Rydal Penrhos is a leading independent day school based in North Wales that provides exceptional opportunities for boys and girls, age 2 to 18.
It is situated in the seaside town of Colwyn Bay and the current school estate extends beyond 38 acres including a Senior School; Prep and Pre-School, a creative hub, sporting hub and St Johns Church. The school has just over 350 pupils and 100 staff.
Rydal School was founded in 1885 by a leading Methodist educationalist, T G Osborn.
In 1952 the School expanded through the purchase of Pwllycrochan, which became home to Rydal Prep and Pre-School and remains the use of it today.
Rydal School started as a boys’ school, was fully co-educational by 1984 and then in 1999 merged with Penrhos College, a Methodist girls’ school based in Rhos-On-Sea, and became Rydal Penrhos.
Most of the senior school academic hub is originally centred around ‘Old House’ which is located off Lansdowne Road, in Colwyn Bay. Extensions around this initial building took place between 1885 and the 1950’s School. All of these impressive buildings are Grade II Listed, designated for their importance as academic buildings and their architectural excellence.
They all form a horseshoe around the beautiful Quad area which looks up to the hill behind and the home of the more recent modern dining, sports hall, swimming pool and creative hub of the school, Art, Drama, Music and Design Technology.
In 1952 the School expanded through the purchase of Pwllycrochan another Grade 11 listed building, which became home to Rydal Prep and Pre-School and remains the use of it today.
Rydal Penrhos has remarkable facilities which enable us to make exceptional all-round provision for our pupils, and these are complemented by our location close to Snowdonia National Park, a focal point for outdoor education. We also enjoy the benefits of Colwyn Bay beach on the North Wales coastline, which provides both a stunning vista and ready opportunities for watersports.
The range of extra-curricular opportunities for pupils is extensive and of high quality: it includes Music, Performing Arts, a thriving Duke of Edinburgh Award programme, a Sailing Centre accredited by the Royal Yachting Association, to this is added a rich and proud history of sporting success.
John Waszek
Rydal Penrhos school is a Christian Foundation in the Methodist tradition, and all members of our inclusive community are valued for the unique contribution that each individual brings.
We seek to provide a safe and happy environment within which our pupils can thrive; this features outstanding pastoral care, excellent teaching and a powerful extra-curricular programme which is designed to enable each pupil to live his or her life to the full, both whilst at school and afterwards.
Every member of the Rydal Penrhos staff has a deep commitment to our pupils, and this ethos contributes to high academic attainment and enhanced progress which result in excellent examination results, as well as to their progression to universities which include Oxbridge and institutions within the Russell Group.
The school can best be judged by meeting our pupils, who are invariably well-mannered, kind, respectful, well-educated, hardworking, excellent company and good fun.
