School report
Downside School
England · Co-educational · Ages 11–18 · Day & boarding · 355 pupils
At a glance
Latest income
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ISI · 2023-06-21
Roll (12 mo)
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Setting
Self-contained 500-acre monastery and school estate in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, bounded by Somerset countryside.
Getting there
Inspection & safeguarding
Latest outcome: all met
Inspected under ISI’s previous graded framework (before September 2023); shown on the current met/not-met standards basis for comparability.
- Regulator
- ISI
- Band
- Green
- Report date
- 2023-06-21
- Report age
- 3.0 years
Inspectorates use different scales, so bands are shown only within their own regime, never cross-mapped.
Fees
Fees
What Downside School publishes for 2025/26 — the advertised price, before any bursary or scholarship.
| Day | Boarding | |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | £31,035 /yr ≈ £10,345/term | £53,985 /yr ≈ £17,995/term |
| Sixth Form | £31,035 /yr ≈ £10,345/term | £53,985 /yr ≈ £17,995/term |
Termly figures are the annual fee ÷ 3. Source: the school's fee page ↗
Fee history
Full boarding fees have risen +32.8% since 2023/24 — from £40,650 to £53,985 in 2026/27. Latest figure includes VAT. See the full six-year trend below.
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Pupil body
The current roll at a glance.
137 boys · 112 girls · 249 on roll
Source: Department for Education, Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics 2025/26 (England).
Age profile
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Feeder schools
Prep schools that name this school as a destination.
Named as a destination by 4 prep schools in our data.
Including All Hallows School, Farleigh School, Salisbury Cathedral School and more.
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Recruitment & staffing
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Where these figures come from, and how complete they are.
- Financial source
- Charity Commission (England & Wales)
- Detail level
- Headline figures
- Latest accounts
- 2024-08-31
- Years on record
- 5
- Accounts age
- 21 months
- Pupil numbers
- 355 (inspection:ISI)
- Components
- Income components reconcile
- Entity scope
- This school
Pupil–teacher ratio: not published — independent schools aren’t in the DfE workforce census, and filed accounts don’t separate teaching staff.
Capital trend: only one year of capital spend is on record, so a multi-year under-investment signal can’t be computed yet.
Computed 2026-06-20 · pipeline ct-derived-1.0.0. Indicators, not verdicts — each is traceable to its source.
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