Admissions

Admissions

Welcome to Senior School

At AKS Senior School, we cultivate compassionate, responsible, and capable individuals, prepared to make a positive impact and thrive in a dynamic world. Our students develop into passionate inquirers, articulate communicators, and effective team players, ready to lead when opportunities arise.

Our Senior School students achieve exceptional academic results, securing places at leading universities both in the UK and internationally. Beyond academics, their broad range of experiences equips them with the confidence and capacity to seamlessly transition to future stages of their lives, fostering self-reliance, care for others, and effective engagement within diverse communities.

We offer a diverse and successful sports program, encompassing traditional disciplines like rugby, hockey, netball, football, athletics, cricket, and tennis, alongside table tennis, basketball, and more. Our athletic excellence is highlighted by students competing at County and National levels across numerous sports.

The school has a remarkable tradition in the Performing Arts, providing extensive instrumental teaching, support for LAMDA qualifications, and a range of performances from intimate productions to highly popular shows at the Lowther Pavilion.

Inspired by Kurt Hahn's philosophy, we encourage students to discover "more in them than they know." Our ambition is for every student to be ambitious, succeeding in exams, on the sports pitches, on stage, and in countless other pursuits, igniting a lifelong passion for discovery and achievement.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the maximum class sizes for senior school?

At AKS Lytham Senior School our class sizes are never more than 24 students, and it is often quite a lot less than that depending on the subject.

Is it possible to move a student to AKS Lytham mid-term or mid-school?

Yes, students are welcome at any point. We will do everything we can to accommodate you. Please speak to our admissions team for more information and to book in a tour of the school.

Does AKS Lytham accept applications for Year groups other than year 7

Yes, we would encourage anybody interested in joining AKS Lytham to come and have a chat to our staff and admissions team. We have students who join us for various reasons at various times of their lives. Some students have been with us since Prep School, others join in Year 10 for their GCSE’s.

Are Year 7 classes streamed?

To ensure that all of our students are both stretched and supported in their development, our maths classes are streamed.

In general, our other subject are largely not streamed, however these are different mix of classes across the subjects.

How does AKS support students though school and communicate and struggles with parents?

We want our students to feel happy, safe and secure, so that they can do well in what they want to do. We have a fantastic pastoral team and system in place, that will start before student’s have even joined Year 7.

Due to our relatively small form groups and class sizes, we can flag up any areas for discussion quickly. Our form tutors will make direct contact with the Parents once the students have been at the school for a few weeks. As well as this, there are regular reports available for parents, as well as ‘Parent Teacher’ meetings. We monitor the students both academically and pastorally.

How is the curriculum organised for Senior school?

We are a holistic school. We offer a core academic curriculum, but also offer a range of other sport and co-curricular activities for the students to partake in as well. We believe that this is fundamental to our students’ development and growth.

Year 7 students will primarily focus on core subjects and as they move through the school years, they can specialise in certain subjects.

How do you manage the Year 7 transition process?

We have a range of events and activities to ensure that new Year 7 students have experienced the school and the teachers before starting, and that they have made friends with fellow students, ensuring that they are not alone when they come to school in September.

How does the Year 7 assessment day work?

 The idea of doing a test or exam to join Year 7 might seem rather daunting, but please do not worry about it.

We use a computerised test that essentially is looking to measure potential, separate from the syllabus, that will take approximately 1 hour.

However, our entrance criteria is, that if you can access our curriculum, enjoy it, and do well out of it, then you are welcome. The test itself isn’t used to be extremely selective.

You will then have a chat with one of our senior staff members, to tell us all about yourself and what you enjoy.

How often do parents receive reports?

Along side parent – teacher meetings, parents will receive two reports every term to gauge grades, effort and attainment, as well as full reports.

If parents have any particular concerns, they can get in touch with the student’s form teacher or their head of school.