- Age range
- 8–18
- Co-ed status
- Mixed
- Number of students
- 61
- Day / boarding
- Day only
- Religious affiliation
- Non-denominational
- Average fees
- £65,600 (annual, inc. VAT)
- Has a nursery
- No
How the school describes itself
- The Greater Horseshoe says it offers calm, specialist education in a peaceful rural environment.
- The school emphasises pathways, therapeutic care, vocational opportunity and helping young people re-engage with learning.
- The school is specialist, restorative and strongly focused on life chances.
Fee profile
Annual fees including VAT. 2025-26.
Parents like
- A very specific option, but potentially an excellent one for families who need structured specialist support with genuine ambition attached.
- The woodland setting, care-farm elements and practical pathways may be especially attractive to pupils who struggle in conventional classrooms.
- It looks like a setting where therapy, behaviour and education are deliberately integrated.
Admissions
The Greater Horseshoe School is a specialist school for pupils with EHCPs, so admissions are handled through referrals, local-authority processes and a close look at whether the provision is the right fit. Published information makes clear that the setting is designed for specific profiles, not as a general independent-school alternative.
Scholarships
The Greater Horseshoe School does not operate a conventional scholarship or bursary scheme. The central issue is suitability of provision, therapeutic support and the agreed placement route.
Bursaries
The Greater Horseshoe School does not clearly publish bursary details. As a specialist setting, funding may be handled through placements, private fee arrangements or individual support discussions rather than a standard published bursary scheme, so families should confirm the route directly with the school.
- The school does not publish a standard bursary entry route, so families should confirm whether funding is arranged through placements, private fees or case-by-case support.
- No standard public bursary tariff, remission percentage or fund size is published.
- Families should ask the school directly how funding is arranged, whether any private fee remission exists and who handles financial discussions.
Inspection snapshot
The school says Ofsted judged it Outstanding in all areas in March 2023, with a further material-change inspection published in 2025. That inspection background strongly supports its public positioning as a high-quality specialist environment.
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