Sixth Form College / Boarding School in York, UK

Queen Ethelburga's College:
Located in York in the north-east of England, Queen Ethelburga's College is a private day & boarding school for boys & girls aged 0-19, from Kindergarten all the way up to A-level. Queen Ethelburga's welcomes boarding pupils aged 5 to 18. Our Collegiate comprises four schools and a kindergarten, each with its unique qualities, but all sharing a common purpose of providing students with a first class education and the opportunity to work towards higher education and a successful career.

Day & Boarding School Programmes for Students Ages 0-19:
As you would expect, class sizes are small and our teachers are able to give every pupil a high degree of individual attention. In addition, Group Tutors maintain a close personal interest in every pupil’s progress.

Our objective in the early years at school is to identify each pupil’s strengths, weaknesses and particular lines of interest in order to develop, in conjunction with pupil and parents, the most appropriate selection of GCSE subjects when that time arrives.

Those pupils who join us aged between eleven and thirteen will enter a broad-based programme of lessons including English, Mathematics, three Sciences, Music, the Arts, Languages, Information Technology and the Humanities. PSHCE includes Careers, Citizenship and RE. Sport is also included.

Class work goes well beyond the requirements of the national curriculum, to provide a breadth of stimulation and enjoyment which helps every pupil to discover the joy and value of learning, the more to reap its benefit in later years.

School Options from Kindergarten through Sixth Form:

The Queen's Kindergarten:
- Children from 3 months to 3 years of age

Chapter House Preparatory School:
- Students ages 3-10

King's Magna Middle School:
- Students ages 10-14

Queen Ethelburga's College:
- Students ages 14-19
- Traditional curriculum of GCSEs and A Levels

The Faculty of Queen Ethelburga's:
- Students ages 14-19
- Offering a wider career-based curriculum
  
Sixth Form:
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 4 or 5 A-levels, or the International Baccalaureate, or BTEC Courses or a mix of BTEC Courses and A-Levels. In addition, for Equestrian minded students, there is the ability to add the BHSAI riding exams at Stages I, II, III and PTT. Recent Sixth Formers have gone on to Oxbridge as well as other prestigious universities. 98% of our Sixth Form go onto University including Oxford and Cambridge.

We expect our Sixth Formers to study hard and we provide them with tuition in advanced study skills and a host of resource materials. Careers advice is a time-tabled subject and the choosing of university courses, interview techniques and filling in of UCAS forms are the subject of detailed scrutiny.

All our Sixth Formers are encouraged to take part in the Young Enterprise Scheme, the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme or choose from a comprehensive range of other rewarding activities. Clearly, we expect our Sixth Formers to have a well developed sense of responsibility, whether they have spent their earlier school career at Queen Ethelburga’s or joined us from other schools.