Chilton Cantelo School was a small profit-making mixed

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located in the village of

Chilton Cantelo Chilton Cantelo is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Yeo north of Yeovil and east of Ilchester in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 445. The parish also includes the village of Ashin ...

(near

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and

Sherborne Sherborne is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in north west Dorset, in South West England. It is sited on the River Yeo (South Somerset), River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The parish include ...

) in

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, England. The school was briefly owned and operated by the

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Group. Set on of grounds, an 18th-century

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housed the school. 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

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and the Boarding Schools Association. In July 2016, Cognita closed the school, making staff redundant, because of a fall in admissions since 2007. Chilton Cantelo became home to

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, prior to The Park School's closure.

Notable former pupils

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(1945–2007), actor

References

Defunct schools in Somerset Boarding schools in Somerset Educational institutions established in 1959 Educational institutions disestablished in 2016 1959 establishments in England 2016 disestablishments in England Cognita {{Somerset-school-stub