Address: Cranmore Hall, East Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 4SF
Website: allhallowsschool.co.uk
Founded: 1938
Number of Pupils: 265
Ages: 3-13
Termly fees: Day: £2,860-£5,560; Boarding: £7,345-£8,420; Nursery: £52.50 per day
Head Teacher: Dr Trevor Richards CPsychol
Religious Affiliation: All faiths welcome
Entrance Procedure: Non-selective, subject to satisfactory taster days
Contact: Jackie Truelove; 01749 881600 or [email protected]
School Visits: Open mornings termly. Personal visits also welcome – please contact the admissions office
The Curriculum
A creative approach enables All Hallows children to think critically to come up with innovative solutions to complex problems. Younger children enjoy an exciting, hands-on, thematic-based curriculum, including Forest School in the extensive onsite woodland. Older children also enjoy a broad curriculum working towards 13+ CE or academic scholarship.
Games & The Arts
Opportunities for creative design and art in the state-of-the-art creative centre, and also for music and drama. All Hallows’ process-driven approach to sport is teaching children to be intelligent games players, aiming to instil a lifelong love of sport.
Pastoral Care
All Hallows sets out to ensure that pupils are happy, healthy and well supported to meet the numerous and varied challenges that their childhood will throw at them. Being both an educationalist and a psychologist, the head is ideally placed to ensure the school provides an optimal environment for the children to thrive. Each child is supported according to their individual needs.
Recent Scholarships
In the last three years, 62 percent of year eight pupils gained a scholarship or award to their senior school. These included academic (14), sport (35), creative design and art (25), music (seven), drama (seven) and all-round (16).
Head Teacher’s Philosophy
We value each and every child for who they are, as well as their contribution school life, celebrating individual milestones along their educational journey. Our aim is to provide a secure, happy and inclusive community where they will develop the inner confidence to be the best that they can be.
Outstanding Characteristics
Set in an idyllic setting in rural Somerset, All Hallows is within easy reach of Bath, Frome and Bruton. It is a truly independent country prep school where a creative approach and academic endeavour happily coexist and where children are thriving.
