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Felsted School

Felsted School is located an hour north of London by train and has all the accoutrements of a good British boarding school: the beautiful campus, complete with extensive sports fields, good teachers, a large number of boarders as well as an extensive list of extracurricular activities. A striking feature of the school is how it makes its pupils look ahead towards a life outside of school, how to best plan for a successful business or entrepreneurial career down the line.
Von Bülow Education placed 1 pupils here in 2023.

The Essentials

  • Number of pupils: 540

  • Percentage of boarders: 80%

  • Percentage of international pupils: 20%

  • Av. class size: senior school - 15 / 6th Form - 10

  • Closest international airport: London Stansted Airport, 30mins away by car

  • Fees per term for 2023/24: £14,700


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What we think
Ideal for go-getter pupils predestined for a career in business and entrepreneurship.

The Details

Academics:

The school offers GCSEs, A-Levels and the IB.

Felsted College is a moderately selective school and achieves consistently good academic results considering. In 2023, its GCSE results yielded 40% 9-7 grades, its A-Levels 33% A-grades and an IB average of 36 points, six points above the world average. This is a very decent set of results across the board!

Latin, Spanish, German, Italian and French are on offer.

Business studies and economics especially popular here, which is in keeping with a key element in Felsted College's focus: to educate tomorrow's business (wo)men and entrepreneurs.

Boarding:

80% of pupils board, some of which is flexi-boarding. Eight boarding houses, ranging from the traditional to the modern. The Upper 6th-formers get their own boarding houses with single rooms and more university-like freedoms.

Exeat weekends exist but are not compulsory.

Strengths:

Felsted School has a refreshingly progressive atmosphere and has a good knack of helping pupils to become sucessful in business and entrepreneurship after school and university. Whether it is encouraging the uptake of courses like economics and business studies, its thriving Young Entrepreneurs Club, or facilitating connections with old Felstonians in the City of London, the school prepares the ground for future success in these areas like few other schools we know.

Sports is very good at Felsted School, with hockey and horseback-riding deserving special mentions. The offer is broad and includes the holy trinity of rugby, cricket and netball, but also swimming, badminton, squash, water polo and tennis, to name a few.

Felsted School sure keeps its pupils busy. The list of extracurricular activities is long and includes anything from beekeeping to amateur radio.

Weaknesses:

The last time we visited we weren't too impressed with the rather old indoor swimming pool. Time for an upgrade, we think!


The Location
Felsted School is located close to the little town of Felsted, one hour away from London.

The Address
Felsted School

Felsted
CM6 3LL
England

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