Rossall School

the good schools guide describes rossall as ‘a warm, happy and inclusive environment energised by a vision and challenge that is clearly helping all pupils to meet their potential.’ set on a historic 160-acre campus, rossall is one of the country’s leading independent co-educational boarding and day schools, where boys and girls aged 0–18 are nurtured in a safe, secure and supportive environment. rossall currently provides one of the broadest curriculum programmes available in the uk independent school market. rossall preparatory school has a bespoke curriculum whilst the senior school continues to follow the british national curriculum, culminating with gcse/igcse examinations at the end of year 11. in the sixth form, pupils then have the choice to study either a levels or the globally recognised ib diploma programme. in 2021, the ib cohort’s average point score of 35 placed rossall firmly amongst the premier league of ibdp schools within the uk. at a-level, over 2/3s of all grades awarded either a*-a. gcse pupils also achieved excellent gcse results. over 55% of all entries awarded this summer were a grade 7 or above, with an astounding fifth of all grades achieving the coveted grade 9. small class sizes and a rigorous tutorial system, ensures academic excellence, with 95% of rossall pupils entering higher education, at universities around the world. this year, over 60% of students progressed to russell group/top 20 universities including imperial college london, king’s college london, university of bristol and university of warwick. rossall’s enviable on-campus facilities include 150 acres of outdoor grassed sports pitches, floodlit all-weather surfaces, a gymnasium, heated indoor swimming pool, fives courts, a shooting range, golf academy, and a multi-use-games-area (muga). in september 2019, rossall opened its brand new £4 million sports centre, boasting a 50m sprint track and multiple indoor courts.