Students
Bromsgrove School has boarding and day students and consists of three schools, Pre-Prep Nursery School (ages 2–7), Preparatory School (ages 7–13) and the Senior School (13–18). The School has a total of 1,660 pupils, including 200 in the Pre-preparatory School, 500 in the Preparatory School and 960 in the Senior School, of whom 60% are male and 40% female, 60% boarding and 40% day. As well as British students, there are more than three hundred from 40 different countries, especially Russia, Germany, China and Hong Kong.
The school website states that the pass rate at grades A* to C (exams at age 16) is 96%. Bromsgrove also started teaching the International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) in 2009, with 6th form students having the choice between them and A-Levels. A Rugby match against King Edward's School, Birmingham, that has been played annually since 1875, is thought to be the oldest continuous Rugby fixture between two schools in England.
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