Category: News

10th July 2020

This has been an unusual year at Richmond House School, however, we could not let the year pass by without our traditional end of year celebrations. Although Prize Day this year could not be the large scale event it has been in previous years, we were keen to recognise the effort put in by the…

3rd July 2020

During lockdown, we wanted to maintain our school community and stay in touch and to help us do this we changed our parent portal on the website into our Wellbeing Virtual Retreat. We added in extra fun activities into this area to keep children occupied whilst at home, with sports challenges, musical moments and craft…

17th June 2020

A exciting annual event for Year 4 is India Day. Every year the pupils learn about India in their Geography lessons, about the history of India, culture, food, clothing and much more. They visit Bombay Stores in Bradford to prepare for the day where they are able to purchase items of clothing, jewellery and they…

1st May 2020

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Chris Bouckley as the new Headteacher from September. Mr Bouckley joins the school from Fulneck School in Leeds where he has held the position of Vice Principal, Head of Juniors for 6 years and is also currently the Chair of the Junior Heads Committee for the…

27th April 2020

During these strange times, we are proud that our pupils are able to continue their education at home. From the moment the Government advised schools to close their doors, our staff worked hard to transfer lessons and learning online. Using software that pupils and parents can access at home on a number of devices, alongside…

6th March 2020

This week was World Book Day and at Richmond House School, we decided to celebrate books and reading all week across the whole school. The theme for World Book Day was to Share a Story. We held a book swap where pupils brought in books they enjoyed and swapped them for others. We also shared…

14th February 2020

This week our School Council have sold Love Hearts and messages to raise money for their charity for this year – Magic Breakfast. Parents, pupils and staff have written messages to their friends and families, and they were given out to recipients on Friday in time for Valentines Day. Altogether the School Council raised £113…

31st January 2020

Upper School held the annual House paper planes competition this week. Pupils had been given the task of designing a streamlined yet stylish plane. We had lots of fun on Wednesday when the paper planes took to the skies. Wind conditions were difficult and landing was bumpy! The planes were colourfully decorated as well as…

17th January 2020

Richmond House School is delighted to announce they have raised £372.76 from their annual fundraising event for Open Arms Malawi. This year, School Council organised a Smartie fundraiser for the charity. School Council representatives sold Smarties to pupils throughout the school, who then refilled the empty tubes with spare change. Interestingly a smartie tube will…

16th December 2019

For the second year running, Richmond House School were pleased to support the Cash for Kids Mission Christmas Campaign. Pupils and their families were asked to donate a new present for a child aged between 0- 18 years for local disadvantaged children who may not receive any other gifts on Christmas Day. We collected in…