Box Hill School, Mickleham, Surrey |
Year of foundation: | 1959 |
Address: | Old London Road, Mickleham, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6EA |
Location: | Box Hill School is located in a beautiful rural area amidst the village of Mickleham on Box Hill. The town of Dorking is situated just three miles away. Gatwick International Airport lies within a 35 minutes and Heathrow International Airport within a 45 minutes drive by car. |
Campus size: | 161.874 m2 |
Number of students: | 425 |
Number of boarders: | 160 |
Number of international students: | 100 |
Number of students from Germany: | 30 |
Ratio girls/boys in %: | 40/60 |
Ratio tutors/students: | 1/8 |
School type: | Senior School with 6th Form (11 to 18 years) and International Study Centre, Summer School (beginning in 2014) |
Graduation: | GCSE, A levels, International Baccalaureate (IB) |
Specific features: | Box Hill School is a boarding school, where particular attention is being paid to internationalism, sense of democracy and environmental awareness. The school is justifiably proud of its section "dramatic arts". Both graduations A levels and International Baccalaureate can be offered. |
Accommodation: | The boarding school has altogether six houses, where 20 to 30 students can be accommodated each. Each house is under the care of a housemistress or housemaster and is equipped with a common room and a common kitchen. The students occupy double or three-bed rooms, where everyone has his own bed, wardrobe and even desk. |
Foreign languages: | German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian |
Elective subjects: | Duke of Edinburgh Award, fashion and textiles, arts and design |
Facilities/offers: | computer labs, science labs, school library, school theatre, drama groups, school of music, choir, orchestra, debating society, sports fields, sports hall, indoor swimming pool, climbing wall, Round Square Activities (adventure, exchange porgrammes, social work), expeditions, trips abroad |
Range of sports: | football, rugby, athletics, swimming, cricket, hockey, netball, rounders, tennis, golf, sailing, canoeing, archery, climbing, cross country, taekwondo, martial arts, ultimate frisbee etc. |
Fee: | Senior School: 9,650 £ per term resp. 28,950 £ per school year
Sixth Form: 9,980 £ per term resp. 29,940 £ per school year International Study Centre: 11,500 £ per term resp. 34,500 £ per school year |
School prospectus as a pdf-file | |
Students‘ testimonials as a pdf-file | |
Link to the school website: | http://www.boxhillschool.com/ |
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