Dean Close School is set in 50 acres of games fields and parkland in the centre of Cheltenham.
Shared facilities
The school has excellent facilities including a 550-seat professional Theatre, an Amphi-Theatre, 2 water based Astroturf Pitches, a 25m indoor heated Swimming Pool, climbing wall, indoor Rifle Range, Chapel, Dance Studio and fully equipped Gymnasium.
Prep School only facilities
At the Prep School there is a School Hall with adjoining Speech and Drama room: a specialist Art Department (2 rooms): a specialist Design Technology Department (the workshop and the D/T computer suite) : two ICT suites: six Form Rooms for Year 3 - 5: specialist classrooms for English (2 classrooms): Maths (3 classrooms): Science (2 laboratories and one teaching room): Latin, Religious Studies, Geography, History, French and Spanish (3 classrooms), Music (2 classrooms and Music ICT suite) and 13 peripatetic teaching rooms.
There is also a dining room adjoining the kitchens where all the food is freshly prepared. The Prep School pupils and staff all join each other for lunch every day.
Boarding houses
At the Prep School there are three boarding houses on the periphery of the Prep School site
a bespoke three story boarding house for girls and boys aged 7-10- a bespoke four storey boarding house for girls aged 10 - 13
- a bespoke four storey boarding house for boys aged 10 - 13
Each of the houses offers modern and comfortable accommodation. On the lower floors there are common rooms, a sitting room with Sky television and games consoles, a Prep Room with computers and access to Sykpe, games rooms with table tennis, pool table, air hockey or table football, a kitchen and changing rooms with showers to be used after games. The House Parents live on the middle floor with their family. The spacious dormatories are largely on the upper floors of the house. See boarding for further images of facilities.
Day Houses
There are also three day houses, large sitting rooms and an office which provide a home in school for the day pupils. Each of the houses is equipped with various games tables including table tenis, pool and air hockey.