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WELCOME TO KINGSMEAD SCHOOL
Kingsmead School, Hoylake provides a bespoke education
that is transformative for the child and life-changing for
the family, providing the essential tools to make children
future-ready. The school’s approach to enhanced learning has
produced an exceptional academic record, with GCSE and
11+ pass rates of over 80%. Sixth Form provides 1:1 tuition
at A Level and BTEC, a level of individual support rarely seen
elsewhere.
Kingsmead is set within idyllic playing fields just a few minutes
walk from Hoylake’s tranquil beach front and has a superb
indoor heated swimming pool along with excellent state of the
art facilities for food and nutrition, drama and music, science
and ICT; along with peaceful study areas for pupils seeking
quiet space to prepare for critical academic stages. The school’s
extended day is punctuated with long morning and lunchtime
breaks, filled with a wealth of sports and clubs, ensuring a healthy
balance to every day.
Founded back in 1904 as a preparatory school, from the very
start Kingsmead was marked out for its remarkably caring,
family ethos and personalised approach to learning. When the
school expanded to educate children to 16 it rapidly became
the highest achieving all-ability school in Wirral at GCSE level,
largely thanks to the school’s unique style of education and
caring atmosphere.
This remarkable school now has a newly-opened Sixth Form
and also offers boarding facilities. Both developments open
up new options for families looking for the best education for
their children. The school offers full-boarding, weekly boarding
and flexi-boarding for pupils from the age of nine (day pupils
can start in Nursery) within a comfortable ‘home from home’
environment that reflects the nurturing and personalised
approach to care. Wrap-around care, for day pupils living at a
distance, is also available at Holiday Club and after-school club
for all ages, 49 weeks a year.
Supporting the academic input is an enormous range of co-
curricular opportunities, which further expand horizons, build
confidence and develop independence and leadership. The
school holds regular whole-school assemblies and concerts,
bringing the entire community together and building strong and
supportive relationships between pupils of all ages.
Headmaster of Kingsmead School, Mark Gibbons, said:
“Kingsmead School was founded all those years ago with its
purpose to provide an environment “ideal for learning well”
and this aspect of the school remains unchanged. We provide a
holistic and wholly pupil-centred education with small, nurturing
classes where the children are known and taught as individuals.
Here support, respect and affection are part of everyday life and
our strong school community, both past and present, feels like
an extended family. Our results speak for themselves with the
best GCSE results in Wirral for all-ability schools, and 11+ pass
rates of over 80% we are one of Merseyside’s leading independent
schools. We combine high expectations of conduct with ready
praise for effort, making a Kingsmead education an exceptional
start in life for children.”
The next Scholarship Day takes place on Friday 15th November
with Scholarships available in Music, Art and Sport as well as
Academics.
Opportunities to tour the school can be arranged by appointment
or via regular Open Days, the next one which will be held on
Wednesday 6th November. To arrange a personalised visit, please
contact the school’s Admissions Team on 0151 632 3156 or email
[email protected]
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