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Open days are an excellent way to assess a school, so make sure to take the opportunity to see behind the scenes at these leading independent schools
Founded in 1977, Brackenfield has been Harrogate’s prep school for more than 40 years and is now welcoming parents who were once pupils themselves.
Founding head Margie Sutcliffe established a family ethos that lives on in perpetuity, meaning more than anything else that children are happy and cared for.
Curriculum and learning, activities, outdoor learning and community are four areas of a mission to focus children’s achievements, underpinned by the core values of kindness, honesty, respect, confidence, initiative and perseverance.
As a result, children are not only academically able, they are also confident and caring individuals who become proud ambassadors for school and community.
A flexible approach supports both pupils and parents, with wraparound care including before and after-school provision to assist busy families with their work and careers secure in the knowledge children are happy and busy too. Holiday clubs offer enriching activities, too.
Cundall Manor School blends the best traditions of honour, integrity and courtesy with up-to-the-minute teaching facilities and approaches.
It ensures every child feels happy, safe, supported and celebrated so they can engage fully with the educational challenges and risks which maximise learning and achievement.
While many pupils achieve top standards and awards across academia, sports and music, its aim is to ensure everyone can participate in a full range of activities, whatever their ability.
At Queen Mary’s School, girls join a big family which cares deeply about them and their future, be they day pupils or boarders. A tailored approach produces confident pupils with excellent academic
A tailored approach produces confident pupils with excellent academic results…
results who move on to respected sixth form and university destinations.
Alongside the successful pursuit of academic achievements, pupils are nurtured in order to flourish as individuals and to discover who they truly are.
A leading Catholic school for more than 175 years, Mount St Mary’s and its prep school Barlborough Hall arerootedina Jesuit mission dating back 400 years.
These co-educational schools, where pupils of all faiths and backgrounds are welcome, produce grateful and generous, learned and wise young men and women of conscience, compassion and competence.
‘Be the best version of yourself ’ is the motto of Ashville College, reflecting its culture of high expectations, ambition and staying true to the Methodist foundations on which it was established in 1877.
It promotes a love of all-round learning for its own sake, not just as a means to an end, by providing a wide range of opportunities for intellectual, physical and personal interest and development.
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