Ardvreck School
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Ardvreck School is an independent boarding school
, located in Crieff
in Perth and Kinross
, Scotland
. It was established in 1883.
Most of the classrooms have been built since 1983, including a Music School, Art, Mathematics and Information and Communications Technology rooms, Science laboratory, Geography and French rooms, and Pre-Preparatory Department. The sports facilities include a covered swimming pool and recently redeveloped sports fields, atro pitches and artificial turf cricket pitch. The school has a sports hall called the Finlay Hall after Francis Finlay who funded the project.
than any other senior school.
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
, located in Crieff
Crieff
Crieff is a market town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies on the A85 road between Perth and Crianlarich and also lies on the A822 between Greenloaning and Aberfeldy. The A822 joins onto the A823 which leads to Dunfermline....
in Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It was established in 1883.
History
When W E Frost founded Ardvreck as a Preparatory School in 1883, he did so with the express intention of teaching all of his pupils 'patience, justice, obedience and unselfishness'. More than a hundred years later the school continues to uphold these principles and is firmly committed to encouraging the highest academic standards and to providing a happy, stable, all-round education.Most of the classrooms have been built since 1983, including a Music School, Art, Mathematics and Information and Communications Technology rooms, Science laboratory, Geography and French rooms, and Pre-Preparatory Department. The sports facilities include a covered swimming pool and recently redeveloped sports fields, atro pitches and artificial turf cricket pitch. The school has a sports hall called the Finlay Hall after Francis Finlay who funded the project.
Academic
Senior school destinations have included Fettes, Gordonstoun, Lomond, Loretto, Eton, Harrow, Uppingham, Oundle, Sherborne, Ampleforth, Rugby, Stowe, Marlborough, Millfield, Bryanston, Merchiston, Sedbergh and Strathallan. However more pupils go to nearby school Glenalmond CollegeGlenalmond College
Glenalmond College is a co-educational independent boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, for children aged between 12 and 18 years. It is situated on the River Almond near the village of Methven, about west of the city of Perth. The school's motto is Floreat Glenalmond...
than any other senior school.