Welcome to Downsend School
Inspiring Young Minds. Creating Incredible Futures.
Downsend is an innovative and forward-thinking independent school, with a new vision; to inspire a generation to embrace the future, shaping incredible people who will make change in our world.
At Downsend, we prepare our young people for the future with a creative and problem-solving approach. We think big, we celebrate innovation, and we never hold back.
All four schools in the Downsend family have been judged to be ‘excellent in all areas’ by the Independent School Inspectorate and we are delighted to have been shortlisted as 'Co-educational Independent School of the Year' in the Independent School of the Year Awards 2024.
Our Awards.
Highly Commended
FACILITIES & LOCATION
Excellent learning locations.
Innovative modern spaces bring specialist teaching to life at the Main School, while Little Downsend offers a home from home for our littlest children, with outstanding outdoor spaces for exploring and learning.
Accreditations
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Last week, Downsend Rocks 2026 brought an evening of live music and brilliant performances from our student bands. 🎸
Students took to the stage with confidence and energy, performing a wide range of music across the evening.
A huge thank you to our Music Department staff, technical team and families for helping make the evening such a success, and most importantly, well done to all of the students who performed with such enthusiasm and passion for music.
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Happy 100th Birthday, Sir David 🌍
Today at Downsend we celebrated one of the greatest storytellers of our time and asked our students a big question: what legacy do you want to leave?
From his career in broadcasting to the biomes he’s brought into our living rooms, David Attenborough’s story is one of curiosity, purpose and passion. And today, our pupils started writing theirs.
A huge thank you to Shelley Macintyre, whose BBC broadcasting experience and passion for his work inspired the day, and who will be celebrating with Sir David himself at the Royal Albert Hall tonight, armed with a birthday message from our students. 🎬
Time for something a bit different…
Inspired by the SNL Wicked sketch, this is a musical-style glimpse into Downsend - with students and staff from Little Downsend through to Sixth bringing the Downsend journey to life.
A small snapshot of the creativity, confidence and community you’ll find across the school. 🎵
Join us at our Open Morning on 13 June to see it for yourself - book now at downsend.co.uk
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Yesterday, 31 of our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils headed to the @natural_history_museum for an out-of-this-world day of coding, engineering and problem-solving.
As part of a workshop created in partnership with the LEGO Group and @raisingrobots , they designed, built and programmed their very own Martian rovers using LEGO®️ Education SPIKE Essential robotics sets, then put them to the test on a realistic Martian surface. 🤖🪐
It was great to see how they collaborated, tested and debugged their way through the challenge. Future engineers and coders in the making! 💫
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