| Year of foundation: |
1525 |
| Address: |
Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5HG |
| Location: |
Sedbergh and its school are located in an "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty" at the western edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, not far from the Lake District National Park. |
| Campus size: |
spacious open campus |
| Number of students: |
ca. 500 |
| Number of boarders: |
ca. 475 |
| Number of international students: |
ca. 125 |
| Number of students from Germany: |
29 |
| Ratio girls/boys in %: |
40/60 |
| Ratio tutors/students: |
in the lower forms 1/12, in the higher forms 1/10 |
| School type: |
Junior School, Senior School with 6th form (5 to 18 years), Summer School |
| Graduation: |
GCSE, A levels |
| Specific features: |
Sedbergh School boarding school with almost 100% full boarders, which offers a variety of activities: For instance the students can do 34 different kinds of sport. Additionally the school has three orchestras, five choirs and several theatre companies. |
| Accommodation: |
The girls are accommodated in altogether three and the boys in six boarding houses. There are five to six tutors in each house, who care for the students and of whom one lives in every house. The houses do all have common rooms, a common kitchen and a refectory, since in contrast to many other schools the meals at Sedbergh School are not taken in a central dining hall but in the houses. There are partly single and partly double rooms. They are cosy and suitably equipped – with beds, lockable wardrobes, internet access and partly also washbasins. |
| Foreign languages: |
German, French, Spanish, Latin, classical Greek |
| Elective subjects: |
Duke of Edinburgh Award, Combined Cadet Force, individual music lessons |
| Facilities/offers: |
Computer lab, science labs, school library, school theatre, dramatic arts studio, drama group, recording studio, music school, various music practice rooms, medical centre, school chapel, choir, orchestra, debating society, chess club, photo club, science club, artist group, film society, desktop publishing, wood and metal work, diverse sports fields und astro turf pitches, tennis courts, sports hall, indoor swimming pool |
| Range of sports: |
Football, rugby, athletics, swimming, cricket, lacrosse, basketball, volleyball, hockey, netball, rounders, tennis, table tennis, squash, badminton, fencing, shooting, archery, skeet shooting, horse-riding, sailing, golf, cross country, mountainbiking, orienteering, windsurfing, climbing, canoeing, water polo etc. |
| Fee: |
10,104 £ per term resp. 30,312 £ per school year |
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| School prospectus as a pdf-file |
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| Students‘ testimonials as a pdf-file |
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| Link to the school website: |
http://www.sedberghschool.org/ |
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