- Age range
- 7–19
- Co-ed status
- Mixed
- Number of students
- 518
- Day / boarding
- Day & boarding
- Religious affiliation
- Church of England
- Average fees
- Day £20,956 · Boarding £41,886 (annual, inc. VAT)
- Has a nursery
- No
How the school describes itself
- Ellesmere is broad minded, individual focused and determined to prepare pupils not just for exams but for life beyond school.
Fee profile
Annual fees including VAT. 2025-26.
A-level results
Results shown for 2025.
Popular subjects
By percentage of all A-level exams taken.
Parents like
- A persuasive option for families who want a spacious boarding or day school with genuine breadth, strong co-curricular energy and a more individual, less metropolitan feel than some better-known names.
Admissions
Ellesmere College's admissions process is polished, multi-entry and comfortable handling both day and boarding families across a broad age range. The feel is of a substantial school that wants to be seen as individualised rather than merely grand.
Scholarships
Scholarships and bursaries are clearly part of the proposition, and the College speaks about support with enough confidence to make the access story feel real. That complements the broader appeal rather than replacing it.
Bursaries
Ellesmere College says it offers means-tested bursaries alongside scholarships, exhibitions and awards. The school says bursaries can supplement awards and are assessed by reference to parental financial circumstances.
- Families need to register first and then tell the admissions team if they wish to apply for a bursary.
- The official pages confirm bursaries and describe scholarship and exhibition awards separately, but do not publish a single standard bursary remission range.
- The bursary process is administered through an external provider and involves a secure application, supporting evidence and an interview.
Inspection snapshot
The profile is strong, with clear scholarships and bursaries information, a visible boarding-and-breadth story and explicit support-for-learning messaging. That gives families something tangible to weigh before they ever arrive on campus.
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