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A closer look

We are different from other Independent Schools

Our culture fosters an open-minded, challenging and inspiring environment for personal growth where we provide the space for pupils to find their passions.

Our relationships are different from the conventional dynamics of pupil and teacher – we see the journey through the School as a collective endeavour to better prepare our pupils for their lives ahead.

Mutual respect, trust and pride in the approach is critical to the success of our approach – not just between staff and pupils, but with parents too.

Our unique take on creativity as a practical and essential element across all disciplines makes Bryanston a very different learning experience – building a distinctive independence of thought, self-reliance, realism and authenticity.

We don’t ‘do education’ to our pupils, we travel beside them and guide them on their journey.

How do we judge the effect of our approach?

The impact is clear in the academic and personal achievements of our pupils, but importantly, you can feel it in the atmosphere and see it in the relationships between pupils and staff, in the lifelong friendships made at Bryanston, and in the choices our pupils make about their lives at school and beyond.

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The Bryanston method

A distinctive approach to education designed to enable, challenge and support every pupil.

We are ambitious for every pupil.

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Our culture

Co-curricular

We offer more than 80 activities to inspire and engage every child outside the classroom.

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Academic

Academic

A broad spread of academic opportunities firmly focused on the individual.

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Sport and outdoors

Sport and outdoors

Opportunities to look further and try an extensive range of sports and outdoor pursuits.

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Creative arts

Music, theatre, film, art, dance, theatre tech, music production, design technology and more

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Beyond the school

Pastoral care

Our culture provides an open-minded, challenging and inspiring environment for pupils to find their passions.

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Boarding

Boarding

Our distinctive approach to boarding provides a nurturing environment where our Houseparents place pastoral care to the fore.

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Location

Bryanston School is situated on a beautiful site in Blandford Forum in Dorset.

Easy access by train from London to Salisbury and around two hours from London Heathrow and Gatwick Airports by road.
 

 

Visit us

We are happy to offer visits to prospective parents on a group or individual basis.