Chair of Governors: Sir Mark Harford
Headmaster: W Phelps, MA New York, BA AKC King’s College London
Deputy Headmaster: T C Haigh, BA Birmingham, PGCE Westminster College, Oxford
Age range. 3–13.
Number of pupils. 90 boarders, 380 day children.
Fees per term (2023-2024). £9,995–£10,345 Boarders (5 nights per week); £3,995–£7,995 Day children.
Cheam is a leading day and boarding school for children aged 3 to 13 years, set in 100 acres on the Berkshire/Hampshire border. We provide broad and extensive opportunities across academics, sport, drama, art, DT, music and outdoor learning. Our vibrant boarding provision is increasingly popular and provides families with flexible and weekly boarding, in a homely and caring environment.
Our committed and passionate team of professionals deliver their subjects with energy, wisdom and creativity. Learning at Cheam is engaging, collaborative, child-focused and inspired, using the best technology, resources and experiences available.
At Cheam we nurture every child in our care, with a focus on individual happiness, development, and confidence. An outstanding team of teachers and highly effective pastoral systems ensure that all pupils are included, supported and nurtured. Cheam Pre-Prep Department offers a supportive and caring environment for our youngest pupils. We develop children socially and emotionally and instil a love of learning through a wide range of topics and a vibrant, hands-on and child-centred curriculum.
Classes are small and academic ambitions are both high and appropriate for all. Cheam has a long history of preparing children for many of the top senior schools in the UK, with children gaining an impressive range of scholarships year on year. Pupils are prepared for the major senior independent schools with Marlborough, Bradfield, St Edward’s Oxford, Radley, Eton, Wellington, Sherborne Girls’, Pangbourne, St Mary’s Calne, Harrow, St Mary’s Ascot and Downe House featuring frequently.
The School is situated halfway between Newbury and Basingstoke on the A339 and is within easy reach of the M3 and M4 motorways and the A34 trunk route from Portsmouth, Southampton and Winchester to Oxford and the Midlands. London Heathrow Airport is within an hour’s drive.
Charitable status. Cheam School Educational Trust is a Registered Charity, number 290143. It provides high-class education for boarding and day pupils; traditional values; modern thinking; education for the 21st century.