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Sunday 3 October | World Quaker Day
Sunday 3 October was World Quaker Day and this week we celebrate Quaker Outreach Week. Ackworth was founded as a Quaker school in 1779, to educate Quaker children ‘not in affluence’. Much has changed since then but we still state in our aims that Quaker values...
A New Year in Boarding at Ackworth
Nicola Gilbert, our Head of Boarding, shares an update from the boarding house as our boarders settle into the rhythm of the school year. On Tuesday 31st August, I was delighted to hear the sound of suitcases being wheeled down Centre Passage as we welcomed our first...
Senior School Scholars Reach Great Heights!
Amazing achievements from Ackworth pupils Over the summer, two of our very talented 4th Formers, Jack and Isobel, both achieved outstanding medals for their performances in high jump, and dance. Jack, 14, achieved gold at the Yorkshire Championships back in August,...
Josephine’s Journey into Ackworth’s Archives
On 21st July, we were treated to a visit to the school from Josephine Beaumont and her niece, Lorraine Simpson. Josephine was a pupil at Ackworth from 1943 to 1946 and she had some fascinating insights into life at Ackworth during the war years. Josephine comes from...
Exam results reflect hard work and resilience
Ackworth School is pleased to report some outstanding achievements by its pupils in their GCSEs, A Levels and other qualifications this summer. It has been a difficult year with many disruptions and their grades are a reflection of all the hard work they did and the...
Pupils join the Peace Education Project
During March and April, several Fourth Form students volunteered to take part in the Sir James Reckitt Trust-funded Peace Education project. The project involved three sessions meeting via Zoom with teachers and students from other Quaker schools. We explored themes...
Mindfulness at Ackworth
This year a number of Ackworth School students have taken the opportunity to study the .b Mindfulness course (Sixth Formers during their Games lesson and 1st to 3rd Years during their after-school club). ‘.b’ stands for ‘stop’ and ‘be’. This may sound simple but it is...
Tennis programme nominated for award
Ackworth School is delighted to have been shortlisted in the Independent Schools of the Year 2021 awards. The nomination is in the Community award category for the school's Tennis Outreach Programme. The project, jointly funded by the Tim Henman Foundation and...
Tim Henman visits Ackworth School to spur on more youngsters to pursue their tennis dreams
Tennis royalty was in town on Wednesday as former British number one Tim Henman visited Ackworth School to celebrate a successful local project aimed at getting more young people involved in tennis and launch his Foundation’s new fundraising campaign. The...
