• Dauntsey's is adventurous, supportive and full of possibility.
• The school combines academic seriousness with resilience, curiosity and a willingness to have a go.
• It also stresses friendship, kindness and a strong boarding community at the heart of school life.

• The school stands out for families who want boarding available without losing a grounded day-school atmosphere.
• Its adventurous reputation gives it a different flavour from more traditional competitors.
• Breadth matters here: sport, outdoors and co-curricular life are clearly part of the package.

Dauntsey's takes pupils mainly at 11+, 13+ and 16+, with means-tested bursaries available for bright pupils whose families could not otherwise afford the fees. The school also publishes a structured scholarships and awards programme for both day and boarding applicants, with reassessment of bursary and scholarship support at sixth-form entry.

Dauntsey's offers awards at 11+, 13+ and 16+ across academic and wider talent areas, with published fee remission generally capped at 10% through the scholarship route. Families needing deeper support are directed to the means-tested bursary scheme, which can sit alongside awards where appropriate.

• 11+ (First Form), 13+ (Third Form) and 16+ (Lower Sixth).
• A range of means-tested support is published, but no standard percentage tariff appears in the main bursary page snippet.
• Families should apply through the admissions route and complete the school’s bursary process; awards are means-tested.

The school's inspection page lists a regulatory compliance inspection in June 2023, alongside earlier educational-quality reporting from 2018 in which academic achievement and personal development were both judged excellent. School materials emphasise a broad education rooted in challenge, character and opportunity.