Approach notes

The crag can be reach by scrambling up from the very right-hand end of Giggleswick South.  It should be said that this approach is not for the faint-hearted due to the big drops and rather vegetated nature.  Follow the path until one reaches the crag.  At this point it splits and a rightwards branch goes up to the Swallows Nest Sector.  Follow the path below the wall, then horizontally before it swings left and climbs up to emerge from the woodland.  Schoolboys Scar is now just up to the right.

Alternatively, and probably better, it is an enjoyable walk along from Buckhaw Brow to the Schoolboys Tower (the largest of a number of cairns that will be seen on the limestone pavement area above the scar) and dropping down by a fence to step carefully around its lower end (above the west end of the crag) before accessing it via the eastern end.  This option also opens up further parking.  Yet another way is to follow the path around Giggleswick Quarry to the cairn (please park 300m down the road opposite the entrance to Giggleswick Quarry.  A path is developing below the scar.