Ashville College
North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
About Ashville College
Ashville College is a co-educational, independent school for day and boarding pupils aged 2–18. The college, set in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, comprises a pre-school, prep school and senior school with pupil numbers totaling around 870, 170 of whom are in the sixth form and 100 are boarders. The school is a registered charity, administered by Ashville College Trustees.
Ashville College was founded in 1877 as a boarding school for boys by the United Methodist Free Church. Expansion over the decades culminated in a merger with Elmfield College, Harrogate, in the 1930s, by which time Ashville was the largest private school in the north of England. The most significant development came in 1982 when the school become co-educational.
Head
Rhiannon J Wilkinson MA (Oxon), MEd
Values and vision
A strong Methodist ethos underpins the teaching, learning and life at Ashville College, where individuals are nurtured in a caring and supportive environment and an atmosphere of positive expectation is promoted. The school believes that academic potential is most likely to be fully realised when learning is interwoven into a daily life where pupils are given opportunities to explore and celebrate other talents and passions. An Ashville education emphasises the individual’s place within the wider community, upholding Christian values of openness and respect and imbuing a sense of social responsibility and belonging in pupils.
ISI
“Achievement in academic subjects and in a wide range of sport and activities is outstanding in the Pre-Prep and Junior School, and good, sometimes excellent, in the Senior School. Outcomes for children in the EYFS Reception classes are outstanding. This success is supported by a comprehensive and carefully planned curriculum, a wide range of activities at every level in the college, and by much good and outstanding teaching.”
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