A casual glance at the list of schools served by Cumnor shows that no single senior school is fed. The right school for the individual (and the family) is sought and the Headmaster invites parents to discuss future options when their child reaches Year 5 and there is the beginning of a fuller sense of potential, talents and preferences. Between 15 and 25 different senior schools are destinations each year and up to half of the Year 8 children may be attempting a Scholarship of one sort or another. Pupils leave at 13+ rather than 11+ and at the core of all our concerns is the happiness of the individual pupil and our determination that each pupil should learn according to their potential in an environment that challenges yet nurtures.
Over the last 10 years, our leavers have departed to the following schools:
Aiglon (1)
Ardingly (4 – including 1 Academic Scholarship and 2 Ashdown Awards)
Bedales (1 Music Scholarship)
Benenden (28 – including 3 Academic Scholarships, 2 Art Scholarships and 1 Art Exhibition, 1 Sports Scholarship)
Burgess Hill (3 – including 1 Art Scholarship)
Brighton College (18 – including 4 Academic Scholarships, 1 Music Scholarship, 1 Sports Scholarship,
1 Sports Exhibition, 1 Art Exhibition, and 1 Millennium Scholarship) [1 Sports Scholarship declined]
Bryanston (6)
Canford (1 Art Scholarship)
Charterhouse (18 – including 2 Academic Scholarships, 3 Peter Attenborough Awards and 1 Music Exhibition)
Cranbrook (9)
Cranleigh (10 – including 1 Music Scholarship, 1 Music Exhibition and 2 Eric Abbot Awards)
Downe House (1 Music Scholarship)
Eastbourne (20 – including 2 Academic Scholarships, 1 Academic Exhibition, 3 Music Scholarships, 3 Art Scholarships,
3 Forbes Wastie Awards, 1 Honorary Sports Scholarship and 1 Sports Exhibition) [1 Sports Scholarship declined]
Eton (7 – including 2 Music Exhibitions)
Gordonstoun (2 – including 2 Art Scholarships)
Harrow (6)
Hurstpierpoint (8 – including 3 Downs Awards and 1 Hurst Award) [1 Music Scholarship declined]
King’s Canterbury (28 – including 3 Academic Scholarships, 5 Academic Exhibitions, 1 Sports Scholarship,
2 Music Scholarships and 5 Art Scholarships)
Lancing (19 – including 2 Academic Scholarships, 2 Academic Exhibitions, 3 Ken Shearwood Awards and
1 Art Scholarship)
Marlborough (5)
Millfield (4 – including 1 Music Scholarship and 2 All Rounder Scholarships )
[1 All-Rounder Scholarship declined, 1 Sports & Art Scholarship declined]
Oundle (1)
Radley (8)
Roedean (3 – including 1 Academic Scholarship and 1 Sports Scholarship)
Rugby (2)
Seaford College (1)
Sevenoaks (18 – including 3 Major Academic Scholarships, 5 Academic Scholarships, 1 Art
Scholarship and 2 Music Scholarships)
Sherborne (2)
Shiplake (1)
St Bede’s (9 – including 1 Academic Scholarship, 1 Music Scholarship, 2 Art Scholarships and 1 Drama Scholarship)
St George’s, Rhode Island, USA (1)
St Leonard’s, Mayfield (20 – including 2 Academic Scholarships, 1 Art Scholarship [1 Art Scholarship declined
Stowe (4)
Tonbridge (30 – including 1 Ainslie Academic Scholarship, 2 Academic Scholarships, 2 Music Scholarships, 1 Music
Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar (1) Exhibition and 1 Technology Scholarship)
Wellington (11 – including 1 Academic Exhibition, 1 Music Scholarship and 1 Sports Exhibition)
Westminster (1 Queens’ Scholarship)
Westonbirt (1)
Winchester (4)
Woldingham (3 – including 1 Academic Scholarship and 1 Music Scholarship)
Worth (30 – including 6 Academic Scholarships, 2 All-Rounder Scholarships, 1 Music Scholarship and 1 Elwes Art Award)
[1 All-Rounder Sports Scholarship declined]
Wycombe Abbey (4 – including 2 Academic Scholarships)