Mainstream schools

Why Calder House?

Starfish

A man was walking along the beach one day. Ahead he noticed another, older man picking up a starfish that had become stranded on the sand and throwing it back into the sea.

“Why do you bother?” the man asked him. “The beach goes on for miles and countless starfish get stranded every day. You can’t really make a difference.”

The old man looked at the starfish in his hand and then he threw it to safety among the waves. “I can make a difference to this one,” he replied.

Countless children feel stranded at school. For some Calder House can make a real difference.

How are we different?

Calder House offers a unique approach to whole school specialist provision - one which delivers one-to-one specialist help without the loss of classroom teaching and which is tailored to meet the needs of each individual pupil.

"Susie has transferred smoothly to secondary school and has not looked back. She is a confident ordinary twelve year old who is making the most of her school, loves learning and copes with everything."

Former pupil's parent

Mainstream schools

Pupils leaving Calder House go on to thrive in a wide variety of mainstream schools in both the private and state sectors. These include:

All Hallows, Shepton Mallet (Independent)
Bathhampton Primary, Bath (State)
Beechen Cliff, Bath (State)
Bradon Forest, Swindon (State)
Bruern Abbey, Chesterton (Independent)
Brymore School, Bridgewater (State)
Clayesmore School, Iwerne Minister (Independent)
Cokethorpe, Whitney (Independent)
Commonweal, Swindon (State)
Corsham Secondary School, Corsham (State)
Dean Close, Cheltenham (Independent)
Downside, Stratton-on-the-Fosse (Independent)
Elizabeth College, Guernsey (Independent)
Finchampstead Primary School, Berks (State)
Grittleton House, Grittleton (Independent)
Hardenhuish, Chippenham (State)
John Bentley, Calne (State)
John Cabot City Technololgy College, Bristol (State)
Kingham Hill, Chipping Norton (Independent)
Kings Bruton Prep, Bruton (Independent)
Kingsdown Community School, Warminster (State)
Kingswood School Prep, Bath (Independent)
Kingswood Senior School, Bath (Independent)
Malmesbury Community School, Malmesbury (State)
Matravers, Westbury (State)
Millfield, Somerset (Independent)
Monkton Combe Junior and Senior Schools, Bath (Independent)
Monkton Primary School, Bath (State)
Prior Park College, Bath (Independent)
Pewsey Vale, Pewsey (State)
Queen Mary's Yorks (Independent)
Ralph Allen Comprehensive, Bath (State)
Sexeys School, Bruton (State)
Sheldon School, Chippenham (State)
St Augustine's Catholic College, Trowbridge (State)
St Gregory's RC, Bath (State)
St Josephs RC Primary School , Devizes (State)
St Joseph's Secondary School, Laverstock (State)
St Katherine's Comprehensive, Somerset (State)
St Laurence CE, Bradford on Avon (State)
St Marks Comprehensive, Bath (State)
St Mary's Wantage, Wantage (Independent)
St Ursula's School, Bristol (Independent)
Stonar School, Atworth (Independent)
The Ridgeway School, Wroughton (State)
Warminster School, Warminster (Independent)
Warneford Highworth, Swindon (State)
Wootton Bassett Secondary School, Wootton Bassett (State)