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Ashville College A GSG School

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Unusually and refreshingly, talented musicians can also join fully in sport, with staff going the extra mile and involving themselves in extraordinary organisation to make this happen. Clubs, trips and fixtures are very rarely cancelled or rearranged and parents really like that. Some students have boarded from the age of 7 and all see a route through the Ashville system into the senior school and sixth form as a natural rite of passage. The usual moans about temperamental IT systems and firewalls which make study difficult, particularly for the sixth form, but overall this looks to be a very...

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What the school says...

Ashville College is one of the UK's leading co-educational independent day and boarding schools. With outstanding learning provision across all year groups, from Nursery Class to Sixth Form, and low staff: pupil ratios, we take pride in developing each individual to their full potential, wherever their strengths lie.

Founded in 1877, Ashville has a proud past, and an even brighter future, yet our ethos and values remain loyal to our Methodist traditions, where each child is known and nurtured within a caring, safe and supportive environment.

Our 64-acre campus is close to the beautiful spa town of Harrogate and the Yorkshire Dales. Pupils benefit from high quality teaching and facilities, as well as exciting co-curricular activities delivered through our varied enrichment programme.

As well as offering a wide range of subject options at GCSE and over 20 A Level and BTEC courses in our Sixth Form, we are the only independent school in the North of the UK to be accredited by the New England Association of School and Colleges (NEASC) to award US High School Diplomas.

*Day fees quoted are the range from Reception to Upper Sixth and boarding fees are the range from Year 3 to Upper Sixth (UK/EEA pupils). These are effective from January 2021 and are subject to an increase in line with our Terms and Conditions. Please refer to the Ashville website for the most up-to-date fee information. ...Read more

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Acting head

Since November 2020, Elspeth Fisher, formerly deputy head (pastoral). Mrs Fisher will hold the reins until a new head is appointed following the very sad death of head, Richard Marshall.

Entrance

At 3+ by informal assessment; at reception by ‘ready for school’ assessment. Prep applicants come for a taster day, part of which includes English and maths tests, plus reports and references from their current school. External year 7 entry by maths and English, verbal, numerical and non-verbal tests plus reference. Prep school pupils only take entrance tests if they are trying for a scholarship; many join in year 4 in preparation for a seamless transition to the senior school.

Sixth form entrance is based on predicted GCSE grades (at least grade 6s in A level subjects - 7s for maths...

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Special Education Needs

Ashville has a dedicated Learning Support team, which works closely with teachers to ensure that pupils with a range of specific learning difficulties receive the support they need throughout their time at the School. Teachers receive the most up-to-date guidance to understand the difficulties faced by learners and the right strategies to support them. Where pupils are found to need additional help as they progress, parents are informed and appropriate arrangements, such as specialist support, small group intervention, or exam/test support, are made.

Condition Provision for in school
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder Y
Aspergers Y
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders Y
CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia
Dyscalculia
Dysgraphia
Dyslexia Y
Dyspraxia Y
English as an additional language (EAL)
Genetic
Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory
Has SEN unit or class
HI - Hearing Impairment
Hospital School
Mental health Y
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Natspec Specialist Colleges
OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
PD - Physical Disability
PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Special facilities for Visually Impaired
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
VI - Visual Impairment

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