Chandlings

Chandlings, or Chandlings Prep School, known until 2007 as Chandlings Manor School, is an independent co-educational Preparatory [school (UK)|preparatory school] at Bagley Wood near Kennington, a village south of Oxford.
The school occupies a site of with a wide variety of sports and educational facilities and is a member of the Independent Association of Prep Schools.

History

Chandlings was founded in 1994 as a co-educational day-school by the governors of Cothill House to supplement the preparatory boarding school education for boys at Cothill. In its early years, it was known as Chandlings Manor School.

Present day

The school is operated by Radley Schools Group, an educational charity registered in England, which also operates other preparatory schools in England.
Chandlings is a co-educational school which has a nursery and a pre-prep department, which delivers an Early Years Foundation Stage programme for children up to year 2, and then a prep department, for years 3 to 6. Pupils are divided into three houses: Richardson, Astley and Poltimore.
Among the school's facilities are an indoor heated swimming pool, tennis and netball courts, playing fields, full-size astroturf pitch, a golf course, stables, and woods where a new low-ropes course has been built.
The headmaster is Adam Mallins.
The Good Schools Guide says:
In rural surroundings near Oxford, Chandlings is part of .

Publications

Clare Walsh, ''Get Cooking!''