Combe Bank School

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Combe Bank School
Established	1924
Type	Independent day school
Headmistress	Mrs J Abbotts
Chairman of the Governors	Mr P Dickinson
Location	Combe Bank Drive Sundridge Sevenoaks Kent TN14 6AE England Coordinates: 53°11′28″N 2°53′49″W / 53.191°N 2.897°W / 53.191; -2.897
Local authority	Kent
DfE number	886/6018
Students	400~
Gender	Girls
Ages	3–18
Website	www.combebank.kent.sch.uk

Combe Bank School is an independent day school for girls in the village of Sundridge in Sevenoaks, Kent. The school was founded by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus but is now open to girls of all faiths. It is a member of the Girls' Schools Association and IAPS.

History

Combe Bank School was founded in 1924 by the Roman Catholic Society of the Holy Child Jesus in a Palladian mansion built for the Duke of Argyll. The building is now a Grade I listed building and is a popular place for wedding photographs.^[1]

The preparatory school occupies the old stable block, built around a small courtyard, and the senior school is based in the main house, extended and developed to provide the facilities needed for a pupils’ independent day school. The school is currently independently managed by the Combe Bank Foundation, which also oversees scholarships and bursaries awarded by the school.^[2]

Combe Bank now consists of a Nursery (coeducational), Preparatory School, Senior School and Sixth Form which means girls may study at the school from age 3 all the way to Sixth Form. Entry into the Senior School and Sixth Form is selective.^[3]

Curriculum

The 2009 ISI inspection commended the school for its "all-round education" and rated nearly all aspects of the curriculum as "good".^[4]

Girls generally take 9 GCSEs and are required to take English, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Language, Separate Sciences or Science plus Additional Science and Religious Studies plus three other subjects. In 2007, candidates achieved a 100% pass rate with A*-C grades in 5 or more subjects.^[5]

Activities

There are many extracurricular activities available including the Duke of Edinburgh Award, sports and performing arts. Combe Bank is also heavily involved in the community through its choral society, which is open to members of the community as well.^[6]

References

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Schools in Kent (including Medway)

Preparatory schools	Holmewood House School Rose Hill School St Michael's Preparatory School, Otford Sevenoaks Preparatory School The Schools at Somerhill

Senior schools	Ashford School Benenden School Beechwood Sacred Heart School Bethany School CATS College Cobham Hall Combe Bank School Dover College Gad's Hill School Kent College Kent College, Pembury The King's School, Canterbury King's School, Rochester Rochester Independent College Sackville School, Hildenborough St Edmund's School St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate Sevenoaks School Sutton Valence School Tonbridge School Walthamstow Hall

Special schools	The New School at West Heath Dorton House

Defunct schools

Category
Commons

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