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

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

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Subjects offered

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Fees and bursaries

Day fees per term

Year 7	£5,256
Year 8	£5,256
Year 9	£5,256
Year 10	£5,256
Year 11	£5,256
Year 12	£5,256
Year 13	£5,256

Boarding fees per term

Year 7	£11,387
Year 8	£11,387
Year 9	£11,387
Year 10	£11,387
Year 11	£11,387
Year 12	£11,387
Year 13	£11,387

Bursary contact:
Bursar Susan Allan
susan.allan@ackworthschool.com

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Co-ordinator: Jon Phillips jon.phillips@ackworthschool.com
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Ackworth School is
linked with:

Ackworth School Coram House Nursery Pontefract

Ackworth School Coram House Pontefract

Essentials

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

Contact
admissions@ackworthschool.com
01977 233600

Website
ackworthschool.com

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Term Dates

Open Days

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Open Day 10.00-12.30
01 May 2023

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