Ellesmere College

Key Information

Ellesmere College is a co-educational school with a total of 550 pupils between 7-18 years of age, including approximately 115 international pupils and 220 Boarders.

For pupils whose first language is not English the school provides a professional and dedicated ‘English as an Additional Language’ (EAL) service for an additional charge. This is fully integrated into the weekly timetable. Upon arrival each pupil is assessed and an appropriate programme of EAL lessons recommended.
The College offers GCSE’s, IGCSE’s, A Levels, IB, BTEC and the International Foundation Programme (IFP) qualifications.

Ellesmere welcomes students with lots of interests and is not a school for narrow specialists. Alongside a strong academic focus, the College does pride itself on its sports provision and has outstanding sports facilities including; large external grounds for rugby, cricket and football, an on site 9 hole golf course, 4 indoor tennis courts and an indoor swimming pool. The College offers 7 different sports academies-tennis, swimming, shooting, football. cricket, rugby & golf.

In November 2021 Ellesmere College was awarded the High Performance Learning World Class School Accreditation – one of only 39 schools worldwide to be awarded this accreditation.
High Performance Learning (HPL) is an international movement delivering educational change, working with schools and teachers to provide a flexible learning framework, building cognitive competences and designed to achieve academic and lifetime success.

Ellesmere employs the HPL approach through the whole school system – from Lower School to Sixth Form. It reflects what is already known about advanced thinking skills and learning behaviours, helping pupils to develop skills and attitudes like; confidence, agile thinking, perseverance and a greater awareness and concern for the broader issues in society. This is an holistic approach which aims to ensure pupils are fully prepared for academic, work & personal life challenges. For more information about HPL at Ellesmere-please follow this Link-
www.ellesmere.com/about-us/high-performance-learning-hpl

SEN

Ellesmere College has been recognised as a Category DU (Dyslexia Unit) by The Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils (CReSTeD) which means the school has a designated Learning Support Unit or Centre providing specialist tuition on a small group or individual basis, according to need, which also includes dyspraxia, dyscalculia and other SEN needs. They identified the exceptional levels of work the Support for Learning Department undertakes to ensure teachers are well-informed about individuals with learning needs and that this information is used effectively to create a network of support, including individually-tailored teaching and a wide variety of academic support available outside of lesson time. They also applauded the way the school is “very dedicated to getting the best out of individuals” and remarking how “parents all commented about the improvements in their children’s confidence and happiness”.

Location

The College is situated in 160 acres of countryside in Central England, about 8 miles from the market town of Oswestry. It is about an hour away from Birmingham and Manchester international airports.

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www.ellesmere.com