An all-round education with an academic edge

Welcome to the Silcoates School website. We hope you find these pages helpful to give you a flavour of what we are trying to achieve at Silcoates and what sort of school we are.Silcoates School is made up of three separate, but closely linked, sections:The Senior School, for boys and girls aged 11 to 18 (Year 7 to the Upper Sixth Form); The Junior School, for boys and girls aged 5 to 11 (Year 1 to Year 6); Sunny Hill, for boys and girls aged 2 to 5 (Nursery, Foundation and Reception).The Senior School and Junior School share a self-contained site in Wrenthorpe, near Wakefield, and Sunny Hill has its own site just down the road. With this structure we can therefore … [Continue Reading]
Thank you for taking the time to visit our section of the Silcoates School website. We hope you find the information contained here useful, but the best way to find out about us is to visit the school and see it for yourself. It is only by meeting the children and the staff and walking around our beautiful grounds that you can truly begin to appreciate what a special environment Silcoates offers to help your child learn.The Junior School at Silcoates works with children from Year 1 to Year 6. A large number of our children join us from our own early years school at Silcoates Sunny Hill but a significant number also come from other schools in the area, both independent and maintained. … [Continue Reading]
Welcome to Silcoates Sunny Hill School, an independent school for boys and girls aged 2-5 years.The first few years are so important in developing a positive attitude to school and learning. Therefore, as part of the Silcoates family of schools, we are proud to offer a friendly, stimulating and secure environment where children can lay down firm foundations in all subjects, on which they can build in future years.At Sunny Hill, each pupil is encouraged and supported in a caring, disciplined and happy community. Our small class sizes and enthusiastic teachers ensure maximum individual attention. We are proud of our achievements as well as the opportunities we provide for children … [Continue Reading]