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Wycliffe is a genuine global community welcoming pupils from across the world. Pupils from the age of 7 to 19 can Board with us on a Full, Flexi or Day basis; allowing them to immerse themselves fully in the British culture and the close-knit community here at Wycliffe. The cultural diversity supports us in fulfilling our six Aims for Pupils, especially ‘Cultivate social and environmental awareness and an understanding of their role as global citizens’.
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For over 140 years, Wycliffe College has been expertly helping children write their own stories of challenges faced and opportunities seized.
We hope to give you a sense of the purpose, aspiration and all-round nature of a Wycliffe education; we call it the “Wycliffe Way”.
As parents, like me, you will want your children succeed academically, discover their interests, develop their passions, and grow in self-confidence. And I hope you will want them to be able to celebrate their own backgrounds and origins whilst understanding the cultural contexts of others.
A Wycliffe education is about much more than just a number of academic lessons delivered in the classroom and instead involves the development of the whole person. And whilst we are a forward-looking, diverse community, situated within a beautiful and accessible part of the English countryside, we also deliver an education based on the timeless values of respect, service and kindness.
We have welcomed international pupils to our community for over 20 years and boarders from over 30 different countries now make up about a third of our pupil body. They join a wonderfully vibrant and diverse group of young people drawn from the local area and from across the United Kingdom. I am confident that your sons and daughters will make friends here that will enrich their educational and social lives not just whilst at Wycliffe but far into the future.
I look forward to welcoming you to our wonderful school.
Wycliffe is a medium-sized school with around 650 pupils from the age of 3–19. We are small enough that every pupil is known and, so every pupil can also be given the individualised attention they deserve, allowing them to reach their full potential.
Our Boarding options are flexible to suit your family life. Whether you need Full Boarding all year round or Flexible Boarding on a term-by-term basis, you can be confident that your child will be in safe hands and supported from the moment they arrive in the UK. We can talk to you or your educational agent about what we can offer you.
In 2017, our £7 million Boarding House, Ward’s-Ivy Grove won the Boarding Schools Association Best New Build of the Year Award, and was opened in 2018 by HRH the Duchess of Gloucester. Boasting en-suite in all rooms, a sauna and ample flexible social space, Ward’s-Ivy Grove houses both boys and girls from 13 to 19 years old.
All our International Boarders are fully integrated into School life, sharing Houses and lessons with UK pupils, and we provide excellent pastoral care and a programme of wellbeing activities to ensure your child settles in and is happy. International pupils have plenty of opportunity to socialise with other Boarders through weekend events and evening activities.
Wycliffe is keen to ensure all our International pupils achieve what they want through studying at a British Boarding School. Wycliffe can help pupils improve their English, immerse them in the culture and nurture confidence and resilience. English language support is available for all International pupils from the ages of 7 to 13 while additional support can be provided in Years 9 and 10 if this is needed.
We prepare our pupils to succeed and find their passions in an increasingly globalised world and encourage them to embrace their future as global citizens. A third of Senior and Prep School pupils are International, which allows us to share and learn from each other’s cultures.
As a Round Square School, Wycliffe is part of Round Square’s internationally diverse network of 200 like-minded schools in 50 countries on six continents, inspiring pupils to become future leaders and custodians of our planet, and importantly share a commitment, beyond academic excellence in terms of personal development, responsibility and understanding through service, challenge and adventure.
We are developing a unique curriculum which includes facets of the six IDEALS or ‘pillars’ that make up the Round Square continuum (Internationalism, Democracy, Environmentalism, Adventure, Leadership and Service) and these align neatly with Wycliffe’s ideals. They have provided an opportunity to work in collaboration with schools across the world.
With our beautiful grounds and small class sizes (average of 18 per class), pupils thrive with the extensive individual attention they receive.
