Aysgarth School

Our timetable provides for all boys to spend time every week in music and drama lessons. We offer poetry reading and recital classes on a voluntary basis and debates are organised internally and with other schools. The staff who lead these activities are exceptionally talented, committed and enthusiastic.

The music is outstanding and the facilities include practice and rehearsal rooms, electronic keyboards to allow composition and pianos throughout the school. A very high proportion of the boys play a musical instrument and there is an orchestra and a great variety of ensembles and bands. The choirs reach a very high standard and are often invited to perform locally and further afield.

We have a large and well equipped theatre with a raised stage where school plays and concerts are performed. We provide every boy with the opportunity to perform in a play most years, and there is an annual major production.