Private school Blundell's School

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The school was founded in 1604 by Peter Blundell, and received a name in honour of its founder. Blundell's School is located on the outskirts of the small town of Tiverton in County Devon. Not far from the school are the national parks of Dartmoor and Exmoor.

Due to the abundance of greenery and environmental friendliness of the area, Blundell's School has created a healthy atmosphere for full study and relaxation. At the same time, the school has a convenient location relative to airports. You can drive to the local airport in 20 minutes, and London Heathrow in 2.5 hours.

The school's motto, “There are two gifts we can give our children, the first is roots and the second is wings”, emphasizes two core values that Blundell's School gives its students: wings and roots.

Roots are the development of character and a sense of social responsibility. Wings are independence, initiative, the pursuit of excellence and self-confidence. The goal of the school is to maximize the potential of children, to teach them to tolerate people with different abilities, to help develop self-discipline. Here they believe in honesty, nobility and mutual respect, in the enthusiasm and joy of the process of learning, in achieving their goals.

DIRECTOR (stand 2026)

Bart Wielenga, Education - University of Natal (South Africa).

FAMOUS SCHOOL GRADUATES

• Archibald Hill, physiologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine (1922)
• Cyril Wilkinson, hockey player, gold medallist at the Olympics (1920)
• Robert Arandeo, Diplomat, Governor of the Island of Barbados
• Peter Schiffloff, cellist and co-founder of Amadeus Quartet
• Vermon Barlett, journalist and politician
• William Buckland, geologist
• Ben Collins, Formula 1 racer
• John Davis, athlete (cricket)
• Edward Dimen, author of hymns
• John Ebdon, writer
• Tristan Evans, drummer and backing vocalist for The Vamps
• Charles Rossister Forwood, lawyer and Attorney General Fr. Fiji
• Michael Gilbert, writer
• Hugh Morris, athlete (cricket)
• Gordon Newton, editor of the Financial Times
• Richard Sharp, athlete, captain of the English rugby team
• Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury

KEY FACTORS

• High exam results.
• Students enter the most prestigious universities.
• Small classes - up to 12 people.
• The Independent School Inspectorate (ISI) praised the school, recognizing the high quality of staff and the active desire of students to do their learning.

EQUIPMENT

The school's sports equipment: a heated pool, all-weather cricket fields, a gym, 8 soccer fields, hockey and rugby fields, squash courts, tennis courts (30 courts in summer). The school has excellent equipment for practicing music: 12 classes for practical exercises, 6 pianos, including Steinway, 3 hand organs in the chapel, Apple Mac audio equipment, and recording studio.

PROGRAM

GCSE

A two-year program for obtaining a certificate of general secondary education. Required to study 6 subjects, 4 subjects are studied by choice.
What is the difference between IGCSE and GCSE programmes?

A-level

A two-year university preparatory program. Students choose 4 or 5 subjects for in-depth study.
Find out more about A-level program

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD

Living in a residence on the school grounds, in one of 7 houses. Each house has a common lounge, a games room and a small kitchen. All houses are under the supervision of mentors who have excellent knowledge and understanding of the children in their care. Houses create an atmosphere of community and involvement of children in a common cause. Debates and music contests, plays and Christmas entertainments held in homes foster friendship between children throughout the school year.

SPORT

Sport is an integral part of school life. Blundell's has an excellent reputation for its sporting achievements and special sporting spirit. This is noted by students of other schools who come here to numerous sports.

The school has excellent equipment and first-class coaches, many of whom played at the highest level in the sport they teach. Sport allows students to develop character, self-control, leadership and sportsmanship through games and participation in competitive matches. Pupils will be able to enjoy their classes and will find the sport that will become their basis for a healthy lifestyle.

The main sports at the school: athletics, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rugby, swimming, tennis. You can also engage in badminton, basketball, canoeing, fencing, golf, gymnastics, horse riding.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

The art department of the school allows students to develop their creative talents. Children develop practical skills in drawing, painting, printing, sculpture, photography and mixed media. Experiment with ideas and materials in a creative inspirational setting.

The theatre department of the school is invited to all students for drama. You can be trained as a screenwriter, director, designer, technician, and, of course, an actor. The school has a special creation system for teaching talented children. You can study in the following areas: acting, directing, lighting design, creating sound effects, costume design. Training is carried out both within the curriculum and in extra time. Children have a unique opportunity to practice in theatres in Exeter or Taunton.

The success of this approach is obvious: in recent years, school students have been selected to participate in the national student theatre festival in Scarborough and have been awarded scholarships from theatre schools.

At Blundell's there are many opportunities for music lessons and music performance. There are two orchestras, a string orchestra, string groups and quartets, wind ensembles and chamber music. There is an opportunity for students to organize their own group and participate in the annual House Music contest, which is always of an exceptionally high standard.

More than half of students learn to play a musical instrument. Classes are taught by highly qualified teachers, many are concert performers, members of orchestras and outstanding teachers. School teachers include those who also teach for the National Children's Orchestra and have performed in some of Europe’s most prestigious venues, including Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall and Covent Garden.

COST, 2026-2027

£13,500 - £19,926 per semester.
There are 3 semesters in the school year.

Included in cost

• Teaching
• Accommodation and meals

Additionally paid

• Flights
• Transfers to / from the airport
• Visa
• Services of the company "Paradise"
• Guardianship (as required by British law)

Our services and fees

IMPRESSION OF STAFF OF THE PARADISE COMPANY ON VISITING THE SCHOOL

Natalia Strein
Founder of ‘’Paradise’’

I wander around Blundell ‘s in Devon, the sea can't be heard, but its powerful salty body is not far away The sea sneezes salt, sneezes iodine into the guys' bodies I am lucky too: I drink fresh, like mineral water, the juicy air of the lush green Devonshire - the south-west of England

The English are ventilation freaks and approve of draughts That's why they don't have seasonal acute respiratory infections and children rarely get sick when they first arrive at nursery school The whole of England does not mobilise to fight spring flu; and it is not customary to carry medicine with you in bags

‘It's not in the mentality to be sick,’ an old gentleman told me. Magic paracetamol helps from all illnesses Babies are taught to walk barefoot on icy stone floors, and socks are the normal form of clothing until deep autumn Usually, Russians arriving in London for the first time are shocked by the sight of children's nakedness Healthy, hardened sons and daughters grow up here

Anton, 17, has been a pupil at Blundell's School, England, for a year. After the 10th grade he told his parents about his desire to go to England

In Moscow, Anton studied at a solid MATHEMATICAL institution In the last two grades of a British school kids can study only 3-4 subjects, and Anton, of course, chose maths As well as further maths (advanced maths), but also psychology, which he truly enjoys, and the less serious subject of business (which is how it is perceived by universities)

‘In the study of psychology, statistics is very helpful Many psychology departments require an ‘excellent’ in maths"

‘In Russia we pass few topics in maths, but study them in depth, but here in England many different topics are given in the first year of 6th form (meaning the penultimate year of study) And in the second year, i.e. the last year of school, we already study them in depth"

‘Sometimes I lack complexity here, but I don't want to do one topic for a long time like in Moscow either There is no lack of complexity in additional maths: if you want a high level of problems, take it as a subject"

‘If here we study 40 topics, in Moscow we study only 7, but deeper We take, say, TRIGONOMETRY, and we chisel away at it It's interesting in its complexity, but boring In England I learnt for the first time the method of proof by INDUCTION. It's often used here In Moscow they did not teach it, and if they do, it is only at a university And if you know this method, you can solve a lot of things very quickly

Matrices were also not taught in Russia, and this is useful for a number of questions on the USE Everything you get here in England is useful for solving further problems It's the methods of solving them that are the key

‘For example, in Moscow we proved the COSINUS THEOREM in three pages, but here, through knowledge of vectors in three-dimensional space, we can prove and fit the solution into literally three lines!’ exclaims Anton enthusiastically

‘The beauty of extra maths is that you can switch to statistics, then to mechanics, from mechanics - not pure maths’.

Praises his teachers relentlessly, I thought he was proud of them

His favourite is from OXFORD Talking about him, Anton gets all fired up, all emotion. "He tells such things! - he exclaims delightedly

‘I'm learning things from him that I've never heard of.’

‘Anton, what is your VERDICT? "I really like maths here, because I can learn the most Moscow is superior in terms of difficulty if we're talking about maths schools, and if we're just talking about maths Further maths in England corresponds in difficulty to the level of maths classes in Moscow"

Anton takes me to the recreation room in the boys' residence where 50 people live Where the billiards are and where the ROYAL is

‘We all play.’ "Really Were you picked up on purpose? Laughs, ‘No, it's just that one boy is a pro and he taught us all’ Gosh, I think, how cool it is when your kid gets to a wonderful place where 14-17 year olds teach each other music

The boy is proud of the school "The teachers are jokers, and in an atmosphere of fun everything is easier to memorise The lesson goes in waves from serious to fun.

In my school in Moscow, in a tense atmosphere, no deviations from the topic were expected And here the Business Teacher, explaining the Elasticity of Goods, tells about a vodka factory: to make everyone laugh.

The psychologist is juggling with the subject.

‘Being at school until 4 p.m. was a horror for me. Here, too, it's 4 p.m., but there are big breaks and the fresh air helps: you run from class to class in the street, a lot of sports in the air: I play football, rugby, and tennis In Moscow I had to languish for two hours in traffic jams when travelling to sports, but here everything is in one place"

Anton is VERY polite, and not just ‘thank you-sorry-please’: he is alert, sensing the interlocutor I am interested: you have always been like this Anton smiles coquettishly ‘The local environment has influenced me.’

And what do you dislike "The chapel service is annoying Waste of time,’ Anton exclaims "But, you know what I like to sing there ‘Shine, Jesus, shine,’ is my favourite."

Who would have thought

‘Also, the girls here are beautiful.’ I see Antosha and I have become friends.