We are a small and friendly independent school with fees among the most affordable in the country. Since our foundation in 1923, we have welcomed pupils of all abilities, confident that good teaching in our family-like community gives every child the best possible chance to excel.

And in glorious North Yorkshire countryside, with our own ponies, theatre, sprung-floor sports hall and 45 acres of wooded grounds overlooking the sea, our motto remains:

‘The days that make us happy make us wise’.

Why not visit us and see for yourself? We'd love to show you around.

Giggleswick is a co-educational day and boarding school situated in the stunning rural location of the Yorkshire Dales, within walking distance of the popular market town of Settle, and just over an hour from both Leeds and Manchester.

Giggleswick Junior School is a coeducational day and boarding school for children aged 3 – 11 years old. Set in the beautiful surroundings of the Yorkshire Dales, the school is committed to the welfare of each child in our community.

With 400 pupils aged 11 to 18 the Senior School is large enough to offer a wide variety of teaching and learning opportunities, but small enough to offer close tutorial support, small classes and opportunities for everyone to get into teams or to take part in music, art, drama, OP, and all the other activities we offer.

Harrogate is part of the “golden triangle” Leeds-Harrogate-York. 20 miles north of Leeds and 20 miles west of York, Harrogate is a spa and floral resort, a gentle town where the gentry in the 19th and early 20th centuries visited to “take the waters”.

As an independent school we are not obliged to follow the National Curriculum though our schemes of work are designed to incorporate the main features and strengths within it. Our flexible timetable allows us to extend our curriculum further to address the ability and aspirations of our pupils in other ways: we develop our own extension activities, offer additional subjects and can ensure that a very broad curriculum is followed to GCSE, thus ensuring that all options are kept open as long as possible.

Harrogate Tutorial College was founded in 1981 to provide high
quality education in an informal social atmosphere and is a fully
accredited college located in the North in England.

We provide A level and GCSE full time, part time and Revision
courses and a wide range of English courses.

Scarborough College Junior School is a small and friendly place where every child is treated as an individual. The School, once known as Lisvane, benefits hugely from its location in new purpose-built premises. Our pupils enjoy extensive facilities including science laboratories, ICT suites, drama studio, music school, sports/drama hall, a full size all-weather pitch, and acres of superb playing fields. Indeed, few junior schools in the country could claim finer accommodation.

However a good school is more than buildings and classrooms; we care enormously about the connections between everyone in the school community. As a result, the driving force here is to create and maintain a happy, supportive and committed community that propels a desire for excellence in every area of school life and provides the children in our care with the best of all opportunities.

Montessori education is based on a psychologically sound curriculum that respects the childs individuality, enhancing independance and resulting in a positive attitude towards life and learning.

Just 12 miles from the city of York, Pocklington School Foundation offers present and past pupils the opportunity to enjoy outstanding facilities in a forward-looking educational environment.

The Pocklington School Foundation consists of four areas; Pocklington School, which caters for boarding and day pupils aged 11-18, Lyndhurst School, for boarding and day pupils aged 7-11, the Old Pocklingtonians Association for former pupils and staff, and the Pocklington 500 Association, planning the quincentennial celebrations of Pocklington School 1514-2014.

We are one of the UK's leading private schools for girls and boys from 2 to 20 years. Offering Day, Weekly and Full Boarding, we believe that every child is an individual. Each is capable of great things - our aim is to help them find these strengths and develop them fully. We accept children of all abilities. We have invested heavily in the very best facilities. Our team of dedicated professional staff work hard to ensure all of our children find success in some way.

Queen Mary’s is an independent girls’ school for day and boarding pupils from ages 3 through to 16, with co-educational nursery and pre prep departments for children between 3 and 7 years.

Featured in The Good Schools Guide as providing “excellent education within a family atmosphere” we were also delighted that earlier this year our Nursery Department received the highest OFSTED accolade.

Robert McKenzie Johnston,

Headmaster

Surrounded by six acres of beautiful countryside, mainly laid out to sports fields, the school offers a modern education based on traditional values for boys and girls from Nursery to Year 8. The main house, originally the pavilion for Ripon Race Course, has been developed into a homely boarding house for a small, flexible boarding community.

The Cathedral Choir School is a non-selective Prep School and a registered Charity. The aims of the school include the intention to provide specialist teaching within a Christian ethos, encouraging every child to succeed in whichever discipline suits them best, be it academic subjects, sport, music or the arts. Children join our Nursery at the age of three and are taught predominately by their class teacher through the Foundation Stage to Year 4. Music, IT, French and PE are taught by specialist subject teachers who encourage the children to become responsible independent learners. From Form 5 upwards all subjects are taught by specialist teachers and Form Tutors over