Since its construction in 1850, Château de la Baudonnière has grown to become a purpose-built French language immersion centre for school groups and has established itself as the premier destination of its kind to teachers throughout the UK. The Château has been welcoming school groups for over 25 years and has continued to innovate and develop its facilities to deliver a top-class learning experience in an intentional environment.
This accommodation block comprises 4 dorms of up to 14 pupils. Each dorm is ensuite with a bathroom containing 3 showers, 2 toilets and 5 sinks. There are 3 ensuite teachers rooms which are either double rooms or twins plus one other ensuite bedroom which can either be a teachers room or a dormitory of 6 pupils.
This building contains 2 identical floors of 3 dorms and 1 teachers room. All the rooms are ensuite with the dormitories of 8/10 pupils bathrooms containing 3 showers, 2 toilets and 3 sinks. The downstairs ensuite teachers room is a double and the upstairs ensuite teachers room is a twin. There is small teachers’ lounge on the landing with tea and coffee facilities.
This building comprises of 3 dorm rooms for six children, 1 dorm for four children and 1 dorm that sleeps seven children. There are also two single teacher rooms, with a shared bathroom in the attic, and one further room which can be used for either two teachers or three students.
La Menuiserie comprises two dorms downstairs - 1 dorm room which accommodates eight children and another for nine children - plus an ensuite room for two teachers. Upstairs we have a dorm room which sleeps six children.
This accommodation has 2 ensuite dormitories of 8 pupils and a single ensuite teachers room. It forms part of one large building that also houses La Ecurie and Les Abeilles and is right next to our staff room where the 24hr duty staff normally reside.
This was part of the traditional farm worker house back in the day and it was where Gerard and his family lived. These days it is an ensuite dormitory for 12 pupils and an ensuite single room for a teacher.
This forms part of the Pavillion du Normandie building and comprises five rooms, all of which have their own bathroom and toilet. Four of the rooms are teachers rooms with two double rooms, a twin and a single. The fifth room, also ensuite, is either used as a room for teachers or as a dormitory for up to four pupils.
About 5 minutes’ walk from the main Chateau complex is the Nivard Gite which can accommodate a group of up to 23 students and 4 accompanying teachers. Downstairs there is a twin teacher room and two dorms for up to six students. Upstairs there are two dorms sleeping four children, one triple room and a twin teacher room.
