Rougemont School

What Rougemont School does

Rougemont School is an independent co-educational day school operating a single 90-acre campus on the outskirts of Newport, South Wales (United Kingdom). Founded in 1925 (some sources cite 1926), it delivers a continuous educational pathway from Nursery (age 3) through Sixth Form, structured as five phases — Nursery, Infants, Juniors, Seniors, and Sixth Form — with an average class size of 15 students. The school positions itself as the leading independent school in South East Wales, citing 66% A*/A grades at A Level, a 100% A Level pass rate, and a record of placing students at Oxbridge and Russell Group universities. The co-curricular programme includes more than 40 clubs and an outdoor learning curriculum leveraging the campus's grounds, two outdoor classrooms, and a 336-seat auditorium.

The school's revenue model is not publicly disclosed but is operationally understood to be fee-based independent school tuition, supplemented by venue hire (Rougemont School Lettings) and a holiday club (Camp Fantastic). Its operational technology stack is non-differentiated and consists of Reading Cloud for library catalogue access, ParentPay for cashless catering, Vimeo for parent communications, and Google Analytics/AdWords for marketing. The school is governed by an independent Governing Body with no parent company, investor, or external ownership identified in the source data. Ancillary operations include an Alumni Network, the Friends of Rougemont community group, a Learning Resources Centre (LRC), and a 5-star hygiene-rated Refectory opened in 2019.

Name

Rougemont School

Legal name

Rougemont School

Website

https://rougemontschool.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1925

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Rougemont School is an independent K-13 day school in Newport, South Wales, operating a single 90-acre campus for around 800–1,000 pupils from Nursery to Sixth Form, with a class size of 15 and South East Wales' leading A Level results.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Newport, Newport

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Rougemont School provides a continuous independent education pathway from Nursery (age 3) through Sixth Form on a single 90-acre campus in Newport, South Wales. The school's offering is structured across five phases—Nursery, Infants, Juniors, Seniors, and Sixth Form—supplemented by a Creative Curriculum, an Enrichment Programme of more than 40 co-curricular clubs, an outdoor Learning in Nature programme, and a Learning Resources Centre library. Auxiliary paid services include Camp Fantastic holiday clubs for ages Nursery to Year 6 and venue hire for sports clubs, birthday parties, and businesses.

Product overview

Rougemont School is an independent school offering a unified educational journey from Nursery (age 3) through Sixth Form on a single 90-acre campus. The school provides a comprehensive K-13 educational program structured as five distinct phases (Nursery, Infants, Juniors, Seniors, Sixth Form) that form a continuous pathway, supplemented by the Learning Resources Centre library facility, Enrichment Programme with over 40 co-curricular clubs, Learning in Nature outdoor curriculum, and community programs including Alumni Network, Friends of Rougemont, and Camp Fantastic holiday clubs. The school operates support services including cashless catering via ParentPay and facility lettings for external hire.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Friends of Rougemont: Parent, staff, alumni, governors, suppliers and supporters community group that organizes social and fundraising events and runs the preloved uniform shop
• Camp Fantastic
• Learning Resources Centre (LRC)

Products and services

• Nursery

Quantifiable outcome

• 66% of students achieved A*/A grades at A Level
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• St Mary's School, Calne: Independent girls' boarding and day school in Wiltshire for ages 9-18. Comparable heritage UK independent school with strong Oxbridge placement record and premium academic positioning.
• The Leys School: Independent co-educational day and boarding school in Cambridge for ages 11-18. Comparable UK independent school with similar single-site model, university preparation focus, and broad co-curricular programme.
• King's College School, Wimbledon: Independent day school in South London for boys aged 7-18 with a co-educational Sixth Form. Comparable as a heritage UK independent school with continuous K-13 journey and strong Oxbridge outcomes.
• Badminton School: Independent day and boarding school in Bristol for girls aged 3-18. Comparable as a single-site, small-class-size independent school in the wider South Wales/Western England catchment with strong university placement outcomes.
• Clifton College: Independent day and boarding school in Bristol covering Pre-Prep through Sixth Form. Comparable as a heritage UK independent school (founded 1862) with broad co-curricular and university-preparation focus serving the wider region.
• The Perse School: Independent day school in Cambridge covering ages 3-18 (Pelican, Prep, Upper, Sixth Form) on a single campus. Comparable as a K-13 single-site independent school with strong academic outcomes and university preparation.
• Haberdashers' Monmouth Schools: Group of independent schools in Monmouthshire (close to Newport) offering Nursery, Pre-Prep, Prep, Senior and Sixth Form. Strongly comparable given proximity, similar full-journey offering, and competing for the same Welsh fee-paying market.
• The Cathedral School, Llandaff: Independent co-educational day school in Cardiff covering Nursery through Sixth Form. Directly comparable as a Welsh independent school competing for the same South East Wales fee-paying families with a similar full K-13 offering.

Broad incumbents

• Dulwich College: Large London-based independent school for boys aged 7-18 with co-educational Sixth Form. Comparable as a heritage UK independent school with strong academic outcomes, but operates at significantly larger scale and urban London catchment.
• Brighton College: Large independent school in East Sussex (Pre-Prep, Prep, Senior, Sixth Form). Comparable as a top-tier UK independent school competing for premium positioning and university outcomes, though at much greater scale than Rougemont.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RougemontSchool?lang=en
• Instagraminstagram.com/rougemontschool
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rougemont-school

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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