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King’s Ely C A M B R I D G E S H I R E
finalist in the 2020 Independent Schools of the Year Awards, King’s Ely is a leading independent, co-educational, day and boarding school with over 1,000 years of history, making it one of the oldest schools in the world. King’s Ely serves the academic and pastoral needs of around 1,000 boys and girls from the age of two through to 18, with boarders from seven years old. It’s nestled in the picturesque cathedral city of Ely, which is just 15 minutes from Cambridge and one hour from London, with direct rail links to both. The school’s privately run school buses stop at key locations around Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk. The adventure of a King’s Ely education enables pupils of all ages to flourish, from King’s Ely Acremont and Nursery to the Sixth Form. Whether a student shines in a classroom, a laboratory, on a stage, a pitch or on a mountainside, the school promises an abundance of opportunity for personal development, both academically and socially. King’s Ely students are renowned for their energy, courage and integrity. Pupils achieve excellent GCSE and A-level results and students secure a place at their first-choice university or institution each year. However, it’s about more than exam results and league tables. The Good Schools Guide says King’s Ely is a “friendly, well-balanced, caring community valued for getting the best from a broad range of abilities”. When it comes to value added – a measurement monitored and published by the
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ever-changing world. The aim is to create responsible and engaged young people who have developed learning habits that prepare them for public examinations, higher education and the challenging world of work. At King’s Ely Acremont and Nursery (ages two to seven), such development demands a planned, creative curriculum that is dedicated to the needs of younger children, encouraging them to be independent learners with a passion for knowledge. It also requires caring experts, who have the time to give younger pupils lots of individual attention and a beautiful, spacious environment that allows children to explore, in order to discover the exciting world around them.
Department for Education – King’s Ely is in the top five Cambridgeshire schools and top 200 schools nationally. Rather than relying on exam results, value added looks at where each student started and the progress they make, relative to other students. King’s Ely empowers young people to challenge themselves, push beyond the boundaries of their own expectations and achieve more than they believed possible. Innovative approaches to teaching and learning are the hallmark of every section of King’s Ely. Through a broad and balanced curriculum, pupils develop the self-knowledge and inner resilience that enables them to face the challenges of an
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