Dean Close School
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| Motto | verbum dei lucerna ("God's word, a guiding light") |
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| Established | 1886 |
| Type | Independent day and boarding |
| Religion | Church of England |
| President | Caroline, Baroness Cox |
| (Interim) Warden | R Jones, LVO BEd (Oxon) |
| Headmaster | Bradley Salisbury MEd, PGCE |
| Chairman of the Trustees | Kathryn Carden |
| Location |
Shelburne Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 6HE United Kingdom |
| DfE number | 916/6035 |
| Students | 900 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 3–18 |
| Colours | Maroon and Navy |
| Former pupils | Old Decanians |
| Website | www |
Dean Close School is a co-educational day and boarding public school in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The School is divided into pre-prep, preparatory and senior schools located on separate but adjacent sites outside Cheltenham town centre, occupying the largest private land area in the town. Pupils may be enrolled as young as 3 in the pre-preparatory school, and continue through to 18 at the senior school. The Headmaster of the Senior School is Bradley Salisbury. Dean Close is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. The Headmaster of the Preparatory School is Paddy Moss. DCPS is a member of the IAPS and the Choir Schools' Association. Fees are currently £23,166 pa for day pupils and £33,780 pa for boarders in the senior school. Fees in the prep school are up to £16,266 pa for day pupils and up to £23,910 pa for boarders.
The School, originally "The Dean Close Memorial School", was founded in 1886 (79th of the 103 Victorian public schools in order of foundation) and named after the Very Reverend Francis Close, Dean of Carlisle Cathedral. Alumni include the poet James Elroy Flecker, whose father was the School's first headmaster (the old Flecker Hall was named after him), and the artist Francis Bacon.
In the First World War more than 120 former pupils were killed; their names, along with the names of young men killed during the Second World War, are recorded in the School's memorial chapel which was consecrated in 1923.
The school buildings were requisitioned by the Home Office during World War II and the staff and pupils were relocated to nearby Monkton Combe School. Ultimately, the buildings were not required by the government, and were handed back in 1940. In December of the same year, the School was hit by five bombs during air raids. Two of the bombs caused substantial damage to the Junior School and shrapnel damage can be observed on what was the Careers building, now an administrative office.
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