Felsted School

In the Sixth Form, Felsted offers two routes: A Levels (with BTEC options) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, including the Extended Essay. Younger pupils follow the English national stages, with GCSEs in Years 10 and 11. As a global member of Round Square, Felsted also offers international exchanges, conferences and service projects with schools around the world, and runs an International Summer School for students aged 12 to 17.

Felsted Prep covers Pre-Reception to Year 8: Early Years and Key Stage 1 (ages 3-7), Key Stage 2 (ages 7-11) and Years 7 and 8 (ages 11-13). The Senior School covers Year 9 and the GCSE years (Years 10-11, ages 13-16), followed by the Sixth Form (Years 12-13, ages 16-18) with A Level or IB Diploma. From September 2027, Years 7 and 8 will become part of the Senior School.

Felsted's values describe a school that aims to be welcoming, adventurous, respectful, inspirational, fun and sustainable. It seeks to develop resilience, self-belief and integrity, together with respect for others, so that pupils can contribute actively to society. The school puts wellbeing first, treats sustainability as part of everyday life and encourages pupils to make a difference locally and globally through service and the Round Square ideals.

The 90-acre campus combines historic buildings, including the original 16th-century schoolroom, with modern facilities. Sport is supported by an indoor sports hall, a swimming pool, a fitness gym with squash courts and extensive playing fields. The arts have professional art studios, a performing arts studio, a theatre and auditorium, and a Music School opened in 2009. There are libraries in both the Senior and Prep schools, a chapel, a renovated Sixth Form Centre, a medical centre and a wellbeing centre, plus Forest School areas for younger pupils.

Daily minibus routes serve towns across Essex and beyond. Meals are cooked on site by the school's own chefs. Pupils have access to an on-site medical centre and a wellbeing centre offering counselling and peer support. The Support for Learning department helps pupils with special educational needs, and EAL lessons are available. Younger children can use a breakfast club and after-school care. Uniform is sold through the school's Tailor's Shop, and scholarships and means-tested bursaries are offered.

Boarding is available from the age of nine. The Prep School has its own boarding house, and senior pupils (Years 9-13) live in one of several houses on the campus, each with common rooms, kitchens and laundries and cared for by a Housemaster or Housemistress, tutors and matrons. Families can choose full seven-night boarding, weekly five-night boarding or contemporary three-night boarding, with flexi nights available in the Prep School. Year 13 boys have a dedicated Upper Sixth house.

All pupils take part in sport, with rugby, hockey, cricket, tennis and netball as main team games and further options such as swimming, basketball, squash, dance, football, athletics, golf, riding, polo, badminton and skiing. Felsted teams have won national titles in rugby and hockey. The co-curricular timetable includes art, drama, music ensembles and choirs, chess, coding, robotics, cookery, journalism, Model United Nations, public speaking, academic societies, the Combined Cadet Force and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Prep children can try ballet, judo, karate and Forest School.