Abberley Hall School away as Clent hill, and which was the setting for the children's book by Gene Kemp, "The Clock Tower Ghost". Pupils follow a curriculum that prepares them for entrance into public schools (independent schools), taking Common Entrance, Winchester Entrance or Scholarship exams. Class sizes are small, averaging 11 pupils. Most subjects have their own dedicated classrooms and there are two science laboratories and specialist facilities for computing, DT, music and PE. The majority of pupils continue their education at Malvern College, Shrewsbury School, Kings Worcester, Cheltenham College, Rugby School and Malvern St James. The school also provides for individual pupils
School District of Lancaster one in three graduate in three years. Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English. Hand Middle School is located at 431 South Ann Street, Lancaster. In 2014, enrollment was 489 pupils, in grades 6th through 8th, with 93% of pupils eligible for a free lunch due to family poverty. Additionally, 19.8% of pupils received special education services, while less than 1% of pupils were identified as gifted. Hand Middle School is a federally designated Title