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卡斯特顿中学 Casterton School  is one of the most established academic girls boarding and day schools in the UK, with a national and international reputation.

The school is located on the borders where three counties meet, North Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire. Girls come to Casterton from a wide geographical area. The school is very easily accessible from Scotland in the North and London and Manchester from the M6 which is only 15 minutes drive away. Casterton is also popular with girls from Yorkshire, due to its easy route on A59 and A65 from York, Harrogate and Ilkley.

Casterton has an outstanding academic record for scholastic excellence and superb teaching and pastoral care together are a winning combination. Girls are also offered first class music and drama teaching, excellent sporting opportunities, at county and regional level and an ever developing extra curricular and weekend programme. Education at Casterton as the Headmaster Dr Peter McLaughlin has said 'is about developing a creative atmosphere. Teaching for understanding will be at the very heart of what we offer to Casterton girls'.

Casterton is for girls aged 11-18. The school has a strong House system. Girls arriving at 11 board in one House. At 12, girls move in to mixed age Houses where they stay until the Sixth Form, when they move into Sixth Form Houses. All day girls are fully attached to the Houses for all events such as sports, music and drama competitions.

Boarders are admitted from the age of eight upwards into three-staged boarding:
Bronte House for girls aged 8-12
Senior School Houses for girls aged 12-16

Sixth Form Houses for girls aged 16-18

Subject taught
*EFL/ESL, Art, Art and Design, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Commerce, Computing/IT, Dance, Drama/Theatre Studies, Economics, English Language, English Literature, French, Further Mathematics, General Studies, Geography, German, History, History of Art, Home Econ/Food & Nut, Latin, Mathematics, Music, Other Subjects, Physical Education, Physics, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, Spanish, Sports Science, Textiles and Fashion 　

Activities

Casterton has always had a wide and varied extra-curricular life, a vital part of our pupils' personal development where girls learn to use their free time effectively and creatively. There are opportunities for every girl to find an activity in which she can take a leading role, and staff members are always available to give advice and encouragement.

Casterton's unique situation in an area of outstanding natural beauty means that many outdoor recreational facilities are available. These include riding, fell walking, rock climbing, camping, canoeing, sailing, cycling and golf.

There are exchanges to Austria, Canada and Norway and, a little closer to home, visits to the cinema, theatre, opera and ballet, museums and other places of interest are enthusiastically supported. Shopping trips to Manchester and Leeds are also popular - a little retail therapy being essential to counterbalance all the hard work - and other excursions include annual trips to Stratford and Aviemore.

Lower Sixth pupils participate in the Young Enterprise Scheme and teams have received many awards over the years, both local and regional. There are thriving Public Speaking and Debating societies and a Charities Committee which organises a variety of fund raising events.

Subject areas which can be taken for recreation purposes include Music, Drama and Sport. See Subject Areas for more details.

Pastoral Care

Care for each pupil is central to the ethos of the School. We set out to ensure that every girl feels valued and part of a happy community. Girls are treated as individuals and their concerns are dealt with within a relaxed but structured environment.

There is a high level of support and guidance based on the monitoring of academic progress and personal development, and the older girls show commendable concern for the younger children. Consequently a great deal of trust is created in all areas of school life.

The Boarding Staff have a close knowledge of the girls, and offer support in all aspects of school life. In Year 11 pupils may choose their own personal Tutor to help guide them through the final three years at school.

Record results for Casterton in 2006!

Casterton’s A Level girls are celebrating another outstanding set of results this year. One hundred per cent of pupils passed in all of their subjects, up slightly on last year’s record results. Fifty-one per cent of them were at the top grade of A (well over twice this year’s national average for that grade, even for girls), 78% at A/B (against a five-year average of 76%) and 96% at the A/B/C grades needed to go on to courses at the more demanding universities.

Nearly a third of the girls attained straight As. One of the outstanding performances amongst the many individual successes across all subject areas was from Percy Cheung (who is a boarder at the school and lives in Hong Kong). As well as gaining five As, which included two of the top five marks in the country in Mathematics (out of 9,519 candidates) and in Information and Communication Technology (out of 10,479 candidates), Percy attained an Advanced Extension Award in Mathematics. Jennifer Woodburn (from Ingleton, N. Yorkshire) also achieved 5 As and has been offered places to read Veterinary Science at Cambridge and the University of London. Eleanor Foster (Skipton, N. Yorkshire) gained straight As and has been offered a place to read Modern Languages at Cambridge. Caitlin Dent (Kendal, Cumbria), Sarah Morphet (whose family are with the forces in Germany), Yi Fan Chen (Manchester) and Kathy Kong (Hong Kong), all achieved four As. Talented artists Ruth Davis (Kendal, Cumbria) and Sammie-Jo Coxon (Tyne and Wear) both scored perfect marks in Art and Design, which gave them two of the top five marks in the country out of 4,200 candidates. Other students who attained straight As were Damilola Jagun (Lagos), Connie Lo and Jolly Chan (both from Hong Kong). The AS results were similarly outstanding, with 97% of pupils passing, 62% with the top two grades.

The Headmaster, Dr Peter McLaughlin, was extremely happy to be receiving results which firmly maintain Casterton’s position in the top echelons of the academic league tables: “What Head would not be delighted with wonderful news like this? Year on year, Casterton girls perform at levels massively above the national norms. Although these results suggest otherwise, we do in fact have a considerable range of ability amongst the girls in our school. Consequently, the absolute statistics not only place us very high up the league tables but also show why we top the national ‘added value’ tables published annually. Whatever criticisms have been levelled at the A Level system, these excellent results represent a huge amount of effort and ability on the part of both pupils and teachers. Our girls are so far ahead of national norms that any talk of ‘dumbing down’ becomes irrelevant. By any standards, this is a fantastic achievement, especially given that so many of our girls are also active, high-achievers in music, sport, drama, the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme and myriad other time-consuming school activities.”

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