- Set in Kimbolton Castle, the former seat of the Dukes of Manchester, the Cambridgeshire school was founded in 1600 as a grammar school and became independent in 1977. It teaches 1,000 boys and girls who are mostly day pupils, with a smattering of boarders.
- The headmaster, Will Chuter, describes pupils as “well rounded [with] their feet on the ground. They understand the value of hard work, service, and taking failure in their stride.”
- Pupils can join the Community Service Unit to gain new skills by working in public-facing settings, from local pharmacies to charity shops, and helping with sporting opportunities for the disabled.
- Other co-curricular activities include a wide range of sporting and artistic endeavours, from rifle club and hockey to gardening and technical theatre.
- Scholarships are available in a number of subject areas, including computer science, art and sport; bursaries offering a fee remission of up to 100 per cent are given to new joiners as well as existing pupils whose families are in need.
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