Scarborough College
Filey Road, Scarborough, YO11 3BA, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Scarborough College
Filey Road, Scarborough, YO11 3BA, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Overview
Founded in 1898, Scarborough College is a fully co-educational British boarding school in the seaside town of Scarborough in North East England, only an hour by road or rail from historic York. Inland from Scarborough is the stunning North York Moors National Park, perfect for adventure! The College's ethos dates back to its founding principles, delivering a first-class education and placing a strong emphasis on creating an inclusive and supportive community where children can thrive both academically and personally. A Round Square School as well as being non-selective, the College believes in the potential of each student, and the well-rounded education offered instils values such as integrity, resilience and responsibility.
At a glance
Academic
The College has been an IB World School since 2007, offering the IB Diploma Programme in the Sixth Form, but also promoting the principles of the IB Learner Profile throughout the school. As a shorter option, or as preparation for the IB, international students can opt for the one-year Pre-IB course. On joining all students are supplied with a Chromebook and join one of 4 Academic Houses, while Years 7-9 can take on the exciting Yorkshire Grit enrichment programme. A fully refurbished Sixth Form Study Centre, slightly away from the main campus, offers great facilities, a common room and a cafe, while University applications are supported with one-to-one mentoring. 25+ subjects are offered at IB and the average IB score (2018-22) is 31.5.
Boarding
Around a third of students board and most of these are full boarders, which facilitates a strong community, and as the College does not have Saturday school or Exeat breaks the weekends are full of sports fixtures, extra-curricular activities and weekly boarding trips. The excellent boarding facilites include refurbished Girls' and Junior Boys' houses, along with a brand new Senior Boys' house and Weaponess, the refurbished flaghip Sixth Form co-ed house. This is situated off site, within easy walking distance of the town, the beach and the College; a good stepping stone to the next stage of life. Each boarding house is staffed by two live-in houseparent families and is visited on four weekday evenings by academic tutors.
Sports
The College aims be one of the stand-out British boarding schools in the North of England for Sport, with significant recent developments adding a flood-lit all-weather hockey pitch, an IAAF standard athletics track and new netball/tennis courts. Hockey is played throughout the school and the representative boys and girls teams play in the highest tiers of school hockey. Beyond hockey the College fields teams in tennis, rugby, cricket, netball, athletics, football, golf and cross-country. There's a first-class athletics programme with most track and field events available, and Centres of Excellence at Scarborough Cricket Club and South Cliff Golf Club ensure access to the very best facilities and coaching.
Creative arts
The Creative Arts have an important place at the College, as is natural for an IB World School. The Music facilities are purpose built and all practice rooms have Yamaha pianos, while the broader Performing Arts Department boasts a 400 seat multi-role theatre, a Drama studio and a production hall, together allowing the College to put on a major concert each term and an annual school musical, run many ensembles (both choral and instrumental), hold the 'Gig On The Green' (an open-air festival) on the school grounds and offer numerous other events to showcase students' talent. Art is strong and the Design and Technology department houses a metal workshop, 3D printers and a laser cutter.
Did you know?
- Nearby South Cliff Golf Course, home to the College's Golf Centre of Excellence, was designed by Dr Alister MacKenzie, who also designed Augusta National in the USA where the US Masters, one of golf's four Majors, is played every year.
- 'Scarborough Fair', made famous by Folk/Pop duo Simon & Garfunkel, is a traditional English folk song dating back to the Middle Ages, in which ex-lovers set each other impossible tasks to complete before they can be reunited.
