text: We believe that education is as much about building character and relationships as it is about gaining knowledge.
  Renowned for focusing on individual development and helping to nurture each child’s strengths and talents within a caring, supportive and secure family environment.
  The bar for excellence is set high both academically and in all areas of school life. At Dean Close our definition of education is a very broad one and pupils really do achieve at the very highest levels, not only in terms of examination results and access to the top universities and courses, but in music, sport, art and drama, and indeed in anything to which pupils set their minds; the School rallies behind those with great ideas and ambition.
  Life as a Sixth Former at Dean Close School holds a huge variety of opportunities. The world of choice opens up not only in academic terms, but also in the breadth of clubs, societies, roles of responsibility, entitlements and facilities solely for the Sixth Form.
  Dean Close has a genuinely mixed population with significant numbers of Day and Boarding pupils plus a small number of Flexi Boarders who stay one or two nights per week
  The Old Decanian Society began in 1891 for former pupils of Dean Close School, there are now 7500 members living across the world. Amongst our varied and diverse alumni are a wealth of individuals who have gone on to have successful careers in sport, acting, medicine, engineering and academia to name but a few.