Stover School
Stover School
Org 1: The Society of Heads
Org 2: ISA
Newton Abbot, South Devon TQ12 6QG
Telephone: 01626 354505 (Main switchboard)
01626 359911 (Registrar)
01626 335240 (Finance Office)
Age Range: Nursery, Pre-Prep/Infants, Prep/Junior to 11, Senior to 18
Day or Boarding: Day, Weekly Boarding, Full Boarding, Flexi/Occasional Boarding
Gender: Co-ed
Exams offered: GCSE, A Level, BTEC
Scholarships Tick: Academic, Art, Music, Sport
Bursaries and discounts: New entrant bursary
Stover School is a leading independent, co-educational, non-selective, day and boarding school for pupils aged 3 to 18. It is set in 64 acres of beautiful and historical grounds in the heart of Devon’s glorious countryside between the foothills of Dartmoor and the South West Coastline. In the last ISI Inspection the School was judged as fully compliant and in the previous quality inspection as excellent in teaching, pastoral care, welfare, health and safety, quality of leadership and management and governance.
Stover School delivers a cutting edge Research Based Learning Curriculum across the entire age range while retaining a healthy focus on traditional Christian morals, values and manners. Happy children are at the very centre of the school’s ethos, reflecting the robust system of pastoral care. Children who feel safe, valued, respected and who trust those around them are free to focus on learning to their maximum potential.
Pupils are encouraged, motivated and supported in achieving their aspirations in all areas of the academic and broader curriculum. Successes are celebrated wherever they occur, be that be in Bushcraft, French, Hockey, Science, Fencing, Art or Computer Programming.
The extensive activities and enrichment programmes ensure that everyone can enjoy, develop and challenge themselves. In this relatively small school every pupil is well known. The strong House system provides a framework for pupils to develop a sense of collectiveness within the supportive environment. Pupils learn respect for themselves and others through the teaching of moral values and good standards of behaviour.
The aim is to ensure that every child enjoys their experience at Stover School, having achieved the best they are capable of in the broadest education sense and having equipped themselves with the qualifications and skills required for future success and fulfilment.
Recent developments include a refurbished Art Studio, Sixth Form Centre and boarding accommodation, a newly established tennis academy, the creation of a music ensemble practice suite and recording studio, the establishment of a clay shooting and rifle range and the arrival of the first vegetable beds, chickens and beehives, coupled with an outdoor classroom.
Examinations. Public examinations set by all examination boards include GCSE, BTEC and A Level. Music examinations are set by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. Speech and Drama examinations are set by LAMDA. Sixth Form pupils can also take CoPE and CSL/HSL qualifications, set by ASDAN and Sports Leaders UK respectively.
Physical Education. Hockey, rugby, netball, table tennis, football, rounders and cricket are the core team games. Individual sports include athletics, gymnastics, golf, tennis, badminton and cross country. Other sports throughout the year include adventure development, orienteering, shooting and skiing.
The school has extensive grass pitches, six tennis courts (3 floodlit and one cover all-weather), a 9-hole golf course, cross-country tracks, clay pigeon and rifle range and cricket nets. We run a full range of school sports activities, clubs and fixture lists for both Senior and Prep.
Optional subjects. In addition to a wide variety of activities organised by Stover’s own staff there are specialist peripatetic staff for instrumental and voice tuition, speech and drama, riding, fencing, judo, golf, clay pigeon and rifle shooting and tennis coaching.
Fees per term (2023-2024). Preparatory School: Day: Reception £3,240, Years 1–3 £3,505, Years 4–6 £4,355. Weekly Boarding: Years 4–6 £7,565. Full Boarding: Years 4–6 £8,740, International £9,190 (inclusive). Senior School: Years 7–13: £5,330 (day), £9,165 (weekly boarding), £11,065 (full boarding), £11,500 (International, inclusive).
Entrance and Scholarships. Compatibility of new pupils is assessed through a Head’s interview, school tours, a series of taster days and submission of previous school’s full written report. Academic, Music, Sport and Arts Scholarships are available and can be sat at point of entry or on our Scholarship Assessment Day in January. In addition, means-tested bursaries are available. Stover School, in association with Plymouth University, also offers the Excellence in Mathematics Scholarships to International students. This attracts a 10% remission of fees at Plymouth University for the duration of the Undergraduate Degree course (3 years).
Health. Nursing care is provided by our on-site Matron who is a Registered General Nurse. All boarders are registered with the school’s GP.
Old Stoverites. c/o Stover School.
Charitable status. Stover School Association is a Registered Charity, number 306712. Stover School is a charitable foundation for education.
Governors & Staff:
Headmaster: Mr R W D Notman, BCom Birmingham
Deputy Head Teacher: Dr J Stone, BSc Wales, MEd Open, PhD S’ton, HDipEd Dublin
Head of Preparatory School: Mr B Noble, BSc Hertfordshire
Senior Leadership Team:
Mr P Jenkins (Bursar)
Mrs H Notman, BSc, UMIST, MSc Ed Res Manchester (Assistant Head Pastoral)
Mr M Mooney, BEd Cheltenham & Glos (Assistant Head Operations)
Middle Leadership Team Senior School:
Mrs S-J Avery, BA Plymouth (Senior Teacher Pastoral)
Mr S Griffin, BEd Cheltenham & Farnborough (Head of KS3, Geography)
Mrs D Robinson, BA Twickenham (Head of Sixth Form)
Mrs A Stone, BA Angers, HDipEd Dublin, CELTA (Deputy Head of Sixth Form, Head of EAL)
Senior School Teaching Staff:
* Head of Department
*Dr D Allway, BSc, MSc, PhD Manchester (Science)
Mrs H Bailey, MSc Swansea (Mathematics)
*Mr J Balfour, MA Exeter (Drama)
Mr P Barter, BA Exeter (Humanities, Duke of Edinburgh Award Coordinator)
Mr J Brown, MA (Science)
Mrs Debbie Burman (MFL)
*Mr S Cocker, BSc, QTS Marjon (Mathematics)
*Miss R Cocks, BSc Southampton (Humanities)
*Mrs T Craven, BA, QTS Brighton (Sport)
Miss Emma Davies (Dance)
Mrs Sarah Farleigh (Music)
*Mrs R Fenton, BA Manchester (English & Media)
Mr G Forsyth, BA Sheffield, TEFL (English)
*Mr G Foxley, BA Plymouth (MFL)
Mrs K Gardner, BA Nottingham (History)
Mrs Davina Gunn-Hawking (PSHE)
Mr J Hartley, BA Exeter (Business)
Miss J Henwood, BSc Bath (Mathematics)
*Mrs C Howard, BA Wales (Art & Photography)
Mrs Melanie Hulbert (Mathematics)
*Mr Alex Lloyd (Sport)
Mr David May (Computer Science)
Mrs E McEwen, BA Oxford Brookes (English)
Mrs J Mooney, PGCE Exeter (Science, Mathematics)
Miss A Morgan, BSc Wales (Biology)
Mrs H Rice, BA Wales (MFL)
*Mrs B Seward, BA Middlesex (Philosophy & Ethics)
*Mrs C Sewell, BA, MA Edinburgh (Psychology, German)
Mr Matt Warton (Mathematics)
*Mrs C Wightman, BA Wolverhampton (Art and Photography)
Revd F Wimsett, BA Wales, Cert Theology Exeter (School Chaplain & Teacher of Religious Studies)