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Ackworth School Easter Gathering is one of three key touchpoints for Old Scholars during the school year (along with Founders Day and Celebration Day (previously known as Open Day)). All Old Scholars, retired staff and families are welcome to stay in school for the long weekend, visit for a day or just a couple of hours.
Easter Gathering 2027 will run from lunchtime on Friday 26th March to after breakfast on Tuesday 30th March.
Easter Gathering has been taking place in school for close to 150 years. It is a time to relax, meet up with old friends and make new ones. Old Scholars, partners, their children and grandchildren appreciate being back in school’s beautiful surroundings, take part in long-established events (including Quaker Meeting, Quiz, Pop, Music Concert, running the Badsworth), eat (very!) well and just hang out together. There are many families who return every year and others who return alone or with family a few or many years after leaving school.
It can be daunting coming back after a long time, but it is a really friendly atmosphere and a lot of those returning have been encouraged to do so for the first time because of a formal or informal reunion for their school year. This can be at any time, but is particularly encouraged for years ending in a zero or a five!
The online booking form for Easter Gathering 2027 will go live as soon as final pricing for the weekend is confirmed. Please check back soon and further notification will also go out when it goes live.
If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact Sal Wright, Easter Secretary, on aosaeaster@yahoo.co.uk or 07825 704074 or Rachel Belk, Development and Engagement Manager, on rachel.belk@ackworthschool.com or 01977 233626.
Ackworth School,
Ackworth,
Pontefract,
West Yorkshire,
United Kingdom,
WF7 7LT.