Headmaster: Gareth Jones, BA Hons, PGCE, MEd
Deputy Headmaster: Colin Langley, BSc Hons, PGCE
Assistant Head – Pastoral: Mireille Everton, BA Hons
Assistant Head – Academic: Greg Das Gupta, BSc, BCom, PGCE
Assistant Head – Boarding: Mark Tovey, BEd Hons
Assistant Head - Teaching and Learning: Nicola Sodhi, MA, BA Hons, QTS
Assistant Head – Pre Prep: Katie Gedye, BA, QTS
UK Registrar: Liz Graham, BSc Hons
International Admissions Registrar: Caroline Morgan, MA Oxon
Age range. 3–13.
Number of pupils. 384 boys and girls of whom 90 are full, weekly, or flexi-boarders. Preparatory (8–13 year olds): 251 pupils; Pre-Preparatory and Early Years (3–8 year olds): 133 pupils.
Bilton Grange, part of the Rugby School Group, is a special place: a place where childhood is protected and futures are prepared. Set in 90 acres of parkland, outdoor learning is a regular feature, as is marshmallow toasting and campfire cooking.
Leading the way for 21st Century prep school boarding, BG is investing in a new state-of-the-art boarding house opening 2025. With en-suite dormitories for 2- 4 children, there’s a huge emphasis on fun with hubs for music and play, a home cinema and a helter-skelter slide to transport the pupils between the levels.
Tailor-made boarding options from flexi, weekly and full, suit modern family life, while a new all-through boarding pathway to Rugby School is available to new boarders joining BG in Year 7.
Headmaster, Gareth Jones, ensures pupils benefit from an impressive range of opportunities designed to support individual interests. Children share common values of respect, awareness of others and courtesy. They are usually ‘all-rounders’, willing to take advantage of all that is on offer – be it on the sports field, in the classroom or on an adventure weekend.
Academics is impressive with 37 scholarships awarded across 10 different senior schools in 2024 including to the likes of Eton, Rugby, Harrow and Cheltenham Ladies College. Expect small class sizes, a broad range of subjects and specialist teaching staff.
Impressive facilities feature a purpose-built theatre, Music School, an atmospheric panelled library, chapel, sports hall, 25-metre indoor swimming pool, nine-hole golf course, shooting range and a floodlit artificial grass hockey pitch located within Pugin’s walled garden. Sporting success is achieved at regional and national level, while creative arts are a big part of school life with scholarship successes and achievements across Music, Art, Drama and Design Technology.
The Chorister Programme, launched with Rugby School two years ago, is hugely popular with 30 girls and boys regularly performing in Evensong and concerts.
Fees per term (2024-2025). Preparatory: Full Boarding £11,770, Weekly Boarding £10,920, Day £7,620–£8,650. Pre-Preparatory: £4,530–£5,370. (Fee discounts for Services’ children.)
Bursaries and academic scholarships are awarded annually and open to both internal and external candidates in Year 6, to start in Year 7. Bursaries are awarded on a financial need basis – please see the school website for more information.
Parents are encourage to come and visit to see why Bilton Grange is the first step in the adventure of life.
Charitable status. Bilton Grange is part of the Rugby School Group. Charity number 528752.