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Varndean School is a place where all people matter. A school where individuality is welcomed, celebrated and shared amongst our whole school community. Our whole community benefits from a wide range of learning experiences, alongside a firm belief that a strong community approach to wellbeing gives students the confidence, conviction and courage to exceed their own expectations.
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Our Schools

We have five schools within the main school, each similar in size to small primary schools. We aim to build on the personal approach that many of our parents tell us their children miss when moving to large high schools.

Lennox

Lennox

Lennox School is our newest School Base, introduced in 2020 to keep up with the ever-growing student intake and to ensure that every child continued to be seen, heard and supported.
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Angelou

Angelou

Named after Maya Angelou, a famous poet and civil rights activist. Maya was an advocate for the importance of language & education, particularly for young women & believed in the rights of all people.
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Russell

Russell

Named after British philosopher Bertrand Russell. He inspires us in many ways, which are most importantly captured by the quote "a good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge".
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Turing

Turing

Named after Alan Turing the English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist who has become increasingly famous due to the highly successful film "The Imitation Game".
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Ellis

Ellis

Ellis School's desire to focus on sporting, artistic and cultural education alongside academic success was born from the inspiration of our visionary namesake and former Headteacher, Ethel Ellis.
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Wellbeing

Varndean School is a place where all people matter. A school where individuality is welcomed, celebrated and shared amongst our whole school community.

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