UK Guide to Independent Schools

Independent Schools in Yorkshire

The largest county in the land - so large it had to be divided by the Danes for administrative purposes into its ancient divisions called Ridings, or 'thridings' (third parts). Between them the North, East and West Ridings account for roughly an eighth of England's land area and a tenth of its population. In general terms, the North Riding, stretching in a ribbon across the county from the Pennines to the North Sea, can be said to be predominantly pastoral; the West Riding, running from the Pennines southeast, is industrial; and the East Riding, running between them to the Humber Estuary, is given over primarily to arable farming.

The shape of this county, in the north-east of England, is like a ragged square, pulled down a little in its lower left hand corner. Within the boundaries of the three Ridings is amazing scenic variation.

The Pennine mountains, grey-white limestone peaks reaching upwards of , feet, provide the county's western boundary. In the south can be found millstone grit deposits, fringed with the large coal measures which make up some of Britain's largest coal fields, while in the northeast, the North York Moors composed of the considerable Cleveland Hills provide a bastion against the growing encroachment of the North Sea.

Independent Schools in Yorkshire

Birkdale School
Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Bootham School
North Yorkshire

Bramcote School
Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Bramcote School
Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Bronte House School
Bradford, West Yorkshire

Birkdale Preparatory School
Yorkshire

Bradford Grammar School
Bradford, West Yorkshire

Woodhouse Grove School
Bridge, West Yorkshire

Woodleigh School
Malton, North Yorkshire

Cundall Manor School
York, North Yorkshire

Rudston Preparatory School Trust Ltd
Yorkshire

Ashdell Preparatory School
Yorkshire

Ackworth School
Pontefract, West Yorkshire

Ashville College
Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Bradford Girls' Grammar School
Yorkshire

Bradford Girls' Junior Grammar School
Yorkshire

Brantwood School
Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Catteral Hall School
Yorkshire

Cliff School
Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Fulneck School
Leeds, West Yorkshire

Fyling Hall School
Bay, North Yorkshire

Gateways School
Leeds, West Yorkshire

Giggleswick School
Settle, North Yorkshire

Grosvenor House School
Yorkshire

Harrogate Ladies' College
Yorkshire

Hill House Preparatory School
Yorkshire

St Peter's Junior School
York, North Yorkshire

St Peter's Preparatory School (Clifton School)
Yorkshire

St Peter's School
York, North Yorkshire

Leeds Girls' High School
Leeds, West Yorkshire

Lady Lane Park Preparatory School
Yorkshire

Leeds Grammar School
Leeds, West Yorkshire

Moorfield School
Ilkley, West Yorkshire

The Mount School
York, North Yorkshire

Malsis School
Hills, North Yorkshire

The Minster School
York, North Yorkshire

Queen Margaret's School
York, North Yorkshire

Queen Mary's School
Thirsk, North Yorkshire

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Wakefield
Yorkshire

Read School
Selby, North Yorkshire

Red House School
York, North Yorkshire

Richmond House School
Leeds, West Yorkshire

Ripon Cathedral Choir School
Ripon, North Yorkshire

Rishworth School
Rishworth, West Yorkshire

Sheffield High School
Yorkshire

Scarborough College Junior School
Yorkshire

Scarborough College
Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Silcoates School
Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Terrington Hall School
York, North Yorkshire

Wakefield Girls' High School
Yorkshire

Westbourne Preparatory School
Yorkshire

Aysgarth School
Bedale, North Yorkshire

Ampleforth College
York, North Yorkshire

Ampleforth College Junior School
Yorkshire

Hull High School
Anlaby, East Yorkshire

Howsham Hall
York, North Yorkshire

Batley Grammar School
Batley, West Yorkshire

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