Ellesmere College is Independent Secondary school in Non-selective for kids aged 7 to 19 (Gender - 7 to 19 )
They take pride in the achievements of each and every student according to his or her abilities, not just in the achievements of the brightest and the best. Ellesmere is people centred, not stats obsessed and where academic success is doing the very best you can. They focus on the individual, not on our shop window.Everyone is valued equally. If a student is outstandingly good at something, that does not make them better than anyone else, they celebrate every child's progress, at every stage. They seek to embed resilience to overcome difficulties as a partner to enthusiasm when things go as hoped. Ellesmere College takes academic achievement very seriously, as well as the arts, music, drama and sport - we work hard to maintain a balance. They are a school that believes in High Performance Learning (HPL) – that all pupils have the ability to achieve academic success.
Lower School - 7-13 yrs
In Lower School, they have the highest expectations of all our pupils. It is our aim to provide pupils with the best possible learning experiences, activities and opportunities to enable each pupil to flourish. The focus is to form independent young people who are confident in their skills and ability to express themselves. The academic core is crucial, with inspiring teaching in small and caring teaching groups, each child can develop to the greatest extent possible in purposeful endeavour. Pupils are engaged and challenged as a result. Pupils operate within well disciplined, happy, kind and respectful environments. Exemplary behaviour is expected, manners are reinforced and are central in the close pastoral care of each individual.A good education is preparation for life; giving opportunities that help a child make sound choices that serve them well into later phases of School and then into the competitive modern world.
Middle School (13-16yrs)
Pupils joining Middle School will enjoy a stimulating environment with an even wider range of curricular and extracurricular opportunities. The emphasis on developing personal responsibility and an appropriate self-esteem continues. The pastoral system in the Middle School is based within the Residential House system. On joining Middle School entry at Year 9, all pupils join one of the College's integrated boarding and day Houses, and are under the care of a Housemaster or Housemistress and a team of dedicated tutors.There are two male Middle School Houses, St Cuthbert's and St Patrick's and one female Middle School House, St Aidan's. The Tutor-Pupil link will normally continue throughout the three years leading to GCSE. The development of good relationships between tutor and pupil and between tutor and parents is given a high priority. This reinforces the belief that reciprocal communication between home and school ensures complete care when guiding pupils through such important developmental years.
Sixth Form (16-18 Yrs)
The Sixth Form at Ellesmere is hugely successful and offers full time courses for over 240 students. The College provides teaching and learning of the highest quality. We are proud of the high performance of successive generations of students who have ensured that the College is noted both nationally and internationally for its achievements.The College takes the preparation of students for Oxbridge entrance very seriously and, indeed, our academic enrichment programme offers extension activities in all subjects. University entrance is hugely successful with over 85% of students gaining their first choice place in a wide spectrum of courses and Universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Russell Group Institutions.
Pre-Sixth Form
The Ellesmere Pre-Sixth is a one-year course that prepares students from outside of the UK for Sixth Form studies (both IB and A Level) in an English language medium school. They focus on improving spoken and written English and achieving GCSE qualifications in core subjects before moving on to the Sixth Form the following year.When Pre-Sixth students join the Sixth Form, they can confidently embark upon their Sixth Form courses of either A Level or International Baccalaureate Diploma without the need for a settling in period, entering fully into life at Ellesmere from the day they arrive.
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