Giggleswick School A GSG School
- Giggleswick School
Giggleswick
Settle
North Yorkshire
BD24 0DE - Head: Mr Sam Hart
- T 01729 893000
- F 01729 893150
- E admissions@giggleswick.org.uk
- W www.giggleswick.org.uk/
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 2 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: North Yorkshire
- Pupils: 415; sixth formers: 103
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £6,780 - £25,800; Boarding £25,800 - £39,915 pa
- Open days: Senior School open day 14th October 2023
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
On the edge of the Yorkshire Dales national park in a magnificent limestone valley. We were repeatedly struck by the passion and energy of the teachers, especially in the creative subjects. On the day we visited a delightfully magical set for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe had just been completed which wouldn’t have looked out of place in the West End…
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Sports
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Shooting
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2022, Sam Hart. From a military background he boarded from the age of 8 at Duke of Kent and Sevenoaks schools. With a degree in mechanical engineering and management from Edinburgh, sponsored by the army, he then took up a place at Sandhurst, becoming a helicopter pilot. He saw active service in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan before moving into his first teaching post at Winchester College in 2008. There he taught physics, became director of sport, was a mountain leader and active in the CCF as well as becoming a housemaster. He has a quiet, confident manner which belies his action man background. A leader through and through, he understands people and what makes them tick, has a deep grasp of boarding and a real passion for educating young people. His...
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Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Giggleswick School Learning Support Department offers appropriate help to any pupil with SEN across the entire 3 - 18 age range. At the Senior School this is normally in the form of additional individual withdrawal lessons based on either literacy, numeracy or curriculum support. Some SEN pupils pursue a reduced curriculum of modern foreign languages, studying only one instead of two languages in Year 9 and dropping this at GCSE. Withdrawal lessons are from non-GCSE subjects, but sport and music are also usually not withdrawn from. Provision can be made for additional support either in the classroom or 1:1 from classroom assistants should this be necessary. The provision is broadly similar at Giggleswick Junior School. In addition to the withdrawal lessons classes also receive some in-class support from a teaching assistant or from two gap year students; support may be provided by North Yorkshire LEA for pupils of nursery age. School currently has no pupils with statements of SEN, but has admitted statemented pupils in the past as both day pupils and as boarders. The SENCO works closely with parents and the LEAs concerned to ensure that appropriate provision and progress is made in line with the statements. 09-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| 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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