Common rooms
- Dining hall
Other Amenities
- Gardens and landscaped grounds
At Cheam School, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) provision is structured through a dedicated Learning Development Centre (LDC) that works alongside the school’s pastoral “Wellbeing Nest.” Operating a highly collaborative framework, a specialised team of teachers uses early baseline profiling to identify and support a wide range of mild-to-moderate learning differences, including dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, organisational or executive function issues, and milder speech and language needs. Following diagnosis, the school implements tailored Individual Intervention Plans (IIPs) that outline specific access arrangements (such as touch-typing, extra time, or assistive technology) and blend high-quality classroom differentiation with targeted one-on-one or small-group weekly lessons.
Admissions
Fees Per Term
Tuition Per Year
Entry Requirements
Entry into Nursery and Pre-Prep relies on a friendly, informal taster morning and developmental check. Prep entry (Year 3+) requires a formal taster day, internal assessments in English and Mathematics, a verbal reasoning test, and an official reference from the candidate’s current school headteacher.
Key Dates for Admissions
Employs a rolling admissions framework based on rolling waitlists. For standard September entry, formal registrations and assessments are ideally actioned during the preceding Autumn or early Spring terms.
Results
Highly praised by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) for academic excellence and pastoral care. It is the only preparatory school to be awarded the prestigious ACE School of Character quality mark for explicit character education. Around 30% of Year 8 leavers secure prestigious scholarship awards annually across Academic, Sport, Music, Drama, and DT disciplines.
An elite school to the UK’s top independent senior boarding schools. Most prominent destinations include Marlborough College, Radley College, Bradfield College, Eton College, Wellington College, Winchester College, Downe House, and St Edward’s Oxford.
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