We are delighted that Red House School has been revealed as the top school in the whole of the North, and fifth in our category in the UK, in the 2019 Sunday Times ‘Parent Power’ list. Judged on 2,000 schools in the UK, Parent Power is widely acknowledged as the most authoritative survey of theRead More »
Wow! Congratulations to Year 11 who have achieved the BEST GCSE RESULTS the school has obtained in over a decade! They have achieved a 100% pass rate with an outstanding 99.5% obtaining grades 4-9 (previously grades A*-C). Over a third of the GCSE results were grades 8-9 (previously A*) with 64% receiving grades 7-9 (previouslyRead More »
As a child of the 70s, computing for me during my school days amounted to a few BBC computers which we could use at lunchtime. Programming amounted to merely scrolling words across a screen and the World Wide Web would have seemed like something from a science fiction novel. The children of today live inRead More »
Over the last twenty years, a number of schools have changed from single sex to coeducational. In fact, all the single sex schools I’ve worked in in the UK – Cranleigh, Downside & St John’s Leatherhead – have gone from being boys only to fully coed over time. Some were boys’ schools with girls inRead More »
Our Year 7 Entrance Assessments are being held throughout November and December. These assessments are for children who are currently in Year 6 who wish to start Red House School in the first year of Senior School (Year 7) in September 2018. The assessment allows us to gauge potential and the results are viewed inRead More »
Like every school in the country, our working year began with results day. It can be a nervous time not only for the pupils and parents but for teachers too! There is, of course, no rational reason to be worried. The children have been well-prepared and, more importantly, the scripts have been marked and theRead More »
We are delighted to be supporting Macmillan Cancer Support in their World’s Biggest Coffee Morning during our Open Morning on Saturday 30th September 10am-1pm. Everyone is welcome – parents, pupils, family, friends, past pupils and the wider community – so do come along to enjoy a cup of tea, coffee and a few slices ofRead More »
Congratulations to all of our pupils who received their GCSE results. We achieved a 100% pass rate with 94% at A*-C and 41% of the GCSE exam taken achieved A or A* grade, whilst former Head Girl, Kate gained 13A*s and Head Boy, Sam gained 11A*s we are proud of the achievements of all of theRead More »
A recent article published in The Telegraph stated that the summer holidays have a negative impact on the health of parents. Their routines change because the routines of their children have changed leading to a compromised diet and irregular sleep patterns. The wallets of parents tend to suffer too as parents strive to fill theRead More »
Last month Red House School held its prom. I wasn’t really looking forward to it and have often said – loudly – that I’m not a great fan of proms. They were an American invention and, until very recently, the U.K. had managed to avoid them. The closest the children came to attending one was watchingRead More »
