Statement of Purpose and Aims

Rishworth School exists to provide a broad academic and non-academic education for boys’ and girls’ enrichment and enjoyment.

In particular, we offer

• a friendly, caring and stimulating environment in which pupils can feel happy, secure and challenged
• a wide range of educational opportunities in addition to expert tuition

In nurturing pupils’ personal, physical, mental, spiritual, social, cultural and moral growth, we seek to help them

• make the most of their strengths and address their shortcomings
• find areas in which they can truly excel
• be confident, balanced and considerate
• further their own, and other people’s, development
• seize the present and prepare for the next stage in their lives
• contribute to society at large

To this end, we try to ensure that pupils develop

• a love of learning, a thirst for excellence and the will to succeed
• a sense of responsibility, self-discipline, purpose and fulfilment
• a capacity for both self-reliance and co-operation
• an appreciation of certain personal virtues and spiritual values, such as honesty, dependability, perseverance, commitment, humility and respect for others

To help us achieve our aims we

• work closely with parents/guardians and with support agencies for the betterment of the child
• stress to our pupils and their parents/guardians the importance of their own role in the learning process

At the end of our pupils’ time with us we hope to have

• enabled them to become as good as they can be at that stage
• empowered them to become better still

The School’s Main Office contact details are ‘Rishworth School, Ripponden, W. Yorks., HX6 4QA  (Tel. 01422 822 217)’, which are also the contact details for all persons connected with the School, including the Headmaster, Mr R. A. Baker and the Chairman of Governors, Dr. C.A.G.Brooks.