Ghyll Royd School pupils enjoyed participating in this year’s Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts. Twenty pupils took part in this year’s Speech and Drama Festival, with great success. Children take part each year as an opportunity to try out public...
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End of Term Letter – Mr Martin
Dear Parents, Staff, Governors and Friends of Ghyll Royd School and Pre-School, As we move into the final months of the school year, it has been a pleasure to see the creativity, the athleticism, the kindness, and the hard work...
Mother’s Day Tea Party
Mums and grandmas were treated to a Mother’s Day concert last week. Children in Early Years up to Year 2 sang, danced, played instruments and performed to an audience of their loved ones in our annual Mother’s Day Tea Party....
School Council raise £3,500 for Rob Burrow MND Centre
Ghyll Royd’s School Council has raised over £3,500 for the new Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease. The School and Eco-Council pupils organised a sponsored swim on Thursday 22nd February 2024. The swim was arranged to raise funds for...
Lunar New Year
Ghyll Royd pupils of all ages enjoyed celebrating the Lunar New Year this week. Our Early Years children learnt about the holiday and why it is celebrated. In Little Adventurers the boys and girls made concertina dragons. The children loved...
Spring Term Sports Round-Up
Our Sports Captain, William, and Deputy Head Pupil, Olivia S, have put together a sports round-up of the Spring term so far. We’ve had an incredible start to the term with plenty of exciting sports events! We had an amazing...
Q&A with Mr Martin
As he enters his tenth year as Headteacher in 2024, we decided to record a quickfire Q&A to get to know Mr Martin better. Head Pupil Joshua and Deputy Head Pupil Olivia read out a list of this or that’s...
Haunting of Greystone Manor
There were spooky goings on here at Ghyll Royd School over October as the children celebrated Halloween. The boys and ghouls enjoyed a menacing mixture of activities on Tuesday 17th October, co-organised between teachers and the PTA. Everyone made a...
Independent Schools of the Year Finalists
Starting the Autumn term on a high with the fabulous news that Ghyll Royd has made it to the finals of this year’s Independent Schools of the Year Awards! Our incredible victory in the National Independent School’s Association’s U11s Football...
Chair of Governors – Review of the Year
Chair of Governors, Mr David Cunningham, delivers a speech at the End of Year Service giving a review of the year. Friday 14th July 2023 Good afternoon, everyone. It’s a real honour to be talking to you all at today’s...