School Details
Moreton Hall
- Type of school: Girls boarding 8–18 and day 3–18, boys day 3–11
-
Age Range: 3–18
Number of Pupils: 360
Number of Boarders: 268 -
Fees Per Term: Boarding £6,090–£9,390; Day £2,650–£7,740
Curriculum
Going well beyond the National Curriculum, some 20 subjects are available at GCSE, varying from the traditional academic subjects, such as Latin and the sciences, to practical subjects, such as business, drama, dance and physical education.
Languages available include French, German, Spanish and Mandarin. A-levels in history of art, human biology, business studies and theatre studies extend the range of the curriculum. Information technology is a compulsory subject up to the sixth form, optional thereafter. Spoken English courses are a cornerstone of a Moreton education.
Entry requirements
Moreton First takes girls and boys aged 3–11. Girls are admitted to the Senior School at the age of 11, either by Common Entrance or by the School’s entrance examination held at the end of January each year. Sixth-form entrance is by examination and interview, and numbers are limited. Moreton takes up to 10% overseas students.
Scholarships
A number of scholarships and bursaries are awarded to pupils at 11+, 12+, 13+. Sixth-form scholarships and bursaries are awarded to girls entering the lower sixth or to assist a pupil in the School to complete their education. Awards for music, drama, art and for outstanding sporting talent are made at 11+, 12+, 13+ and 16+. Means-tested bursaries can take an award up to 100% of fees. Bursaries for Armed Forces families are available.
Academic and leisure
Moreton is one of the UK’s highest-achieving schools at GCSE and A-level. It has also been ranked number one school in the UK by Durham University for value added on academic results for two years running. Proven academic excellence with an accelerated Oxbridge programme and a unique cultural and academic enrichment programme for all, with a specific programme for medical, dentistry and veterinary university applicants. Ninety-eight per cent of students enter the UK’s top universities.
An exceptionally well-equipped sports centre, comprising a sports hall, floodlit tennis courts, a heated, indoor swimming pool, an all-weather surface, a nine-hole golf course and playing fields, is set in 100 acres of beautiful parkland at the foot of the Berwyn Hills. The School offers a wide range of sporting options, including lacrosse, netball, hockey, cricket, tennis and athletics. Sailing and riding are also popular.
The School runs a full programme of extra activities daily and every weekend. The students are given many opportunities to go on trips outside school, including theatre and concert visits, adventure programmes and visits to local towns. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme is very popular at Bronze, Silver and Gold Levels.
Moreton Enterprises, a group of companies managed by the Sixth Form, offers the students real business experience. This includes seven on-site retail businesses and a bank.
Learning Support is free of charge as is English as a Foreign Language.
Boarding facilities
Eighty per cent of students board. Boarding starts at the age of eight. Younger girls are housed under the supervision of resident housemistresses, resident tutors and matrons. As pupils progress up the School, the dormitories are gradually replaced by double and single study-bedrooms. The sixth-form boarding houses offer modern, study rooms, complete with private en-suite bathrooms. Ninety per cent of students are from the UK.
Going well beyond the National Curriculum, some 20 subjects are available at GCSE, varying from the traditional academic subjects, such as Latin and the sciences, to practical subjects, such as business, drama, dance and physical education.
Languages available include French, German, Spanish and Mandarin. A-levels in history of art, human biology, business studies and theatre studies extend the range of the curriculum. Information technology is a compulsory subject up to the sixth form, optional thereafter. Spoken English courses are a cornerstone of a Moreton education.
Entry requirements
Moreton First takes girls and boys aged 3–11. Girls are admitted to the Senior School at the age of 11, either by Common Entrance or by the School’s entrance examination held at the end of January each year. Sixth-form entrance is by examination and interview, and numbers are limited. Moreton takes up to 10% overseas students.
Scholarships
A number of scholarships and bursaries are awarded to pupils at 11+, 12+, 13+. Sixth-form scholarships and bursaries are awarded to girls entering the lower sixth or to assist a pupil in the School to complete their education. Awards for music, drama, art and for outstanding sporting talent are made at 11+, 12+, 13+ and 16+. Means-tested bursaries can take an award up to 100% of fees. Bursaries for Armed Forces families are available.
Academic and leisureMoreton is one of the UK’s highest-achieving schools at GCSE and A-level. It has also been ranked number one school in the UK by Durham University for value added on academic results for two years running. Proven academic excellence with an accelerated Oxbridge programme and a unique cultural and academic enrichment programme for all, with a specific programme for medical, dentistry and veterinary university applicants. Ninety-eight per cent of students enter the UK’s top universities.
An exceptionally well-equipped sports centre, comprising a sports hall, floodlit tennis courts, a heated, indoor swimming pool, an all-weather surface, a nine-hole golf course and playing fields, is set in 100 acres of beautiful parkland at the foot of the Berwyn Hills. The School offers a wide range of sporting options, including lacrosse, netball, hockey, cricket, tennis and athletics. Sailing and riding are also popular.
The School runs a full programme of extra activities daily and every weekend. The students are given many opportunities to go on trips outside school, including theatre and concert visits, adventure programmes and visits to local towns. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme is very popular at Bronze, Silver and Gold Levels.
Moreton Enterprises, a group of companies managed by the Sixth Form, offers the students real business experience. This includes seven on-site retail businesses and a bank.
Learning Support is free of charge as is English as a Foreign Language.
Boarding facilities
Eighty per cent of students board. Boarding starts at the age of eight. Younger girls are housed under the supervision of resident housemistresses, resident tutors and matrons. As pupils progress up the School, the dormitories are gradually replaced by double and single study-bedrooms. The sixth-form boarding houses offer modern, study rooms, complete with private en-suite bathrooms. Ninety per cent of students are from the UK.
- Moreton Hall Kinvara Wins Royal Windsor Horse Show Championship
- Moreton First pupil, Kinvara Garner celebrated stunning success at this year's Royal Windsor Horse Show winning the Show Hunter Pony Championships (122cm) on her pony Woodview Cadenza.
- Moreton Achieves Moreton Hall Trophy Winners at Cheshire Festival of Speech and Drama
- Moreton girls had a successful day at the Cheshire Festival of Speech and Drama on the 11th of May, winning eight 1st places and trophies. Twenty-six girls took part and all performed well, including those participating for the first time. Support from the girls and parents was excellent.
- John Inverdale and Simon Halliday raise awareness of CRY at Moreton Hall
-
Legendary sporting commentator, John Inverdale and former England rugby player, Simon Halliday delighted a packed crowd of 180 guests at last night’s Sporting Dinner at Moreton Hall.
- Moreton Hall Crowned U14 North Shropshire Netball Champions
- On Tuesday 19 March the Moreton u14 Netball Team took part in the u14 North Shropshire Netball Tournament at Moreton Hall.
- Moreton Hall Shropshire Team make National Maths Finals
- Moreton Hall finished first in the North West regional final of the UK Team Mathematics Trust (UKMT) Maths Challenge held at Birkenhead School on 6th March.
- Moreton Hall’s First London Marathon Runner
- As if studying for A Levels and being Captain of the First Lacrosse team is not enough to have on your plate, Year 13 student -Rose Booth - has decided to join 35,000 others and take part in the London Marathon on 21st April.
| Scholarships and Bursaries |  |
 |
 |
Our scholarships are designed to attract to the school students with significant talents and potential across a broad range of fields. Bursaries and fee remissions enable students to attend the school who, for financial reasons, may otherwise not be able to attend.
Scholarships are available to girls at 11+, 13+ and 16+ and are worth 10% of fees throughout the student’s education at Moreton.
Students may apply for more than one scholarship. Means-tested Bursaries, worth up to 100% of school fees, and Fee Remission are also available, click on appropriate heading on left for further details.
When sitting the entrance examination, parents or the current school are invited to nominate the child to be considered for scholarships.
Scholarship examinations are held in January/February of the year of entry. Click here for dates.
Name: Georgie Muir 
Date of birth: 08/04/1995
Nationaltiy: British
Starting date: 09/2008
End date: 07/2013
Subjects studied: GCSE’s (English Language, English Literature, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, French, Music, Religious Studies)
AS Levels (Maths, Music) A Levels (Biology, Chemistry, Geography)
• How old were you when you started boarding?
I was 13 when I began boarding.
• Are you a full or weekly boarder?
I fully board but I am free to occasionally go home or to a friend’s house at weekends.
• Is your school close to your home?
Not really! I live about an hour and a half away from school. However it is very easy to get home by train because we have a station 5 minutes away from school.
• How did you find settling in at the school?
It was difficult to begin with as boarding was a very new experience but my year was very welcoming, and I got the hang of boarding after the first term and felt very settled after the first year.
• What is boarding life like?
Boarding houses are set out horizontally rather than vertically, i.e. everyone in a boarding house is in similar year groups: years 7 and 8 are together, as are years 9 and 10. Year 11, 12 and 13 all have separate boarding facilities. Students usually have the choice whether they have a single or shared room (two or three students in a room). In my boarding house there are approximately 30 dormitories (a mixture of single and double rooms); each room includes a desk area and an en suite bathroom (with a sink, shower and toilet). Each floor has a washing room and a common room with a television, sofas and kitchen facilities.
The kitchen facilities mean that we can make food in house - although tea and toast usually suffices! The main school kitchens provide excellent food throughout the week, with locally sourced produce, lots of choice and personal preferences (the school food committee meets with the kitchen staff each term to discuss our suggestions).
• What’s a typical day like?
After breakfast a day will start with morning assembly (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) or a tutor group meeting. Lessons begin at 8.40 and each last an hour; morning break is at 10.40am – 11.00am; lunch break at 1.00pm-2.00pm. Each student will have six or seven lessons, (including set working sessions or sports sessions), each day. The working day will finish at approximately 5pm. Activities such as hockey practice, play rehearsal, film club and DofE will take place until supper at 6pm. Prep time in the senior school takes place (in dormitories) between 7pm and 9pm.
• What do you do at the weekend?
At weekends we have classes on a Saturday morning and then there are always sports matches. Every weekend and evening we have a range of activities and trips organised, such as really interesting (honestly!) lectures with guest speakers, dancing, jewellery making, school socials, cinema trips and shopping trips as well as winter walks or pool parties and tennis in the summer term. The fitness suite, music block and art rooms are also popular at weekends. Weekends are also a time for older girls to catch up on work (as the library and school facilities remain open on weekends) in preparation for exams.
• What sort of activities (e.g. sport, drama, music) do you take part in?
I am part of the school orchestra, chamber choir, wind band and piano trio. Music enables me to get involved with school plays, music soirees, concerts and recitals, as well as providing much needed down-time. I have been part of the 2nd XI Hockey team and performed in junior school plays. In Lower Sixth (Year 12) I joined the Marketing Team of Moreton Enterprises – our student run retail and service business venture. We organised and managed school events such as socials, portrait photography sessions and comic relief fund-fundraising, as well as promoting our six businesses externally and to the rest of the school. We achieved a staggering turnover of £50,000 last year!
I am also a co-founder of our school Medical Society – a field I am hoping to go into. We discuss medical news, ethical debates and listen to a range of speakers – from Nurse Managers to Stem Cell Professors.
• What’s the best thing about being a boarder?
Being a boarder means you can get involved in just about everything and anything that the school has to offer. It particularly enables enrichment activities to be included into the school day, as students spend longer at school! Moreton’s enrichment programme is designed to stretch girls’ specific interests (e.g. the Jenner/Medical Society amplifies my medical interest) as well as provide insights into new subject areas (e.g. my scientific A Level curriculum means that I often miss out on cultural learning, I therefore enjoy activities and talks based on literature and history). The programme is available to every girl in the school. Above all you make fantastic friends and live together in a fun and supportive environment. I’d really recommend it to any teenager!
Date of birth: 08/04/1995
Nationaltiy: British
Starting date: 09/2008
End date: 07/2013
Subjects studied: GCSE’s (English Language, English Literature, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, French, Music, Religious Studies)
AS Levels (Maths, Music) A Levels (Biology, Chemistry, Geography)
• How old were you when you started boarding?
I was 13 when I began boarding.
• Are you a full or weekly boarder?
I fully board but I am free to occasionally go home or to a friend’s house at weekends.
• Is your school close to your home?
Not really! I live about an hour and a half away from school. However it is very easy to get home by train because we have a station 5 minutes away from school.
• How did you find settling in at the school?
It was difficult to begin with as boarding was a very new experience but my year was very welcoming, and I got the hang of boarding after the first term and felt very settled after the first year.
• What is boarding life like?
Boarding houses are set out horizontally rather than vertically, i.e. everyone in a boarding house is in similar year groups: years 7 and 8 are together, as are years 9 and 10. Year 11, 12 and 13 all have separate boarding facilities. Students usually have the choice whether they have a single or shared room (two or three students in a room). In my boarding house there are approximately 30 dormitories (a mixture of single and double rooms); each room includes a desk area and an en suite bathroom (with a sink, shower and toilet). Each floor has a washing room and a common room with a television, sofas and kitchen facilities.
The kitchen facilities mean that we can make food in house - although tea and toast usually suffices! The main school kitchens provide excellent food throughout the week, with locally sourced produce, lots of choice and personal preferences (the school food committee meets with the kitchen staff each term to discuss our suggestions).
• What’s a typical day like?
After breakfast a day will start with morning assembly (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) or a tutor group meeting. Lessons begin at 8.40 and each last an hour; morning break is at 10.40am – 11.00am; lunch break at 1.00pm-2.00pm. Each student will have six or seven lessons, (including set working sessions or sports sessions), each day. The working day will finish at approximately 5pm. Activities such as hockey practice, play rehearsal, film club and DofE will take place until supper at 6pm. Prep time in the senior school takes place (in dormitories) between 7pm and 9pm.
• What do you do at the weekend?
At weekends we have classes on a Saturday morning and then there are always sports matches. Every weekend and evening we have a range of activities and trips organised, such as really interesting (honestly!) lectures with guest speakers, dancing, jewellery making, school socials, cinema trips and shopping trips as well as winter walks or pool parties and tennis in the summer term. The fitness suite, music block and art rooms are also popular at weekends. Weekends are also a time for older girls to catch up on work (as the library and school facilities remain open on weekends) in preparation for exams.
• What sort of activities (e.g. sport, drama, music) do you take part in?
I am part of the school orchestra, chamber choir, wind band and piano trio. Music enables me to get involved with school plays, music soirees, concerts and recitals, as well as providing much needed down-time. I have been part of the 2nd XI Hockey team and performed in junior school plays. In Lower Sixth (Year 12) I joined the Marketing Team of Moreton Enterprises – our student run retail and service business venture. We organised and managed school events such as socials, portrait photography sessions and comic relief fund-fundraising, as well as promoting our six businesses externally and to the rest of the school. We achieved a staggering turnover of £50,000 last year!
I am also a co-founder of our school Medical Society – a field I am hoping to go into. We discuss medical news, ethical debates and listen to a range of speakers – from Nurse Managers to Stem Cell Professors.
• What’s the best thing about being a boarder?
Being a boarder means you can get involved in just about everything and anything that the school has to offer. It particularly enables enrichment activities to be included into the school day, as students spend longer at school! Moreton’s enrichment programme is designed to stretch girls’ specific interests (e.g. the Jenner/Medical Society amplifies my medical interest) as well as provide insights into new subject areas (e.g. my scientific A Level curriculum means that I often miss out on cultural learning, I therefore enjoy activities and talks based on literature and history). The programme is available to every girl in the school. Above all you make fantastic friends and live together in a fun and supportive environment. I’d really recommend it to any teenager!
Contact information
Weston Rhyn
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY11 3EW
tel: +44 (0)1691 773671
email: willisp@moretonhall.com
web: www.moretonhall.org
Help Desk
Contact one of our educational consultants and let us help you find the right school for your child
