Ackworth, Pontefract, West Yorkshire WF7 7LT
Characteristics
Independent junior school and nursery.
For pupils aged 2 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.
Mixed ability intake.
Medium sized school with an average of two classes per year.
Junior division of an all-through school to age 18.
Fees range from £2,830 (Rec) to £3,108 per term (2019/20). Full boarding fees are £8,016 per term.
10 other reasons to choose Ackworth School, Coram House
1) Schoolsmith Score®; 79.
2) One of the 3 prep or primary schools you should shortlist within a 5 mile radius.
3) On average, 11.7 pupils per class and 10.6 pupils per teacher, from Year 1.
4) Most pupils move up to the senior school at the end of Year 6.
5) School has a specialist autism resource unit.
6) Specialist teachers for sport, music and languages throughout, and for DT (and Food Tech) from Year 5.
7) School curriculum also includes PSHE, French, Spanish, German. There are out-of-hours extra help sessions for some subjects and over 5 different academic clubs per year group per term.
8) School offers over 10 different sports. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
9) Art, music and drama are taught as discrete curricular subjects to all pupils. 2 choirs, orchestra and several instrument ensembles. There are also some visual and performing arts clubs.
10) As a junior division of Ackworth School, the school offers pupils access to its specialised teaching and facilities, as well as eventual progression to the senior school.
Other schools with a Schoolsmith Score near Ackworth School, Coram House
Independent Prep
Wakefield Independent School, Junior School (2.8 miles); Queen Elizabeth Grammar Junior School (8.9 miles); Wakefield Girls' High School, Junior School (9.2 miles).
State Primary
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
Ackworth School (0 miles); Wakefield Independent School (2.8 miles); Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (8.8 miles).
State Secondary
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).