Boarding

Boarder on the top bunk

Aysgarth is a haven where young people can find a set of values from which to live the rest of their lives

Robert Swan, O.B.E. and Old Aysgarthian. First man to walk to both poles and Special Envoy to the Director General of UNESCO.

Today’s boarding is comfortable, caring and above all fun. If you are new to boarding, please take time to consider how this environment could benefit your child. Our pupils love it!

Our pastoral provision is award-winning, with the well-being of your child central to everything we do. We are continually developing ways to provide staff and pupils with the tools for lifelong positive well-being. Our success in boarding is to treat them as individuals and care about their well-being first before anything else. Ensuring they are happy and involved with the many enrichment activities on offer.

Aysgarth believes strongly in the value of a boarding community to develop a child in every aspect. Our pupils believe that boarding is fun. Our day pupils benefit from a full and varied curriculum which continues with evening activities until 7pm weekdays and 4pm on a Saturday. While we have seen many schools dilute or remove their boarding offering, we have held true to our values, providing the very best opportunities for friendships to develop that last a lifetime and enrichment opportunities that give them an advantage going to their senior schools. 

Sometimes it is difficult to keep them continuously entertained and stimulated at home, particularly if both parents are at work. Evening are filled with over 50 evening activities per week and weekends are jam packed with events such as team building, drama, cooking, riding, high ropes courses, tenpin bowling, laserquest, trampolines, climbing, shooting, sports activities, surfing, archery, fishing, BBQing, art, and ‘The Waterslide’. 

All the dormitories are within our main building providing a cosy, intimate home-from-home.

We make it easy for children and parents to grow into boarding; it is possible to start as a day boy, a weekly boarder, regular boarder or full boarder. We welcome day boys as part of this boarding community from which they too can benefit, and there is no expectation that they have to convert to boarding.