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St Edmund's School

Set on top of a hill overlooking beautiful university town Canterbury, St Edmund's School is a small, friendly boarding school. It is especially known for its excellent music. After all, it educates many of the choristers in the famous Canterbury Cathedral choir! Its drama is also very good. Academically St Edmund's School punches above its weight given that it is a relatively non-selective school.
Von Bülow Education placed 1 pupils here in 2023.

The Essentials

  • Number of pupils: 350

  • Percentage of boarders: 45%

  • Percentage of international pupils: 16%

  • Av. class size: senior school - 12 / 6th Form - 10

  • Closest international airport: Gatwick Airport, 60mins by car

  • Fees per term for 2023/2024: £14,498


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What we think
St Edmund's School is a beautiful, little school, perfect for pupils with a passion for music and drama.

The Details

The Academics:

The school offers GCSEs and A-Levels.

St Edmund's School is fairly non-selective, yet achieved a respectable 26% A grades at A-Levels and 35% 9-7 grades at GCSEs in 2023.

The school has very good SEN provision, especially for dyslexic children.

For languages St Edmund's School has German, French, Spanish and Latin on offer

Boarding:

45% of pupils board.

Boarding houses are functional and in good condition, if a little cramped. Pupils share with at least one other person up to 6th Form. Then the single rooms beckon.

Exeat weekends exist but pupils can stay at the school.

Strengths:

St Edmund's School has a real forte in music. The school educates choristers of the famous Canterbury Cathedral Choir after all. The school has its own music school complete with performance space and a state-of-the-art recording studio.

Another key strength is the school's drama provision. St Edmund's School has its own theatre where it performs at least five major productions a year, as well as several house plays, musical and improv pieces. Impressive!

Weakness:

The school's boarding accommodation felt a little cramped the last time we visited.


The Location
St Edmund's School is located in university town Canterbury in Kent.

The Address
St Edmund's School
St Thomas Hill, Canterbury

CT2 8HU
Kent

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