The Ryleys School

The Ryleys School
Motto	Tu Ne Cede Malis (Latin for "Do not give in to evil")
Established	1877 (1877)
Type	Preparatory day
Headteacher	Claire Hamilton
Location	Ryleys Lane Alderley Edge Cheshire SK9 7UY England
DfE number	866/6002
DfE URN	111468 Tables
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	2–11
Houses	Elstob, Hoyle, Waterhouse, Wilson
Colours	Black and gold
Former pupils	Old Ryleysians
Website	School website

The Ryleys School in Alderley Edge, Cheshire is a preparatory school for boys and girls aged between 2 and 11.

History

Ryleys was founded in 1877 above Alderley Edge's chemist's shop (pharmacy), before moving to its present site and changing name in the early 1880s.^[1] It was an all-boys school for 132 years until 2009, when it began accepting girls for the nursery and junior classes.^[2]

Until 2006, the school provided boarding facilities as well as taking in day pupils.^[1]

Alumni

Nearly all alumni in their final year have to date achieved reports and grades to meet basic entry requirements for schools with developed specialisations and/or across-the-board academic high achievement. These include the secondary education independent schools in Cheshire (see below), Manchester Grammar School, Stockport Grammar School, Cheadle Hulme School, and Shrewsbury School which are selective. The school also teaches the subjects, some of which as options, for the varied entrance examinations of these schools. These schools admit a varying intake of pupils at 11 — in the instance of Shrewsbury education there commences after the leaving age of Ryleys, at 13.

Pupil Laurence Jeffcoate was one of the three boys chosen to play in the stage musical, Oliver! on BBC One's I'd Do Anything.

References

External links

School's Website

Schools in Cheshire

Primary

Secondary

Cheshire East	All Hallows RC College Alsager School Brine Leas School Congleton High School Eaton Bank Academy The Fallibroome Academy Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School King's Grove High School Knutsford Academy The Macclesfield Academy Malbank School Middlewich High School Poynton High School Ruskin High School St Thomas More RC High School Sandbach High School Sandbach School Sir William Stanier Community School Tytherington School Wilmslow High School

Cheshire West & Chester	Bishop Heber High School The Bishops' Blue Coat CE High School Blacon High School Chester RC High School Christleton High School County High School Ellesmere Port RC High School Hartford High School Helsby High School Neston High School Queens Park High School St Nicholas RC High School Tarporley High School University of Chester Academy Northwich University CE Academy Upton-by-Chester High School Weaverham High School The Whitby High School The Winsford Academy

Halton	The Grange School, Runcorn The Heath School Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy Ormiston Chadwick Academy St Chad's RC & CE High School Saints Peter & Paul RC College Sandymoor School Wade Deacon High School

Warrington	Beamont Collegiate Academy Birchwood Community High School Bridgewater High School Cardinal Newman RC High School Culcheth High School Great Sankey High School Lymm High School Penketh High School St Gregory's RC High School Sir Thomas Boteler CE High School University Academy Warrington

Independent

Special

Further education &
sixth form colleges

Former

Coordinates: 53°18′09″N 2°14′33″W / 53.302513°N 2.242437°W / 53.302513; -2.242437