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Downside School Open Morning

8th March 2025

The morning will start with a tour of the School and grounds with current pupils, followed by an individual meeting with the Head Master and Director of Admissi...

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Downside School opens new modern new Sixth Form Centre

19th November 2024

Downside School is excited to announce the official opening of its new Sixth Form Centre, a modern and inspiring space that has quickly become a favourite hub ...

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Downside School Open Morning

5th October 2024

The morning will start with a tour of the School and grounds with current pupils, followed by an individual meeting with the Head Master and Director of Admissi...

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Senior Schools Fair at Heywood Prep

9th September 2024

An opportunity to learn about the admission process and the opportunities available at 14 state and independent senior schools. The event is open to anyone who ...

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Another fantastic set of GSCE results for Downside pupils

23rd August 2024

Downside School in Somerset has offered its warm congratulations all its pupils who have received their GCSE results today. Over a quarter of the grades ga...

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Downside School and St Vigor & St John Primary hold joint celebration

27th June 2024

Downside School and St Vigor & St John Primary School in Chilcompton came together for an incredible joint celebration focusing on the Olympics. Downsi...

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Downside School Year 6 pupil invited to join the National Youth Theatre

24th May 2024

Downside School Lower Sixth pupil Zara who has just been invited to join the National Youth Theatre following a highly competitive process in which over 5,000 ...

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Downside School awarded ‘Outstanding’ by the Catholic Schools Inspectorate

12th May 2024

Downside School has been graded ‘Outstanding’ in all nine categories by the Catholic Schools Inspectorate, following the visit of inspectors on 25-26 April 202...

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Sixth Form Subject Fair at Downside School

7th October 2023

Offering Year 11 pupils the opportunity to visit the School and find out more about Sixth Form....

Swim Central is now offering children’s swimming lessons at Downside School

25th October 2022

Swim Central is now offering swimming lessons for toddlers and children at its new venue at Downside School, located in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, between Bath and...

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Downside School welcomes George Bevan as its new Head of Academic Music

8th January 2022

Downside School has welcomed George Bevan as its new Head of Academic Music. Previously Director of Music at Monkton Combe Senior School, George brings with hi...

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Downside School pupil earns a summer place with Bath Rugby team

31st August 2021

Downside School pupil, Kofi Barton-Byfield, has been invited to play with the Bath Rugby Senior Team over the summer. Kofi, who is an Upper Sixth Sports Schol...

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Downside School pupils wins Somerset Cricket Club writing competition

11th March 2021

Congratulations Downside School's Fifth Form sports scholars and Somerset Pathway player, Florence, who has triumphed in a Somerset County Cricket Club writing...

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Downside School rates highly in Department of Education performance tables

28th January 2020

Downside School has been placed second in Somerset and 39th nationally in the Department of Education performance tables, making the school's value added score...

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Downside School sixth former competes in World Dance Championships

11th November 2019

Downside School Lower Sixth Former, Wiktoria Lassak, has taken part in the WDSF World Youth 10 Dance Championships in Kiev with her partner Jan Bednarz. The ...

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Downside partners with prep and primary schools for day of choral singing

27th September 2019

As part of Downside School's partnership with prep and primary schools, last Friday over 60 pupils from Farleigh School, Andover, Kilmersdon C of E School and S...

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Downside student Ethan selected for a Wales rugby U18 training camp

24th May 2019

Congratulations to Ethan Morgan, a Sports Scholar at Downside School in Somerset who has just been selected for the Wales rugby U18 training camp in July. E...

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Downside School hosts local pupils in a ‘Race For The Line’ STEM event

16th May 2019

More than 80 pupils and staff from three local primary schools came to Downside School for an exhilarating ‘Race for the Line’ experience. This exciting STEM ev...

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Downside School introduces A-level Computer Science for September 2019

14th April 2019

Downside School has added A-level Computer Science to its curriculum for September 2019. The school has also doubled the computing provision for the First and S...

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Christmas at Dyrham Park

November 22 – 10:00 am

12 Tales of a Georgian Christmas at No1 Royal Crescent

November 22 – 10:00 am

American Road Trip at the American Museum

November 22 – 10:00 am

Festive New York Dog Trail at American Museum

November 22 – 10:00 am