Ashwicke Hall private School
Description of Ashwicke Hall private School
- Location: Marshfield, Wiltshire, UK
- Age of students: 11-18 years old
- Language of instruction: English
- Type of studying: mixed
- Number of students: 80 people.
- Accommodation type: full time, partial / full board.
Ashwicke Hall School is a mixed school for students from 11 to 18 years old, located in a beautiful park of 148 acres. It offers a safe, modern environment, close to the main cultural attractions of the UK: Bath, World Heritage List, Oxford, London.
Ashwicke Hall School is part of the SABIS global school network, with 130 years of experience and educational background. The organization operates in more than 16 countries of the world - today the network includes 55 international schools. SABIS is at the forefront of high technology education, investing in a modern research center for developing effective educational methods and teaching materials.
Why do parents value British elementary and high schools so much?
These are some of the best learning environments you can find. Teaching methods, qualifications of British schools are recognized all over the world, many have adopted them as a model and standard. As they grow up, the child is given great academic freedom - he can explore, question the facts that he is studying, thereby developing independent, analytical, inquisitive thinking. Students in the UK are always at the center of the learning process, with their individual needs in focus.
Since Britain is the birthplace of English, the language of technology, business and science, parents hope that the development of language skills will make it possible to study any literature (research, teaching), build an academic and professional career.
Programs and prices, tuition fees in Ashwicke Hall private School
Summer camp - from 10 years old - on request
Ashwicke Hall School Summer Camp offers 4 types of programs:
- 2 week general education program
- 4-week general education program
- University Orientation Program
- Manchester City Football Performance Program.
Ashwicke Hall School holds a summer camp in July and August, offering an academic program along with sports, cultural visits, events, and trips. There is a two-week or four-week program that is opened to students in grade 6 and above, including from schools outside the SABIS network.
Students attending the Ashwicke Hall School Summer Camp, live in separate residences for boys and girls, receive healthy three meals a day, the school grounds are monitored by security guards around the clock to ensure the safety of students. They use sports facilities, take part in a wide range of activities, including music, theater, horse riding. Participants travel to British sights: Buckingham Palace, Tower, Science Museum, Transport Museum, Madame Tussauds, Harry Potter Studios, Sea Life Aquarium.
Middle classes (7-9 year of study)
A wide choice of study areas, which is offered to students at this stage, provides an opportunity to prepare for the GCSE course and further exams (in grades 10-11). Students who want to improve mathematics and / or English can attend not standard, but more intensive classes in these subjects.
Available disciplines and directions:
- English (normal / intensive)
- Mathematics (regular / intensive course)
- Sciences (accurate / natural)
- Chinese
- Spanish language
- Social, Humanities
- Information Technology
- Art
- Music
- Physical education and sport
- Citizenship and political literacy.
In addition (when recruiting a group) other foreign languages can be taught: French, German, Arabic.
A-level
The biennial Sixth Form course (12-13 years old, 16-18 years old) is aimed at quality preparation for universities: the A-level certificate is very highly valued around the world and allows applicants to enter selected universities without additional entrance examinations.
Students choose subjects for study (3-4 options):
- Biology
- Business courses
- Chemistry
- Economy
- English literature
- Mathematics (advanced level)
- History
- Mathematics (standard level)
- Physics
- Foreign languages: Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Arabic (some are provided only when recruiting a group).
Advanced Placement ( AP)
An American course that gives high school students the opportunity to start studying selected subjects almost at the college / university level. With sufficient progress, senior students can even earn academic credits, which will be taken into account when enrolling in a university! The program is updated and modernized under the guidance of university lecturers, so the AP diploma clearly demonstrates the seriousness of the applicant's intentions, his academic performance and outstanding personal qualities, perseverance, and willingness to learn.
The course is designed for 2 years (12-13 classes, 16-18 years). Disciplines offered (course necessarily ends with exams):
- Biology
- Calculations (level AB)
- Chemistry
- Computer science, information technology
- Economy
- English
- English literature
- European history
- Geography
- Maths
- Macroeconomics
- Physics
- Psychology.
GCSE / IGCSE
IGCSE courses (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) fall in grades 10-11 (14-16 years old): they lead to obtaining a prestigious diploma highly valued all over the world, and good preparation for Sixth Form and enrollment in a selected university (especially appreciated high scores in English and Math).
IGCSE aims to improve:
- General academic knowledge on a wide range of subjects
- Initiative and leadership qualities
- Teamwork skills
- Analytical and Critical Thinking
- Research skills.
For studying on the course there are various types of work:
- Lecture lessons
- Practical exercises
- Course Research
- Oral and audio tests
- Written exams
- Personal projects.
The Ashwicke Hall School also offers a variety of Cambridge IGCSE courses, which are very valuable at universities all over the world. There are two levels of study here: subjects that are of lower priority are aimed at passing on CG scores, and the most priority disciplines are studied more thoroughly in order to achieve the highest exam marks A * -C. This is a flexible course that allows students to create their own program according to personal needs and academic preferences.
The following subjects are offered for study:
- Arabic
- Art and Design
- Biology
- Business courses
- Chemistry
- Computer science, information technology
- Economy
- English (basic course)
- English as a second language
- English literature
- French
- Geography
- German
- Chinese
- History
- Maths
- Music
- Physical education and sport
- Spanish
- Physics.
Accommodation, meals, prices
Ashwicke Hall offers full-time students, a weekly stay and full-time boarding. Lessons end daily at 4:00 pm, after which extracurricular activities begin, continuing until 6:00 pm. All students take part in them. After 6 pm only boarders remain in school.
Separate residences for boys and girls with recent renovation have rooms for 3-5 people, where boarders are accommodated according to age. Dormitories are equipped with computers with filtered Internet access, as well as fixed phones that parents can call (mobile phones are allowed with a time limit). Recreation rooms are equipped with LCD TV, DVD-player, a pool table. The residences have cafeterias serving hot, cold drinks, snacks, and vending machines with snacks are installed around the campus.
The school offers three hot meals a day, freshly prepared meals using local ingredients. The menu includes healthy, nutritious food, homemade cakes, vegetarian dishes, salad bar, soups.
Activities Ashwicke Hall private School
Students take part in various activities after class:
- Competitive team sports
- Arts and crafts
- Ballet, dance
- Drama
- Orchestra
- Chorus
- Private music lessons
- Taekwondo
- Yoga.
Participation in all aspects of the life of the school Ashwicke Hall helps students to acquire, improve skills, approaches, qualities that give them advantages at the university, beyond.
The SLO student organization is a distinctive part of Ashwicke Hall, which gives students the opportunity to develop the life skills necessary for future responsible members of the community.
Once in the middle of a week, students attend a cinema, bowling alley, ice rink. On Saturdays, shopping trips and excursions are organized. Pupils who want to stay on campus on Saturday trips can use all the leisure facilities at school.
Advantages
As part SABIS Network Ashwicke Hall School offers GCSE examinations, IGCSE, A-Levels, Advanced Placement. Graduates of SABIS network schools all over the world go to leading universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard.
The philosophy of Ashwicke Hall School is based on the fact that university education is accessible to all, not just the elect, and the success of an educational institution should be measured by its contribution to life, the student’s personality.
The school seeks to encourage students to become people of broad views, to open to communication with representatives of any country, race, nationality, able to accept the many challenges of the future, responsible, active members of their community.
The school provides students with:
- Unselective reception
- Advanced curriculum using the latest IT technology
- Structured, high-tech, interactive, fun lessons.
- Weekly tracking of each student's performance
- Parental online portal that allows you to constantly monitor the individual progress of students
- A comprehensive program of additional classes for the development of abilities, talents, life skills of students.
Facilities and equipment at Ashwicke Hall private School
- Autonomous indoor heated pool, with changing rooms, a small gym, 25-meter walkways, used all year round.
- A large sports hall is used for various sports, including basketball, futsal, squash.
- Tennis courts are located in the old garden, surrounded by authentic garden walls. Playgrounds are lit in the evenings, allowing you to play even at a later time of day.
- The sports field is a full-size sports field overlooking the hills of the countryside, used for outdoor activities, weekly barbecue.
Admission dates and extra charges
Dates of the summer camp:
- July 15 - August 9
- July 15 - July 26
- July 29 - August 9
- July 7 - July 12
- August 11 - August 16.
Entry requirements, how to apply, what is required to enrol
School enrollment consists of five stages:
- Submission of an online application to the admissions office (+ photo of the applicant, a copy of the passport)
- School visits for excursions, meeting with the director
- Assessment of the level of proficiency in English, mathematics of each candidate
- Extract from the applicant's school grades
- Interview (if the applicant has not yet attended school).
After the admission committee decides on enrollment, parents are asked to pay an entrance fee, to sign the parent agreement. The entrance fee is refunded after graduation, in case of expulsion from school in accordance with the conditions specified in the parent agreement.
All students at Ashwicke Hall School whose parents reside abroad must have a UK guardian.
Scholarships Ashwicke Hall private School
- The school offers a 5% discount when paying for the tuition of the second student who is enrolled in the school.
- There are a number of educational and charitable trusts that are considering providing financial assistance. The school's counseling service on educational grants offers information and advice on finding material assistance.
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Residence permits, citizenship and other services
- Guardianship services during the studies
- Student supervision
Review about Ashwicke Hall private School
Recommendations on when to apply
| Language courses, schools and children's language camps | Primary and secondary education - private schools | Preparation programmes for entering universities - higher education | Higher education (after completing accredited programs A-level, IB, High School) - Bachelor, Master, MBA |
| - we recommend to apply 6-9 months before the start of the course (some camps and schools offer discounts for early booking or for lengthy study programs) - there are some very popular and high demand children's camps, where the applications need to be submitted 1 year in advance (in particular Switzerland , Great Britain , USA , Canada , Austria) | - we recommend to apply one year before the start of the training program, - some schools have a specific time frame (September-November - please specify an individual school) - some schools require tests in several stages (UKISET, internal tests of the school: English, mathematics, logics, subjects, interview, some require a personal visit) | - we recommend to apply one year before the start of the program, - for Foundation and Pathway programs, IELTS and TOEFL certificates are usually required, respectively | - recommended submission one year before the start of the program, - the deadline normally closes in January, for TOP HEIs and, as a rule, in March in other universities - for a bachelor, a Foundation or Pathway preparatory program a completed A-level, IB, High School + IELTS / TOEFL are required - for Masters you need a graduated higher education, in some cases you need a pre-Masters program - MBA requires completed higher education, work experience preferably at least 2-3 years, etc. |
