Aysgarth School A GSG School
- Aysgarth School
Newton-le-Willows
Bedale
North Yorkshire
DL8 1TF - Head: Jonathon Anderson
- T 01677 450240
- F 01677 450736
- E admissions@aysgarthschool.co.uk
- W www.aysgarthschool.com
- A mainstream independent school for boys aged from 3 to 13 and girls aged 3 to 8
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: North Yorkshire
- Pupils: 118
- Religion: Christian
- Fees: Day £12,957 - £31,833 pa; Boarding £41,415 pa
- Open days: November
- 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..
Lessons we visited were interactive and lively – with sounds of life spilling well beyond the classroom. We heard year 5 music students playing the theme from Top Gun on a full range of instruments with vigour and aplomb, almost drowned out by mathematicians down the corridor belting out Reach for the Stars to bolster efforts in mental maths. The relatively new art room is bright and airy, adorned with colourful samples of students’ work, including copper enamelling and ceramics. Lucy, the Jack Russell welcomes visitors to this department, one of the 17 dogs on-site. An impressive 80 per cent of pupils learn an instrument, including bagpipes, with the...
What the school says...
Aysgarth, situated in a beautiful rural location in the North Yorkshire Dales, has earned several accolades, from award-winning pastoral care to excellent academic results. The prep school is predominantly boarding, with Saturday lessons and a daily chapel service. It sends pupils to more than 20 notable senior schools every year. The school is looking forward to a new chapter of expanding the co-education model in the pre-prep into the prep School in September 2024 – continuing a tradition of providing quality education and preparing pupils for future success. The school’s values are respect, endeavour and courage. ...Read more
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Sports
Equestrian centre or equestrian team - school has own equestrian centre or an equestrian team.
Fencing
Shooting
Sailing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since April 2023, Jonathon Anderson. Previously head at Clayesmore Prep, Dorset and before that deputy head, director of studies and housemaster at Westbourne House. Early career at Swanbourne House as maths teacher. Educated at Glenalmond College, Perth, then studied economics at Exeter before entering a career in finance, which he left because teaching ‘looked more interesting’.
Exudes a calm, welcoming and thoughtful air, echoed by his study with its roaring fire, soothing pastel greens and a huge bay window, sweeping over Yorkshire countryside. Parents say he’s ‘great’ and is a ‘children’s headteacher’ – rather than the type to simply pander to the parents. One parent told us that, in the best possible way, she was ignored on their first visit because ‘he’s all about the child’. Pupils say he is ‘inclusive’...
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Special Education Needs
Aysgarth School has a Learning Support Department. This comprises a team of teachers with extra qualifications and experience concerned with a variety of special educational needs. They work in support of the whole teaching staff from the Pre-Prep upwards to provide a comprehensive package of support in line with the 'Code of Practice in the Identification and Assessment of Special Needs' published by the DES in 1994 and the revised Code of Practice 2001. Aysgarth School follows a graduated approach to Learning Support. Literacy and numeracy assessments are undertaken by pupils. Those pupils with concerns are offered dyslexia screening tests and more detailed assessments. Discussion between parents, child and teachers takes place. Support is offered with targets based on an Individual Education Plan. The Learning Support Department also offers support in handwriting, reading, balance and co-ordination through Brain Gym and Study Skills.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Might cover/be referred to as;
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Autism, High functioning autism, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), PDA , Social skills, Sensory processing disorder |
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| HI - Hearing Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Hearing Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment |
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| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Learning needs, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty |
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| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, Sensory processing |
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| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Genetic , OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, Tics, Tourettes |
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| PD - Physical Disability
Might cover/be referred to as;
PD - Physical Disability |
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| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, Global delay, Global developmental delay, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty |
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| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Might cover/be referred to as;
Anxiety , Complex needs, Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), Mental Health, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Trauma |
Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
Might cover/be referred to as;
DLD - Developmental Language Disorder, Selective mutism, SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication |
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| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
Complex needs, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, Cerebral Palsy (CP) |
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| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
Might cover/be referred to as;
ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Auditory Processing, DCD, Developmental Co-ordination Difficulties (DCD), Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Handwriting, Other specific learning difficulty, SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) |
Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment
Might cover/be referred to as;
Special facilities for Visually Impaired, VI - Visual Impairment |
Y |
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