Chilton Cantelo School is a small profit-making

For-Profit School

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 coeducational Independent school

Independent school

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 located in the village of Chilton Cantelo

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 132...

 near Yeovil

Yeovil

Yeovil is a town and civil parish in south Somerset, England. The parish had a population of 27,949 at the 2001 census, although the wider urban area had a population of 42,140...

 and Sherborne

Sherborne

Sherborne is a market town in northwest Dorset, England. It is sited on the River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The A30 road, which connects London to Penzance, runs through the town. The population of the town is 9,350 . 27.1% of the population is aged 65 or...

 in Somerset

Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

, England. The school is owned and operated by the Cognita

Cognita

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 Group.

Set on 25 acres (101,171.5 m²) of grounds, an 18th-century manor house

Manor house

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 houses the school. It accepts pupils between the ages of 7 and 16. The school has boarding places for up to 220 of its pupils, with day pupils offered 'flexi-boarding' when needed. Class sizes are typically small.

Chilton Cantelo School is a member of the Independent Schools Association

Independent Schools Association (UK)

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, the Independent Schools Council

Independent Schools Council

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 and the Boarding Schools Association.