Ackworth, Pontefract, West Yorkshire WF7 7LT
10 simple reasons to choose Ackworth School, Coram House
Independent prep school and nursery in Pontefract.
For pupils aged 2.5 to 11 years.
Mixed school (about 50%/50%).
Day and boarding school. Less than 5% of pupils board, 90% are full boarders and 10% are weekly or flexi boarders. Boarding starts from Year 5.
Religious character; Quaker.
Non-selective admissions policy.
Small school with an average of one class per year.
Junior division of Ackworth School, an all-through school to age 18.
Ackworth School, Coram House fees range from £3,000 (Rec) to £3,400 per term (2021/22). Full boarding fees are £8,436 per term.
10 better reasons to choose Ackworth School, Coram House
Schoolsmith Score®; 79.
One of the best independent prep schools around Pontefract and one of the 3 best primary schools for 5 miles.
On average, 13.4 pupils per class and 9.7 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
Most Coram House pupils move up to Ackworth School at the end of Year 6.
School curriculum is based on the National Curriculum and also includes PSHE, reasoning, French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin. Enrichment Weeks. 'CORAM' Learning habits enforced in each lesson; Challenge, Outcome, Reflection, Assessment, Mindset. School participates in both the Eco Schools programme and the Forest School programme (all year groups). The school offers each pupil between 5 and 10 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for DT (and Food Tech) from Year 5.
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, and visiting speakers. Residential trips from Year 3. Outdoor Learning and/or Forest School for each year group. Also, the school has a specialist autism resource unit.
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. All pupils learn an instrument in class and most take extra-curricular instrument lessons from Year 3. Two choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. The school offers a handful of extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care from 7.45am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Ackworth School, Coram House
Independent Prep Schools
Wakefield Independent Junior and Infant School (2.8 miles); Queen Elizabeth Grammar Junior School (8.9 miles); Wakefield Girls' High School, Junior School (9.2 miles).
State Primary Schools
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Pontefract (3.3 miles); Kirk Smeaton Church of England Primary School (5.9 miles); Cherry Dale Primary School (6.4 miles).
Independent Senior Schools
Ackworth School (0 miles); Wakefield Independent School (2.8 miles); Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (8.8 miles).
State Senior Schools
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary Academy (4.2 miles); Crofton Academy (4.9 miles); Wakefield City Academy (8.9 miles).