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Ackworth School
Ackworth School
Ackworth School
Ackworth School
Ackworth School Pontefract, Yorkshire Visit
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Ackworth School
Pontefract
317 pupils, ages 11-18
Mixed
Day and Boarding

Ackworth School

Since 1779, this co-educational boarding school (the oldest in the country, no less) has embraced its Quaker ethos of quiet reflection and searching for good in all. While family values and traditions are at Ackworth’s core, its approach to educating the young is dynamic and modern. From the start children are introduced to learning both in and out of the classroom: at Coram, Ackworth’s nursery and junior school, students discover the great outdoors in the fruit and vegetable plot, a mud kitchen and a forest school where den building is as much a priority as literacy and numeracy.&...
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Students playing instruments in a music hall by a large piano
Boys wearing headphones using keyboards and large screens for music
Boy in a shirt and tie painting in the art room
Girls in navy blazers in drama class next to pink writing
Senior boys in navy blue aprons cooking
Sixth form students gathered around a wooden work top in a science class
Teacher in striped jacket in front of a white board in class
Girl with blond hair and blue checked skirt walking with a tray of food in the school dining room
Exterior image of Ackworth School

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Essentials

Address
Pontefract Road, Ackworth, Pontefract, Yorkshire WF7 7LT

Contact
admissions@ackworthschool.com
01977 233600

Website
ackworthschool.com

ISI Report

Fees

Term Dates


Open Days

Open days and how to visit View Open Days Register for open Day

Open Day 10.00-12.30
01 May 2023


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