Welcome to Blundell's School

Introduction

Welcome to the Blundell's School website. We trust that you will find it informative and interesting. Blundell's is a co-educational independent school for pupils from ages 11 to 18. The school has 570 pupils, of whom 205 are Full/Weekly boarders and 175 are Flexi boarders. We believe that a personal visit is invaluable, so we hope our website will encourage you to contact our Registrars in order to gain a prospectus and to arrange for a personalised tour: there really is only one way to fully appreciate the lovely grounds and excellent facilities and also to understand the very happy and fulfilling all-round education being enjoyed by so many Blundellians today.

Aims and Values

Our aim is to promote wholeness: to provide an entire education and a sense of service for each pupil as our founder, Peter Blundell, would have wished.

“There are two gifts we can give our children, the first is roots and the second is wings.”

Roots

  • To nurture friendship and a respect for the talents of others set within a caring pastoral community, combined with a deep gratitude for those who have been a strong influence in our development.
  • To develop academic ambition, endeavour, enthusiasm, courage and excellence.
  • To encourage a strong awareness of spiritual richness and Christian values.
  • To emphasise personal qualities, particularly tolerance, kindness, service, courtesy and humility.

Wings

  • To promote self-respect and instil in our pupils the confidence to discover and develop their cultural, physical and intellectual interests and strengths and thereby engender a sense of excitement about their future after Blundell’s.
  • To provide our pupils with a national and international perspective balanced by an appreciation of our immediate beautiful surroundings, which we all are fortunate to enjoy.

A Level Results 2010

Student Grades
Henrietta Mills A* A* A* A*
David Malcolm A* A* A A
William McBarnet A* A* A
Hugh McDowell A* A* A
Wilson Li A* A* A B
Sophie Keatley A* A A
George House A* A A
William Watson A* A A
Cupid Zhu A* A A B D
Natalie Waddington A A A
Lily Swan A A A

I am pleased with these results, there were some wonderful performances by many of our pupils, with one girl scoring 4A*s, which is an outstanding result. All the pupils would, I am sure, like to thank the hard work of their teachers. Eight departments recorded A*/A/B percentage rates greater than 80% (Chemistry, Classical Civilisation, Drama, English, Maths and Further Maths, German and Spanish). Eleven candidates achieved three A grades or better, with another 21 achieving ABB or better. Nearly half of the entrants achieved three B grades or better. The table shows those who achieved the best results.

I am also delighted with the Lower Sixth AS results because upon first analysis it appears that the pupils have as an overall percentage achieved record results for Blundell’s.

Ian Davenport, Head Master

GCSE Results 2010

Student Grades      Student (cont.) Grades
Cathy Bremner 11A* 1A Charli Stoneman 9A* 2A
Martha Seymour 11A* Lauren Kalsi 9A* 1A
Madeleine Simonson 10A* 1A Tessa Ryder 8A* 3A
Tom Ansell 10A* Thea Dickinson 8A* 3A
Florence Beard 9A* 3A Alexa Batting 7A* 6A
Emmie de Falbe 9A* 2A Alice Lindley 7A* 4A
Lottie Free 9A* 2A Julien Harrison-Ramirez 7A* 3A 1B
Hannah Morris 9A* 2A Harrison Folland 7A* 3A

I am very pleased indeed with these results, at 56% A*/A they were the second best set recorded by the pupils here. One in four of the grades were A*, which is another record for us. The pupils can feel very proud indeed of their efforts across the board; from a year group of ninety-three pupils twenty achieved straight A/A* in all subjects sat, 23 pupils achieved 10 A/A* or better and half of the candidates achieved 6A*/A or better. Whilst all the departments were very pleased with their pupils success at the higher end they were also delighted with the results of those who were less academically able. The table shows those who, among many strong performers, gained the best grades.

Ian Davenport, Head Master