RYDE PREP ENJOY THE ‘TOUGH MUDDER’ CHALLENGE

The Prep School enjoyed a muddy blast at the sponsored ‘Quite Tough Mudder’! Laughter, smiles, and lots of dirty clothes filled the day as we came together to support Arlo, a brave 16-year-old from the Isle of Wight, fighting against a Grade 4 brain tumor.

RYDE SIXTH FORM ART STUDENTS ENJOY PARIS

Twenty four Sixth Form Art students went to Paris for a long weekend. Spending four days in this world-renowned artistic city, they took in all the sights to help their thought process for their recently issued exam paper. The first full day of art exploration included a visit to Les Arts Decoratif, followed by a […]

SAILING TEAM UNDEFEATED FOR 18 MONTHS

Our sailors recently travelled seven hours to Suffolk to compete in the Suffolk Shiver hosted by Royal Hospital School. For the first time this event was invitational, with only the eight top performing team-racing teams from across the country invited. Ryde School went into the weekend aware of the high calibre of teams and looking […]

Inspiring Science trip to Sanger Institute

A trip to a world-leading genomics research centre proved an inspiring experience for a group of our pupils. A mixture of Y13 biologists and Y8 and Y9 academic scholars recently visited the Sanger Institute in Cambridge. The students discovered how work at the facility is changing lives, from eradicating malaria to generating vaccines for cancer. […]

Pupils star in LAMDA exams

Isle of Wight school pupils secured a clean sweep of top marks in the latest London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) examinations. All 51 pupils, including 38 from Ryde School, were awarded Distinction passes – the highest possible grade – following the exams last November. The results, published last week, revealed 32 children […]

A New Chair of Governors

All staff at Ryde School would like to say a huge thank you to Professor Christoph Lees who has been Chair of Governors for six and a half years. Prior to this Christoph started as a Governor in 2013 leading the Strategic Committee and then Vice Chair. Stepping down and handing over to his successor, […]

ORA Evening

Thank you to the 80 plus Old Rydeians who joined us during the Christmas season at Yelf’s to enjoy a night out sharing stories. It was wonderful to see so many different year groups (and staff) all together. Our next ORA event is in March at the Royal Thames Yacht Club in London. If you […]

West Side Story

Another incredible production has come to an end. Sold out every night, this was the hottest ticket in town. Our extremely talented Senior School students worked tirelessly to put on a show to remember, with live orchestra, dazzling costumes, high energy group dances, harmonious chorus and powerful solo performances. Thank you to all the students […]

Youth Schools Match Racing in Weymouth

Over the weekend Ryde School took part in the Youth Schools Match Racing in Weymouth. A format of racing where each race is one v one, with two round robins followed by a best of three Final and Semi-Final. We had two teams competing (Ruby and James), and both performed exceptionally well. James’ team, consisting […]