Ryde School with Upper Chine A GSG School
- Ryde School with Upper Chine
Queen's Road
Ryde
Isle of Wight
PO33 3BE - Head: Mr Mark Waldron
- T 01983 562229
- F 01983 564714
- E [email protected]
- W www.rydeschool.org.uk/
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Isle of Wight
- Pupils: 512; sixth formers: 127
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £13,740; Boarding extra £13,290 - £16,560 pa
- Open days: 26th November 2020 Sixth Form Information Eve. 6 February 2021: on site Open morning
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Ryde Junior School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Maths and science are popular - due in part, says the head, to the large number of doctor parents; and illustrated by year 10 turning the whole periodic table into cupcakes in the school bake off. Music is super here - our tour guides, neither of whom were taking music A level, said their happiest hours at school were spent in the music block. Pupils relish the joys of the annual Global Rock...
What the school says...
We are a family school providing exceptional opportunities for boys and girls throughout their education. We have consistency, tradition and plenty of character but we are also a dynamic community. We enjoy outstanding academic results and a wide ranging extra-curricular programme.
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Curricula
International Baccalaureate: diploma - the diploma is the familiar A-level equivalent.
Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Sports
Rowing
Fencing
Shooting
Sailing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2013, Mark Waldron. Previously head of the English College in Prague, deputy head of Sherborne, and taught at The Leys School and Radley College. Mr Waldron is keen to prepare pupils to compete internationally, and has shaken up language provision to support this. Parents find the head approachable, are impressed by his priorities.
The head encourages his teachers to think about the potential for creative and independent thought when planning their lessons: could the lesson take place without the pupils? Mr Waldron teaches maths – always the bottom set, so he knows the lowest common denominator. Regularly turns cakes into fractions; and what are the chances of getting that elusive blue in a tube of Smarties?
He is learning to sail, and currently classes himself as incompetent...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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