Hillgrove School
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary & Secondary
PUPILS
143
AGES
3 - 16
GENDER
Not Available
TYPE
Not Available

This school was closed.

How Does The School Perform?

Adequate
NATIONAL AVG. 2.18
Estyn Report
(01/01/2013)
Full Report - All Reports
Ffriddoedd Road
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 2TW
01248 353568

School Description

Hillgrove School is a co-educational independent school for pupils from age three to 16 years. The school is situated in the university city of Bangor. It was founded in 1934 and the current proprietors took ownership of the school in 1975. The school is organised into two sections. The junior school caters for children from nursery age to Year 5, and the senior school for pupils from Year 6 to Year 11. There are currently 153 pupils on roll. These include 15 children in the nursery, 62 pupils in the junior school and 76 in the senior school. There is little difference in the total number of boys and girls although the balance varies in year groups across the school. The majority of pupils travel from a wide area that includes much of Gwynedd, Ynys Môn and the North Wales coast. About 32% come from minority ethnic groups. Around 23% of pupils receive support in learning English as an additional language. No pupils have statements of special education needs although 2% of pupils are on the school’s register of special educational needs. Lessons are taught in English and although the school does not aim to make pupils bilingual in English and Welsh, it offers lessons in Welsh as a second language. About 3% of pupils speak Welsh as a first language at home. The school has a mixed-ability intake. Prior to entry, prospective pupils age six and above undertake verbal reasoning and reading assessments. The offer of a place is dependent on pupils’ attainment. Almost all pupils in the junior school transfer to the senior school. The school motto is ‘I learn to serve’. The school consider that this motto reflects the aim of the school, which is to help pupils to achieve high academic standards, sound personal development and to adhere to high moral principles that will serve them well throughout their life. The last inspection of the school was in March 2007.

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