General Information about our School 

Ryhill school is a Co-educational Community Primary School for day pupils.

The address is: Chapel Street, Ryhill, Wakefield, WF4 2AD  

The school telephone number is 01226 722530. The school fax number is 01226 727969

The school email address is headteacher@ryhill.wakefield.sch.uk

Chair of Governors  Mr. Michael Fealy

Head Teacher  Mrs. Emma Jones

Deputy Head Teacher  Mrs. Annette Burton.

Premises Manager  Mr. John Banks

Number of pupils on roll from September 2009:    205

Year Groups

The year groups are usually arranged into 6 classes of 30 plus Nursery:

 Class 1  Reception     Class 2  Year 1          Class 3  Year

     Pupils: up to 30          Pupils: up to 30          Pupils: up to 30

Class 4  Year 3      Class 5  Year 4        Class 6  Year 6

   Pupils: 30+               Pupils: 30+                   Pupils: 30+

 Nursery 40 (20 pupils a.m. & 20 pupils p.m.)

The number of teaching staff (part-time and full-time) employed, including the Head Teacher from September 2009 is 9.

The number of support and premises staff (part-time and full time) employed from September 2009 is 20.

Child Protection

Here at Ryhill J,I & N School we take the safety of our children very seriously. We would like to make all parents and carers aware of our child protection procedures. If you have any conerns about the healthy, safety or welfare of any of our children please speak to Mrs Jones as soon as possible. If however you would like to contact Social Care Direct the number is 0845 8503 503. We hope this information is useful to you. If you would like to see our child protection policy it can be found here on the website and in the front entrance of school.

There is also a full copy of our Child Protection Policy available on the following page:

The School

The school was built in the early years of the last century and first opened on 8th April 1913. It consists of 6 classrooms, a Nursery, a Resource/Conference Hall, ICT suite, library, cloakrooms and stores. An extension was built in 1996 to add a new Main Hall (used for assemblies, PE and dining), offices, staff room, changing rooms, kitchen and reception/admin. The school has its own enclosed playing field, nature/pond area, two playgrounds, substantial car parking and a large Nursery play area. There is disabled access at all points and the whole school is on one level. The site is fully enclosed and security restricts public access to the school to the main entrance which is controlled by a remote access entry system. All doors used by pupils at the start/end of the day and during break times are monitored by members of staff.

To enable our security procedures to be as effective as possible parents and visitors are requested not to enter school at pupil access points, all non staff access being directed to the main entrance.

Arrangements for the Parents of Prospective Pupils to Visit the School

Individual parents who wish to visit  the school before placing their child’s name on the admission list, should  initially contact the Head Teacher, who will be pleased to make an appointment to show them around and discuss the aims and work of the school. A further appointment will be made at this time for the parent’s and prospective pupil to look around and familiarize themselves with the teaching staff, the building and school procedures.