Tatler UK - 10.2019

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ALDRO 

Lombard Street, Shackleford,

Surrey GU8 6AS

Website aldro.org Head Chris

Carlier Pupils 180 boys, day and

boarding Faith C of E Ages 7–13

Term Fees Day: £5,848;

boarding: £7,830

This small, family-feel prep with a

tree house only reachable by row-

ing boat or rope bridge draws such

respect from parents that the com-

mon theme among them is the

wish that their daughters were able

to join their flourishing sons. Boys

are encouraged to get involved in

everything, whether they are the

best at it or not. The pastoral care

is taken ‘extremely seriously’, with

a strong belief that parents and

teachers should work together.

Staff are not only experts at seek-

ing out a child’s strengths, but at

identifying possible ‘gaps’ and pro-

viding extra help and support. The

energy and enthusiasm of new

Head Chris Carlier has permeated

the school already, spurring the

boys to new heights: last year pu-

pils moved on to senior schools

such as Winchester, Tonbridge,

Sherborne and Charterhouse.

BRAMBLETYE 

Lewes Road, East Grinstead,

West Sussex RH19 3PD

Website brambletye.co.uk Head

Will Brooks Pupils 316 day and

boarding: 165 boys, 151 girls Faith

C of E Ages 2½–13 Term Fees

Day: £7,220; boarding: £8,805

Head Will Brooks is credited with

much of the school’s success in

recent years, alongside his wife

Amelia. ‘The school is thriving like

it never has before,’ says one parent;

another declares that Brooks is

‘one of the main reasons we moved

to Brambletye, where old-fash-

ioned values are translated into the

modern world’. The school strives

to offer an enriched and contempo-

rary education to prepare students

for their next step. Being kind is

paramount – pupils are as happy

celebrating their peers’ successes as

they are their own – and there is a

wonderful combination of free-

dom and structure. Sport is strong,

with a number of teams enjoying

unbeaten seasons this year and

productions in the purpose-built

theatre are absolutely not to be

missed: Beauty and the Beast was

deemed ‘West End worthy’.

BRAMBLETYE

South East

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