Ackworth School

Prior to the school's foundation, the buildings housed a foundling hospital created by Thomas Coram.

Penn, Gurney and Woolman were all famous Quakers, and John Fothergill was the founder of the school.

Every pupil is assigned to one of the four houses at the start of their time at the school for inter-house events, which include sport, music, drama, poetry and art.

Until 1997, the school timetable included Saturday morning lessons, leaving Wednesday afternoons free, providing a more-balanced week for boarders.

Two charities, one national and one international, are chosen for which the school then raises money through a series of events.

Included within these events are cake stalls, auctions, concerts and the sale of doughnuts and hot dogs.

One event involves putting sixth formers in stocks and allowing younger students to throw water at them.

[citation needed] The sixth form and certain members of staff are encouraged to prepare a series of sketches to entertain younger students.

In the middle of the event, a fund-raising activity occurs, where the sixth form raise money from the other students.

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