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Ryburn Sixth
22 June 2026
Emily Cumming
Ryburn Wrapped - Issue 21

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Ryburn Wrapped - Issue 21
22 May 2026
Emily Cumming
Ryburn Wrapped - Issue 20

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5 May 2026
Emily Cumming
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27 March 2026
Emily Cumming
Ryburn Wrapped - Issue 18

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11 February 2026
Danielle Palfreeman
Ryburn Wrapped - Issue 17

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Joelle McNichol
24 May 2017

Students visit Children's Parliament in Slovenia

Joelle McNichol
24 May 2017
Students visit Children's Parliament in Slovenia

Jessica Russell, Georgia Campbell and Seb Wood-Ives, Year 9,  have arrived back from the final Happiness in Lifelong Learning meeting of the Children's Parliament in Novo mesto, Slovenia, part of our Erasmus+ programme.

Tagged: year 9, erasmus+, trips, student leadership

Joelle McNichol
3 May 2017

Aidan is a 500 Words Finalist!

Joelle McNichol
3 May 2017
Aidan is a 500 Words Finalist!

There's great excitement here as Aidan O'Neill, in Year 7, is a Finalist in the BBC National 500 Words short story competition, run by Chris Evans on Radio 2. What an incredible achievement.

Tagged: creativity, literacy, english, success

Joelle McNichol
7 April 2017

STEM Team shortlisted for TES School Awards 2017

Joelle McNichol
7 April 2017
STEM Team shortlisted for TES School Awards 2017

We're delighted to reveal that Ryburn has been shortlisted for a prestigious TES Schools Award, in recognition of our fantastic Science, Technology and Engineering teaching in school, and specifically the team of staff and students involved in our major Flight Simulator project.

Tagged: stem, success, awards, flight sim

Joelle McNichol
4 April 2017

Winning writers

Joelle McNichol
4 April 2017

Well done to Aidan O'Neill in Year 7, who won the Calderdale 500 Words Writing Competition for his short story "In the Trenches". Elsa Harrad in Year 8 was also Highly Commended.

Tagged: creativity, english, literacy, year 8

Joelle McNichol
30 March 2017

Red Nose Day 2017

Joelle McNichol
30 March 2017
Red Nose Day 2017

Ryburn Red Nose Days always put the fun into fundraising and this year's was a great success. Our Charity Leaders planned and organised the day, which included a bake sale, a non-uniform day and the legendary Teacher Torture event, and raised over £1400.

Tagged: community, charity leaders, student leadership, year 8

Joelle McNichol
14 March 2017

Ryburn International!

Joelle McNichol
14 March 2017
Ryburn International!

Ryburn are currently hosting over 50 guests from Portugal, Poland, Finland, Italy and Romania on the return leg of the Erasmus+ project, 'Empowering Students with Entrepreneurial Skills', and we've got all sorts going on.

Tagged: erasmus+, trips, mfl

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