School development and fundraising

Local businesses, our PTA and most importantly our school families are generous supporters of our school.

• The PTA raises on average £20,000 every year
• Local business donations (financial and in-kind) average £10,000 per year
• Many families now give via a monthly standing order to the school
• Many families donate using the ParentMail Donation Button

Your donations make a difference

All the money raised goes to support projects that benefit teaching and learning across the whole school. Grants have been made for:

• CPR manikins

• Support for after school clubs including Robotics, CU and Gardening
• DofE licence, equipment and additional training resources
• Drama curtain
• Reader pens
• Basketball hoops and table tennis equipment
• Support for the Sixth Form Brain Day and creative writing speaker for the Library
• Printing press for Art
• Media equipment/camera for IT
• iMac for Drama
• Drumming project for Music
• OS Maps for Geography

Money raised from bids, grants and sponsorship helps us pursue expansion and refurbishment programmes, which in turn help us deliver an outstanding education to more local children. In 2021, we used a £5.8 million grant from GCC to add to our site and increase our pupil intake. We now have:

• A new two-storey 10-classroom block (for our English Department) including offices and additional learning space
• Sports hall extension, delivering new gymnasium, department offices and changing rooms
• Two refurbished modern science laboratories, to add to our excellent existing facilities

We thank you for all your amazing support to date.

Parent/carers with ParentMail accounts:

• Simply set-up a monthly donation – the form can be found in your ParentMail account. Please also complete the Gift Aid form to ensure every penny comes to The Cotswold School.
• Donate via ParentMail. There is a button, clearly shown in the SHOP page of your ParentMail account.
• Give as You Earn. Your employer may offer a Give as You Earn scheme, such as Elsevier, which may offer a more tax efficient scheme.

Members of our community:

• Use our PayPal Donate button – you don’t need a PayPal account to give!
• We welcome one-off and monthly donations. To donate, please complete the form at the foot of this section. Thank you.
• Business sponsorship – we have a range of sponsorship options – please email marketing@thecotswoldschool.co.uk
• If you can offer trade or business services, advice and knowledge, please do let us know.

What else can you do?

• Lobby the Local MP for better school funding – please contact Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP at cliftonbrowng@parliament.uk
• Support The Cotswold School PTA – PTA events contribute c. £20,000 each year
• The Cotswold School is bringing the summer car parking ‘under one roof’ to raise funds directly for The Cotswold School. If you are able to help with a day over the season to run the car parking, this really would help. The car parking raises c. £20,000 each year.