Thank you to all students and staff who got involved in the Children In Need activities on Friday 16th November 2018 and congratulations to the charities committee of the student council, who successful organised the day. Activities included; non-uniform, ping-pong against Mr. McCandless, a sweet sale and an inter-house quiz, which was won by the […]
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Gearing up for the Ryedale Rumble
Our fundraising cycle sportive, the Ryedale Rumble, takes place on July 29th and to help promote it the Gazette and Herald are running a feature, hopefully this week. We assembled the students who kindly took part in our promo film for their photographer and grabbed a quick snap ourselves: And in case you haven’t seen […]
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Ryedale film stars!
Isaac Thompson, Freddie Singleton, Henry Singleton, Marcus Gatenby, Herbert Antcliffe and Toby Antcliffe gave up their time recently to further raise the profile of the forthcoming Ryedale Rumble event. The ride is being organised by Friends of Ryedale School to both help raise the profile of the school and valuable funds. The ride consists of […]
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Fantastic fundraising success by staff and governors
Despite it being cold, windy and wet on Saturday morning the runners and walkers set off (some of the latter at 6.00am) to do their personal distances up to 30 miles in aid of the new build. They did brilliantly, in really challenging conditions, and with the target of £5K looking like it will be […]
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Mrs Wilkinson running for Ryedale?
Ten months into her training, Mrs Wilkinson is devastated to have been injured during a training session, damaging the ligaments in her right foot. She is desperate for the injury to heal and is not enjoying her stint on crutches. Students at Ryedale School have described her as ‘definitely grumpier than usual.’ The ultra-marathon is […]
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Staff running for Ryedale School
We are very excited about our new build at Ryedale School which is now underway and will enable us to grow to accommodate 700 students. The project, including refurbishments of existing classrooms, will greatly enhance our facilities and learning environment, benefiting our students now and for years to come. The building work will be paid […]
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Ryedale School receive another major grant
Fast on the heels of the Wolfson Foundation awarding us £50K for the science laboratory refurbishment we have just received news that the Garfield Weston Foundation are giving us £40K towards the same project! The refurbishment forms part of the £1.7M build programme with the laboratory replacing a history and an English room, which will […]
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The Wolfson Foundation visit the school today
It was great to welcome Sophie Gibbon, senior grants officer from the Wolfson Foundation today. We have a grant application with the trust seeking support for the funding of the science lab refurbishment so Sophie spent the morning learning more about the school, the new build and specifically our plans for lab. She met with […]
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Red Nose Day
The school council have organised another fantastic day to raise awareness and money for Red Nose Day. Members of the student council have sold red noses and red sweets, as well as ran two successful photo booths and a fantastic lunchtime comedy event; ‘Formly Fortunes’. ‘Formly Fortunes’, presented by Mr Moxon, saw the four houses […]
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A visit from the BBC
BBC Radio 5 Live’s John Murray and recent winner of Sports Commentator for 2016 award came to school on Friday. John has kindly agreed to host our forthcoming PTA Sports Quiz on April 27th so mark your diaries. Details of some special VIP guests will be confirmed shortly as will details of how to get […]
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A lovely day for a walk
Last Friday turned out once more to be a perfect day for the annual school walk with all year groups, apart from the recently departed Year 11, taking part. Friends and family kindly sponsor the pupils for our biggest PTA fundraising event of the year so a big thank you to them and the pupils […]
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Student Council raising money for Red Nose Day 2015
Friday 13th March is Red Nose Day The Student Council are determined to raise as much money as possible for this fantastic charity! There are a range of events happening in school: Red noses on sale A non-uniform day on 13th March A make your face funny for money photo booth Head Boys and Girls […]
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Help us raise funds for free when you shop online
With summer holidays being booked online (as well as perhaps the odd bunch of Valentine’s roses!) now is great time to sign up with Easy Fundraising to ensure your purchases, at no additional cost to yourself, help the school meet our fundraising targets. The poster and video below show you just how easy it is […]
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