Clayesmore School

Top-notch academics paired with a family vibe make this rural Dorset school a happy place to be. And with a prep school on the same site, it offers an excellent all-through option. Leaving the prep feels seamless (95 per cent of its pupils join the senior school), and with the stress of being drilled for exams to get into senior school eliminated, the inclusive holistic approach established at the prep continues organically – pupils don’t even need to change uniform, bar a couple of items. The school sits in 62 glorious acres on the edge of the beautiful village of Iwerne Minste...

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Girl in a grey jumper with long dark hair painting on an easel

Lone bagpiper standing outside Clayesmore's main building in the mist

Girl in white coat in the science lab with lots of coloured testtubes

Army cadets in camouflage kit walking down stone steps

Boy and girl in DT wearing safety goggles sawing a piece of wood

Boys in white playing cricket with blue helmets

Academic results

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Subjects offered

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Fees and bursaries

Day fees per term

Year 7	-
Year 8	-
Year 9	£9,437
Year 10	£9,437
Year 11	£9,437
Year 12	£9,437
Year 13	£9,437

Boarding fees per term

Year 7	-
Year 8	-
Year 9	£12,974
Year 10	£12,974
Year 11	£12,974
Year 12	£12,974
Year 13	£12,974

Bursaries
Clayesmore offers means-tested bursarial support to students entering the school at any point, as well as to current students whose financial situations may have changed. These awards are assessed individually, are subject to a full financial history and are reviewed annually.

Scholarships and bursaries are not necessarily linked, and the school welcomes applications for bursaries from non-scholars.

Clayesmore has a long and proud association with families serving in the Armed Forces and the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office and supports Continuity of Education Allowance in both these areas.

Bursary contact:
Director of Finance & Operations Mrs Nina Bailey Phinn
dfo@clayesmore.com

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Co-ordinator: Joy Essex jessex@clayesmore.com
Transport links

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School Updates

Clayesmore Sixth Form Information Evening - 13th October 2023

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Clayesmore GCSE results
It has been another cracking year for GCSE students at Clayesmore with students bucking the national trend with overall grades higher than those pre-pandemic in all areas.

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Clayesmore A-level results
Students at Clayesmore are today celebrating another fantastic set of exam results with 37.7% of results at grade A/A* or equivalent and 59.8% A*-B or equivalent.

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WATCH: We are Clayesmore

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See Clayesmore in our All-through Schools Guide

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See Clayesmore in our Senior Boarding Schools Guide

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Clayesmore School is
linked with:

Clayesmore Preparatory School Blandford Forum

Essentials

Address
Iwerne Minster, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 8LL

Contact
admissions@clayesmore.com
01747 813111

Website
clayesmore.com

ISI Report

Fees

Term Dates

Bursaries

Open Days

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Open Morning
24 February 2024

Open Morning
11 May 2024

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