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Queen Ethelburga’s College

Queen Ethelburga’s is ranked as the North of England’s academically most successful, independent co-educational day and boarding school. Over 98% of Year 13 left to go to the best universities.
Our campus is exceptional, set in over 100 acres of manicured country park in the Vale of York. Our supporting Charitable Foundation maintains a range and quality of facilities few can equal, with over £65m invested in new resources in recent years including our new sports centre and a refurbishment of boarding accommodation. The sports centre also boasts five gymnasiums, five tennis courts, volleyball courts, rugby pitches, cricket pitches, hockey pitches, football pitches, climbing wall and more!

The College operates a comprehensive daily bus service from a wide area covering York, Leeds, Harrogate, Wetherby, Thirsk and surrounding villages – eight different routes and 45 pick-up points. Our boarding accommodation is considered by many to be the best of any independent school in the UK and Europe.

Sixth Form at Queen Ethelburga’s is much more than a two-year study course. It is a time to build the bridge from youth to adulthood, school to higher education and a career. It is a time for tackling a deeper involvement in the community and learning to value well-earned privileges, as well as taking on additional roles in the running of the school and the organisation of House activities. We offer a wide range of Sixth Form courses, all of which require a high level of commitment, a willingness to research information and a genuine interest in the subject.

Students can opt for four or five A-levels, or BTEC courses or a mix of BTEC courses and A-levels. Recent Sixth Formers have gone on to Oxbridge as well as other prestigious universities.
Established in 1912, Queen Ethelburga’s has enjoyed one of the longest and most successful equestrian and school partnerships in the country. A brand-new £1m Equestrian Centre is now open, with an Olympic-sized indoor arena, five acres of all-weather, floodlit outdoor arenas, exercise arenas, gallop track, three all-weather, floodlit cross-country style circuits, and stabling for over 60 horses. Students can make full use of these facilities, riding opportunities and receive tuition by approved (British Horse Society – BHS) professionally qualified instructors. We also organise horse shows, one-day horse trials and events, go to local competitions and national equine shows.

The Royal Court Equestrian Centre is considered by many to be one of the finest in Europe at any independent school, where you also have the opportunity to use a BHS-approved riding and examination centre with superb facilities. Should boarders wish to bring their own horses to school, they will enjoy our stabling and livery of superb quality.
Students past and present are living proof of the school’s commitment to them as individuals, and with dedicated, caring staff the school provides them with both the necessary education and practical abilities.

Chapter House Junior School
Boys and girls kindergarten to Year 6
Our Junior School is friendly and small, but very successful academically. We have recently spent over £1m upgrading all our Junior School facilities. We accept children with a range of abilities and have our own dedicated staff on hand to offer extra help when necessary for children with dyslexia. You will not be able to appreciate the difference a huge investment in new state-of-the art facilities can make to ensure children get a brilliant start and do well, until you have a look for yourself. We have yet to find another junior school that is so wonderfully equipped and where so much thought has gone into making children’s education brilliantly fun and rewarding.

With all this help at hand, paired with the great facilities on offer, our Junior children move ahead quickly and perform well. There is also plenty of time for fun, sport, drama, music, games, storytelling and art – the list of available activities and clubs is almost endless.

King’s Magna Middle School
Boys and girls Year 6 to Year 9
We have much smaller class sizes than other schools, enabling us to devote extra time and energy to ensuring that children, of all levels of ability, achieve outstanding results.
In our recent SAT 2 Key Stage examinations children did, on average, 50% better than those in state schools.
As we share our campus with the Senior School, the range of sports and activities we can do is huge and we offer a wide range of after-school activities and weekend trips. We pride ourselves on being a very happy school – every child matters and this shows in what our pupils achieve.

A Family community 
The school staff really care about our pupils and will go out of their way to help them. However, on occasion, sensible and fair discipline puts a wayward young person back on course if necessary. In essence, our community is a family.
To attempt to define our ethos into areas is almost impossible; suffice to say that being a little different, and so special, works very successfully. The school has a high reputation locally, a commitment to local community schemes, a good record in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, a thriving Combined Cadet Force and offers a wide and interesting range of extracurricular activities. With both the historical city of York and Harrogate in the vicinity, full use is made of the cultural amenities. All in all, exciting times ahead for this famous independent school, as it celebrates its 100th birthday

Our philosophy
• To offer all pupils a broad and balanced curriculum.
• To treat all pupils as individuals.
• To strive for academic excellence.
• To promote self-confidence, independence and co-operation.
• To foster a spirit of enquiry.
• To encourage self-discipline and a high standard of behaviour.
• To provide a happy and stimulating environment for study.
• To prepare pupils for further education and working environments.
• To encourage physical and mental fitness.
• To promote community and global awareness.
• To equip pupils with technological expertise.
• To provide a safe and secure environment in which pupils thrive.

'To be the best that I can with the gifts that I have.'
 

Queen Ethelburg's College Riding Success at Northallerton

Despite a bitterly cold day a group of our QE equestrians did us proud last month in an Arena Event at Northallerton.

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Queen Ethelburga's Trip to Gambia

Today was the first day of our exciting trip round Gambia! Which meant (unfortunately) we had to wake up to a very early start! 

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Queen Ethelburga's College Muggles Activity Centre opening

The Collegiate's latest leisure facility, Muggles Activity Centre, opened its doors to students on Monday lunchtime (January 21st).

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Queen Ethelburga's College gets a visit from the England Rugby coach

England's Rugby Coach, Stuart Lancaster, took time out from his busy RBS 6 Nations 2013 schedule to visit pupils and sports staff at our new fitness suite.

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Queen Ethelburga's School gets Royal seal of approval

The BBC’s former Royal Correspondent, Jennie Bond, took to the stage at Queen Ethelburga’s Collegiate near Harrogate to officially open its very own theatre.

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Awards & Scholarships

Over £3,000,000 given away in Awards EVERY year!

The Martin Family Charitable Foundation.

Every year The Foundation pays for substantial capital improvements to resources and facilities. In addition The Foundation provides Awards to parents every year in excess of £3,000,000. The following pages give details of the different Awards currently available.

In the case of there only being one Award remaining in any Category then preference for the allocation of the Award is automatically made to those parents who Register their child first.

The Headmaster, or Registrar may recommend parents for an Award. Please note though that the final decision can only be made by, and the Award funded by, the Trustees of The Martin Family Charitable Foundation. Likewise the decision whether to increase, decrease or cease any Award, or add or vary any conditions attaching to an Award, can only be made by the Trustees of the Charitable Foundation.

Brian R Martin FCMI. FFA. FinstD.
Executive Trustee - Martin Charitable Foundation

Most popular Scholarship & Awards

First Term Free

(Day or Boarding) For entry September 2012

• First Term Free for Years N1 to 8 inclusive, or
• 50% off First Term's Fees or Years 9, 10, 12.

one award per family Worth Up to £9,000

Sixth Form Day

(Day or Boarding) As demand is high, please contact us early if your child is predicted to achieve a minimum of:

• 100% of Day Fees (Requires 8 A* GCES's )
• 85% of Day Fees (Requires 6 A* + 2 A GCSE's)
• 70% of Day Fees (Requires 4 A* + 4 A GCSE's)
• 50% of Day Fees (Requires 2 A* + 6 A GCSE's) Worth up to £60,000

Family Sibling Award Our sibling discounts are bigger than others, if indeed they even offer them. For brothers and sisters ~ boarders from 12% to 20%, or if all day pupils 10%. Worth £15,694 to £65,875 depending on year of entry

Riding Day & Boarding Scholarships (Day or Boarding)

Towards riding lessons by qualified instructors at our superb £3m Royal Court Equestrian Centre, every year. Award Per Year ~ Day £600, Boarding £1,200 Worth up to £1,200

British Armed Forces

For Academic Year 2011 to 2012 we guarantee your contribution per child per term will be a max of £795 ~ plus we also accept Childcare Vouchers to even further lower the cost.
Depending on year of entry

Sports Boarding Scholarships

Up to 20% Fees. All ages ~ ability based. New £6m Sports Centre Depending on year of entry

Day Parents

There is a new Award available which means your child's bus and/or train costs to travel to and from school every week could be FREE for the entire time your child is with us. If you live within the catchment area, you could enjoy the most competitive day fees with FREE daily transport.