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Ambition & Purpose

The Senior School benefits from an extensive range of excellent resources helping our pupils to reach their potential and achieve

outstanding success in their chosen fields.

Andrew Daville, Head of Senior School

A big welcome to the Senior School at Ryde. Throughout the School we benefit from excellent facilities and inspired teaching and we offer a curriculum that ensures all pupils enjoy an education that is broad and rigorous and aims to maximise individual success for all our students.

As Head of the Senior School I am justifiably proud of our examination results and university destinations, but these are by no means the only measure of our success; our purpose is to help our pupils grow as independent, confident individuals with ambition and purpose and the well-rounded education your child receives at Ryde ensures resilience, confidence and a desire to learn.

Whether you are interested in your child joining us as a day pupil in the Senior School at age 11 or 13 or for the Sixth Form or indeed as a flexi, weekly or full-time boarder, I firmly believe seeing the School will give you the best opportunity to experience what we offer and I look forward to welcoming you for a visit.

Andrew Daville, Head of Senior School

Andrew Daville, Head of Senior School
Ryde Pupils on a bike ride

Life in Senior

The School offers a warm and welcoming environment where we aim high and want our pupils to succeed and this is underpinned by our core values of Ambition, Responsibility, Courage and Respect.

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Two Ryde School Senior Pupils sailing on the Solent
Ryde School Senior Pupils drawing

Joining Ryde

Ryde School, Centenary Boarding House

Boarding

Ryde School pupils looking at science experiment with teacher

Learning

CCF Inspection, Ryde School

Extra-Curricular

Sport

Ryde School Senior Pupils celebrating on results day

Results

Boarding in Senior School

Boarding at Ryde encourages pupils to become independent, open-minded, and principled thinkers.

Boarders are supported by a team of dedicated staff delivering an exceptional level of pastoral care with the emphasis on family values and well-ordered supervision.

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Learning & Academics in the Senior School

Our broad, enriching and inclusive curriculum encourages our pupils to develop the skills, character, and knowledge necessary for an ambitious, virtuous, and purposeful future.

In Years 7, 8 & 9 the Ryde Global & Pre Senior Baccalaureate programme ensures our pupils are well equipped to enjoy making subject choices in Year 9 to specialise in at GCSE. GCSE and IGCSE courses start at the beginning of Year 10. At all stages along this pathway we stretch pupils academically whilst offering a strong level of individual support.

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Senior Extra & Co-curricular Activities

Extra and co-curricular activities are one of the defining characteristics of a good independent school education.

Our Extra-Curricular Programme has consistently been graded as excellent by ISI inspections and at Ryde we hope that all pupils will involve themselves in a range of activities at any level.

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Senior Sports

Sports and the outdoors play a big part in Ryde School life.

Most of our sports training takes place on the main school site where we have a cricket square, sports hall and pavilion, rugby and hockey pitches, tennis and netball courts, small Astro and a Strength & Conditioning facility.

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Senior Results

We are justifiably proud of our examination results and university destinations, but these are by no means the only measure of our success.

In addition to the excellent academic, creative arts and sporting activities, the location of our school enables us to provide an exciting, adventurous and diverse array of extra-curricular activities that all pupils are encouraged to participate in.

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Ryde School Senior Pupil working with a microscope