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Giggleswick School
Giggleswick School
Giggleswick School
Giggleswick School
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335 pupils, ages 11-18
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Day and Boarding

Giggleswick School

‘One big family’ is how a sixth-former describes Giggleswick, located in the Yorkshire Dales. Couple this with its recently coined tagline – ‘Don’t just go to school, throw yourself in!’ – and you get a good sense of what this place is about: rolling your sleeves up, getting stuck in and going for it (no-nonsense Yorkshire pragmatism runs through its veins), all facilitated by superb pastoral care. Located on the edge of Giggleswick village, the school encompasses an expansive 215 acres of Yorkshire Dales. It was founded in 1512 and has a rich histo...
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School Updates

  • Giggleswick is a Microsoft Showcase School

    Giggleswick is a Microsoft Showcase School
  • Students win National Minecraft Education Competition

    Students win National Minecraft Education Competition
  • Community effort ensures successful English Schools Fell Running Championships 2022

    Community effort ensures successful English Schools Fell Running Championships 2022
  • Giggleswick School launches bus service from York

    Giggleswick School, one of the North’s leading independent day, boarding and flexi-boarding schools, has launched a bus service from York which will run weekly. This will enable pupils from the York area to return home once a week while taking advantage of all the opportunities boarding provides.
    Giggleswick School launches bus service from York
  • Kayaking Champion takes on new challenge at Giggleswick School

    Giggleswick School has announced a British Champion as its new Head of Outdoor Education. Pete Keron has been teaching Maths at the day and boarding school for ten years, is a Housemaster and an instructor in climbing, kayaking, mountaineering and mountain biking but he will now lead on the Outdoor education provision.
    Kayaking Champion takes on new challenge at Giggleswick School
  • Giggleswick School pupils ready to follow their passion after GCSEs

    Pupils from Giggleswick School, North Yorkshire are celebrating their GCSE results after being the first cohort to sit formal exams since 2019.
    Giggleswick School pupils ready to follow their passion after GCSEs
  • Exam performance sets Giggleswick students up for next steps

    Exam performance sets Giggleswick students up for next steps
  • See Giggleswick School in our All-through Schools Guide.

    See Giggleswick School in our All-through Schools Guide.
  • See Giggleswick School in our Senior Boarding Schools Guide.

    See Giggleswick School in our Senior Boarding Schools Guide.
  • Wellbeing at the heart of academic achievement at Giggleswick School

    How we look after our pupils at Giggleswick is equally important as academic achievement.
    Wellbeing at the heart of academic achievement at Giggleswick School
  • Much Ado About Nothing

    A cast made up of Year 9, Year 10 and Year 11 pupils performed Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing over two nights in the Richard Whiteley Theatre.
    Much Ado About Nothing
  • Seven teachers selected as Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts

    Seven teachers selected as Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts

Essentials

Address
Giggleswick, Settle, North Yorkshire BD24 0DE

Contact
enquiries@giggleswick.org.uk
01729 893000

Website
giggleswick.org.uk

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Open Days

Open days and how to visit View Open Days

Senior & Junior School Open Day 2pm-4.30pm
01 May 2023


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