Ackworth School

Ackworth School’s purpose is to create a happy and secure environment in which all pupils realise and develop their own special abilities in constant awareness of the needs and claims of others.

• To develop a well integrated and self-disciplined community, with an international dimension, in which the values of Quakers are seen to underpin the school.
• To help all pupils to progress at a pace appropriate to their age, aptitude, interests and ability, to achieve the best external examination results of which they are capable and to leave school equipped to lead a full and responsible life in the adult world.
• To provide, and encourage the use of, the widest possible range of opportunities, e.g. sporting, creative and recreational, outside the formal curriculum.
• To help pupils to grow in self-respect and to appreciate and enjoy the benefits of good health.
• To encourage pupils to consider others before self, to look for the good in people and to be honest and trustworthy at all times.
• To encourage service to others within and beyond school.
• To provide, in conjunction with parents and guardians, care and support for pupils as they develop and mature.
• To help pupils to value their fine surroundings and the work of those who maintain them and to extend their appreciation to an understanding of wider environmental issues.