Ackworth School艾克沃斯学校

About the school
Ackworth School was founded in 1779 on behalf of The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). It is a co-educational boarding and day school for pupils aged from two to nineteen. The school is situated
in the centre of the village of Ackworth, near the town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire. Boarding is offered from the age of eleven in one of two boarding houses.

The school is an incorporated registered charity and is administered by a board of governors known as the School Committee, whose chair is called the Clerk.

What the school seeks to do
The school aims to develop a well-integrated and self-disciplined community, with an international dimension, in which the values of Quakers are seen to underpin the school. The school does this by helping all pupils to progress at a pace appropriate to their age, aptitude, interests and ability so that they leave the school well qualified and equipped to lead a full and responsible life in the adult world. In following the Quaker ethos, the pupils are encouraged to grow in self-respect, to consider others before self and to look for the good in people and to be honest and trustworthy at all times.

About the pupils
Pupils come from a range of professional, business, and farming backgrounds, from families living mainly within a 15- to 20-mile radius of the school. The majority of Year 7 pupils come from the junior
school, the remainder from independent preparatory or maintained schools. Nationally standardised test data provided by the school indicate that the ability of the pupils is above average. English is an
additional language for 90 pupils, 43 of whom receive support for their English. Also, 91 pupils are identified as having special educational needs and/or disabilities, mainly for dyslexia, with a small
number diagnosed with dyspraxia, autism and Asperger's syndrome; 37 of whom receive extra support. Also, 17 pupils have a statement of special educational needs or an educational, health and
care plan, of whom 14 receive local authority support.