Borchester Borchester Borchester is a fictional town in the BBC Radio 4 radio series "The Archers". It is the county town of the fictional county of Borsetshire. According to series tradition it is located 6 miles north-east of Ambridge in the Am Vale and is an historic market and wool town. These typically English country-town features are complemented by more modern additions, such as Underwoods (an upmarket department store), Jaxx bar, which was previously a café both managed by Kenton Archer, and Ambridge Organics, the shop run by Helen Archer, who also makes the Borsetshire Blue cheese sold in Underwoods. As
Ambridge Area School District grade students at Ambridge Area Junior High School students were on grade level in reading on the PSSAs given in April 2015. In math/Algebra 1, 16% of 8th grade students showed on grade level skills. In science, 60% of the school's 8th graders demonstrated on grade level science understanding. No eighth grade writing scores were reported. In 7th grade, 56% were on grade level in reading, while 25% showed on grade level math skills. Ambridge Area Junior High School achieved 65.5 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. In reading/literature - 75.5% were on grade