Number of pupils: 655
Percentage of boarders: 70%
Percentage of international pupils: 20%
Av. class-sizes: senior school: 14 // 6th form: 10
Closest international airport: Bristol Airport 30mins by car
Fees per term in 2023/2024: £15,173
The school offers GCSEs and A-Levels.
Canford School admits a broad intake of pupils and yet achieves great things with it: in 2023, its GCSE results yielded 72% 9-7 grades and its A-Levels 66% A-grades. Very impressive!
Languages on offer include Latin, German, French and Spanish.
Very good SEN provision mostly dyslexia, mild dyspraxia and language attention difficulties.
The facilities are amazing, especially the new library and the science labs.
70% of pupils are full board.
Seven boarding houses – four for boys and three for girls. The houses are all state-of-the-art, modern and cozy, and within a 2-5 minute walk from the school.
Exeat weekends are compulsory.
Canford School is an incredibly beautiful school. The stunning 19th century main building sits proudly atop 250 acres of beautiful parkland. The mix of grand old and cutting edge new buildings makes this school a real sight to behold
Canford School is innovative. From its own radio station via its own general studies programme 'Connections' to 'Yellow Hour', an informal performance of staff and students where anything from self-written short stories to songs can be performed.
The arts and music are very good, too!
Sports is huge here with the main sports being hockey, rugby, tennis, athletics and rowing. Other options include swimming, sailing, dance badminton, golf, basketball and canoeing.
The compulsory exeat weekends mean that pupils have to leave the school for those weekends, which can be a logistical challenge.