Chilton Cantelo School

Private boarding & day school in Yeovil, Somerset, England

Chilton Cantelo School was a small profit-making mixed private school located in the village of Chilton Cantelo (near Yeovil and Sherborne) in Somerset, England. The school was briefly owned and operated by the Cognita Group.

Set on 25 acres (10 ha) of grounds, an 18th-century manor house housed the school.^[1]^[2] It accepted pupils between the ages of 4 and 18. The school had boarding places for up to 220 of its pupils, with day pupils offered 'flexi-boarding' when needed. Class sizes were typically small.

Chilton Cantelo School was a member of the Independent Schools Association, the Independent Schools Council and the Boarding Schools Association. In July 2016, Cognita closed the school, making staff redundant, because of a fall in admissions since 2007.^[3]

Chilton Cantelo became home to The Park School,^[4]^[5] prior to The Park School's closure.^[6]

Notable former pupils

Gareth Forwood (1945–2007), actor

References

^ "Chilton Cantelo House". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
^ Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The complete guide. Wimborne, Dorset: Dovecote Press. pp. 66. ISBN 1-874336-26-1.
^ "Park School in Yeovil buys former Chilton Cantelo School". Yeovil Express. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
^ Dale, Fiona. "Chilton Cantelo School could face closure in July". Blackmore Vale Magazine. Blackmore Vale Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Malloy, Thomas (13 October 2017). "The Park School explains relocation from Yeovil to former Chilton Cantelo School site". Somerset Live. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
^ "Coronavirus: The Park School in Yeovil placed into administration and could close 'within weeks' amid COVID-19 pandemic".