A Warm Welcome to Ghyll Royd School & Pre-School
The opportunity to educate other people’s children is a rare privilege, bringing with it a huge responsibility to provide the best all-round education possible. At Ghyll Royd we take this responsibility extremely seriously. We care about the individual and pride ourselves in the warmth of a community in which all our children have the platform from which to jump beyond themselves.
We believe our school to have succeeded when a spark is ignited in the mind of a pupil, be it in the classroom, on the sports field, in the music or art rooms or on stage. What I know is that once a pupil becomes engaged and enjoys something, they soon become engaged in something else, and what happens in all areas of school life informs what happens in the Maths and English classrooms. In this way, Ghyll Royd School supports our pupils to form the habit of doing things well and doing them enthusiastically.
At our heart, the school and nursery have a simple philosophy: to place the individual needs, strengths and personalities of each child at the centre of all we do. It is this child-focused approach that allows children to flourish, become confident inquisitors and feel valued in a safe, nurturing and inspiring environment.
I warmly welcome you to visit us here and see for yourself.
Hadley Nicholson attended Clevedon House, Ermysteds Grammar and Collingwood School in Vancouver, before completing his Bsc(Hons) degree in Applied Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, where he was President of Liverpool Mountaineers and Vice-President of the Liverpool Students’ Union. He began his career as a Freelance Journalist before completing his PGCE in Primary Education and a Masters in Education, in 2012. His teaching career began at Eastwood Primary and from there to Malsis School, where he was Head of House and Pastoral Behaviour. In 2015, Hadley joined Ghyll Royd School and was appointed Deputy Headteacher in 2018.
