"Our daughter settled very quickly at Colston Bassett School and we were welcomed into what felt like a new family. She enjoys every day at school and her favourite day is Thursday when she does Football and French. She has made friends in her class but also throughout the school and we can see she has grown in confidence. Her academic progress has been fantastic. The teachers are very supportive and when we had a brief issue about night time fears, her teacher supported us and did a session on it at school and our daughter came home feeling much better. This school is fantastic at supporting individual academic needs but it also builds important foundations in social skills too." 

Mr & Mrs S Darke

"I was trying to think of the best way to describe all the good things about Colston Bassett School, when Heather (in the the car on the way home from school the other day) announced "Colston Bassett is the best school ever!"

There are all sorts of details I could add about the things we both like about the school - the family atmosphere, Heather's progress since moving there in September and the extra curricular activities (chess club, piano, art club, ballet), but I thought her comment was shorter and more to the point."

Helen & Heather Colbourne

"We are delighted with the way in which our son has enjoyed school since starting. We have seen a leap in his development both academically and socially. The school is nurturing his love for learning and is clearly providing a tool kit for lifelong development. We love the school."

Matt & Gemma Sheppard   

"I am absolutely delighted with the progress my daughter has made this term. The pleasure she is gaining from the knowledge she has absorbed far surpasses my hopes for her at Colston Bassett. She has settled into the routine and teaching structure and can't wait to arrive each day. My heartfelt thanks and praise to all the teaching staff. I can only positively praise the school, it's teachers and the pupils - the best decision I've ever made."

Miranda Brydon

"Our son attended a great local school for half a term –we had compared league tables, met Headteachers and we thought we had found the best option available to us. How wrong we were! The six weeks in the school we had chosen left our son mostly un-challenged and slightly bemused. We heard about the open day at Colston Bassett and came along. Initially we may secretly have had reservations that being a start up venture our son might be disadvantaged by his peer groups size or that changing mid term might leave him floundering. Surely now he had started elsewhere it might be better to let him continue? Teachers and School Directors alike listened to our concerns and explained what they wanted to achieve. By the end of our visit our son solved it all for us anyway by asking 'How soon could he come to Colston Bassett?' It’s simply that kind of place. We made our decision almost on the spot to 'switch'. We’ve never looked back.

The modest group size and high ratio of teacher to child has helped him flourish. It’s not just the numbers though – our son now has what we feel is an idyllic school life from both an educational and experiential viewpoint. The staff team not only make learning enjoyable they also have the desire to work on all those other valuable areas of development such as good social skills. They walk in open countryside, they take time to sit and discuss things they’ve seen and more than anything they have fun together. Our son is enjoying learning, is taking pride in himself and his achievements and is happier than we could ever have hoped for. If you want school to really be the best days of your child's life we highly recommend you look at what Colston Bassett are offering – traditional values, innovative teaching methods, bespoke development and the opportunity for parents to be intrinsically involved in how the school moves forward.

Our final point is that we volunteered to provide these views as we want 'our' school to continue to blossom – we want other parents to look on this as a viable alternative for their children. We promise them they’ll be starting out on a journey that will surprise and delight them in a way they are simply not expecting – providing a unique experience for the adults and children alike!"

Ian Saunders & Amanda Kennett