Set off the beaten track and quite difficult to find, Ludgrove is a very homely school set in a surprisingly large plot (130 acres). The playing fields and first-class indoor facilities enable all the boys to participate in a large variety of sports and activities. The games programme is full and varied and boys take part in organised games five afternoons a week – principally football, rugby, hockey and cross country in the winter and cricket, athletics, tennis and swimming in the summer.

The sport facilities include extensive playing fields and a wonderful nine-hole golf course. The all-weather Astroturf provides excellent grounds for hockey, cricket and tennis in addition to four hard core tennis courts. Indoor facilities include two squash courts, a sports hall, two Eton fives courts and a magnificent 20 metre indoor swimming pool.

The school has also recently opened a new Performing Arts Centre to a very high specification and which offers a very creative space.

All the new boys’ names are added to the walls of the school as soon as they arrive, so that they immediately feel as though they belong, rather than having to wait until they leave.

The school has a much more traditional feel to it although it is clearly forward thinking.

There is no formal entrance exam for boys joining in Year 4, but the school asks for a report from the previous school so that the children can be put in the right set.