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Posts
- Year 8 Parable of the Talents
- Viktoria selected for Lord Lieutenant Cadet for the year 2025-2026
- Ripley CCF trip to RAF Boulmer
- Bebras Coding Challenge success for 33 pupils
- Ripley VE Day Commemorations
- The Supper Run 2025 – update!
- BAE AI Roadshow brings ‘Fluffy’ to life for Years 7 and 8
- Youth Alpha series in Year 8
- Ripley Charities Week
- New Applicant Breakfast for Year 11
- Maths Feast for Year 10
- Ripley cadets triumph in national competition
- A big thank you to our Friends
- Year 9 trip to National Holocaust Museum
- Low Carbon and Green Careers Day for Year 9
- Year 7 fly through Stage 2 of their French Spelling Bee
- UCAS Discovery UK Tour 2025
- World Book Day 2025
- Celebration Morning Tea
- Annie Stars!
- Austrian Alps Adventure
- La comida está deliciosa!
- Artists gain inspiration from London Gallery visit
- Holocaust Memorial Day Webcast 2025 – For a Better Future
- LMC Hospitality and Catering School visit for Year 10
- Pen pals en la France
- Charity Action at Ripley at Christmas
- Year 11 treated to Quantum Theatre ‘A Christmas Carol’
- New doors open for Ripley ITT trainees
- Bebras Challenge and Cyber First Girls top of the class
- Christmas Concert success
- Ripley Cadets qualify for RAST National Finals
- Year 9 Advent calendar collection for CancerCare
- Ripley Rugby Boys on Twickenham Tour
- Bay Learning Trust bringing out the scientist in everyone
- Ripley Remember the Fallen
- #HelloYellow for Young Minds UK 2024
- Awards Evening 2024
- Exemplary Young Leaders receive their Archbishop’s Award
- Special Summer for Sixth Form Psychology Interns
- Colourful Dash for Year 10
- Congratulations to the Class of 2024
- Celebrating a rise in number of top grades at A level
- Talented Year 8 use their skills
- 160 Years of Ripley St Thomas
- Celebration Morning Tea
- Inspiring talk for Year 8 from Author Phil
- Year 8 visits to Normandy
- Beacon Awards for Year 9
- Year 7 find themselves ‘in the shadow of the Wolf Queen’
- The Class of 2024 celebrate their Ripley+ Awards
- 80th anniversary of D-Day at Lancaster Castle
- Year 9 experiencing the National Holocaust Museum
- Dancers breaking boundaries in Blackpool
- Apprenticeship offers for Year 13
- Year 13 success in Chemistry Olympiad
- Forest School fun day out at Lytham St Annes
- Musician Molly meets Ripley pupils
- Royal Institution Rocket Science and Super Cells
- Cyber Girls First for cracking codes
- Year 12 take the Physics Challenge
- Ripley Spring Concert 2024
- Ripley cadets high flyers at RAF Woodvale
- Ripley Food visited by BASC
- Ewan’s lunchtime lecture on Concussion in Sport
- Ripley lead the way on BBC Radio 4 Mothering Sunday
- Ripley Supper Run is back for 2024!
- A date for the diary – The Royal Institution at Ripley!
- House News 5 February 2024
- Letters from Auschwitz
- Sixth Form meet Holocaust survivor Hedi Argent MBE
- Year 7 French Spelling Bee success
- Ripley Carol Service
- Science Club TV Christmas Lectures excitement
- Christmas Concert spectacular!
- Friends join forces with Art in Christmas card competition
- Christmas Clothes Drive!
- It’s time to train to teach with Ripley ITT
- Physics in Action in Manchester for Year 12 and 13
- Special Choral Evensong to dedicate restored organ
- Ripley Geographers enjoy Spectacular Iceland trip
- Year 7 given window into lives of Refugees
- Ripley Remembrance Service 2023
- National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain visit Ripley Music
- Freya leaps to Korfball international challenge
- #HelloYellow brightens World Mental Health Day 2023
- ‘Refuge’ Poetry Mosaic Workshop Reward
- Year 7 pupils reach for the stars
- Ripley HE+ Cambridge trip
- ‘Krazy’ win for KS3 Gravity Racing Club
- Ripley CCF summer trip from the Cadet’s view
- Welcome to our new ITT Trainees
- Ripley pupils awarded a coveted Eco-Schools Green Flag with Distinction
- ‘Outstanding’ again for Ripley!
- GCSE Results Day relief!
- Delight at A Level Results
- Archbishops Young Leaders Award
- Year 8 Parable of the Talents success
- TriStar success for Year 9
- Great Yorkshire Show trip!
- Year 12 Psychologists ‘Brain Day’
- Gravity Racing Team race-fit for Krazy Races!
- Year 12 Biologists visit to Chester Zoo
- The Ripley Normandy Experience Take 2!
- Ripley+ Awards Day
- KS3 celebrate Shakespeare in the sunshine
- KS3 Science Club Building Robots
- Year 12 given taste of Lancaster University life
- Amazing Amara wins staggering medal haul
- Year 10 visit to Heysham Nuclear Power Station
- Collective Worship at Ripley
- Year 7 ‘Krazy’ for Racing at Williamson Park
- KS3 take on TeenTech Festival at UCLAN
- Adventurous Year 7 enjoy Geography Residential
- Prestigious apprenticeship gains for Year 13
- British Biology Olympiad success for Year 13
- Ripley pupils Facing the Past
- Year 13 Chemistry students shine in Olympiad
- Congratulations to our Sixth Form Champions
- Forest Schoolers enjoy Saxon experience
- Technology pupils step up to innovation challenge
- What’s on during Easter Charities Week?
- Imogen and Megan’s super Swimathon
- Working Lunch Careers Programme
- Year 8 Youth Alpha Day
- Worship Conference for Aspiring Student Leaders
- Taizé service embracing diversity in languages
- Ripley Skiers in their happy place
- Home and away fixtures for Chapel Choir
- Year 13 Physicists stand out in British Physics Olympiad
- Richard’s inspirational KS4 visit
- Ofsted agree – we are an Outstanding school!
- Holocaust Memorial Day live testimony from Ruth Posner BEM
- Ripley partnership with CofE for fully funded NPQs
- Ripley Chapel Music Events for 2023
- Ripley Christmas Carol Service
- Sixth Form take action to help the Homeless in Lancaster and District
- Farm Club and Forest School Festivities
- Tri-Star Awards November 2022
- LMC Sustainability Day
- PSHE Day 2
- Year 7 experience Global Link Refugee journeys
- Movember and MOVE for Movember at Ripley
- Woodcrafting with Forest School
- Lest we forget 11.11.2022
- Music in the News – November 2022
- Milestone Hockey Tour to Arnhem Oct 2022
- Y13 Biologists beaming from beautiful Blencathra
- Author Aisling inspires Y7 to create their own heroes and monsters
- BBC wants you to Share Your Story
- Ripley Cadets excel in Promotions and Awards
- In Memoriam: Her Late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Duke of Lancaster 1926-2022
- Happy faces on GCSE Results Day
- Year 7 successes in Archbishop of York Award
- More Music ‘Grounded’ event captivates pupils
- Delight on A Level Results Day
- Founders’ Day 2022
- Houses embraced at superb Sports Day 2022
- Hats off to a brilliant performance of Matilda Jr The Musical
- Lily seeks the spotlight in Musical Theatre #aspire24/7
- Cadets enjoy First Aid Training for badges
- Year 8 Celebration Assembly for super fundraising efforts
- Year 11 Ripley+ Award winners
- RLI Energy Centre up and running
- Jasmine swims to early success #aspire24/7
- Y9 Julia wins Mayors prize for Queens Carriage Design
- Sunshine for Year 11 end of term BBQ treat
- KS3 pupils meet with the Archbishop of York
- Oscar and Daisy tumble to the top #aspire24/7
- En el Campamento is a big hit with Y8 MFL
- It’s Gold for Sydney from the Chief Scout #aspire24/7
- Lancaster Mayor Making Ceremony
- Jack rises to tricky Fred Whitton Challenge #aspire24/7
- Ripley Awards 2022
- Year 11 spearhead donating to make a difference
- Superb Friends Supper Run
- Ripley Scientists Olympiads Success
- STEM Challenge Day reaps rewards for Year 9
- Super sporty Biathlete Zara making waves #aspire24/7
- Year 9 Rugby Squad share Lancashire Vase Trophy
- Year 8 and 9 Spanish and French translators success
- PSHE Day on March 21st
- Farm Clubbers in their element
- Diverse EPQs enrich Year 13 study
- TableTop Club aficionado Will is a game-changer
- Creative Careers Expo for Year 10
- When the Sky Falls
- Youngest ever CCF holds head high in national competition
- Holly’s star cheerleader ambitions #aspire24/7
- Success for Years 11 and 12 in British Physics Olympiads
- Noah’s passion for History lands him museum experience #aspire24/7
- Champion Jess talks Table Tennis #aspire24/7
- Ripley Climate Action Alliance create the Living Wall
- Year 11 visit to Science Live is a blast
- Cadets success in RAST gains them National Finals place
- Aspiring Engineers set sights on electric chargers
- Amelie makes Money for Madagascar the arty way
- Y13 Charlotte turns her hand to animal portraits
- Don’t miss The Friends Ripley Supper Run!
- Jamie switches to fast tracks
- Year 13 success in tough British Physics Olympiad
- Swimming success for Ethan
- Hardy Cross Country Runners first over the line
- Elves and Reindeers run for St John’s Hospice
- A Special Christmas Message from Chaplain Michael
- Sixth Form Leading Aspirations in Healthcare
- Christmas Jumper Day 2021
- Christmas Card Competition winners
- Good luck to our Trainee Teachers
- Year 4 and 7 enjoy Christmas Science Spectacular
- Silver Trowel memento for Year 10 laying first foundations
- Sixth Form Enrichment and Careers visits
- Anti-Bullying Odd Socks
- Remembrance Day 2021
- Christmas Shoebox Appeal 2021
- Fergus engineers his future with Arkwright Scholarship
- Bountiful Harvest Festival for the Olive Branch
- #HelloYellow for Young Minds UK
- Report Harmful Content
- Ripley Cadets outdoors with Duchess of Cambridge
- Emergency School Closure Tuesday 21 September
- Ripley cadets off to a flying start at RAFAC Muster
- Year 7 starting the year with smiles
- ORA Audience prize success for Ripley alumnus Pip
- A Level Results Day 2021
- Waving Bon Voyage to Staff
- Founders’ Day 2021
- Neuroscience ‘Brain Day’ for Year 12 Psychologists
- PSHE Day excitement in school
- RESULTS DAYS – Summer 2021
- George on target at Fleetwood Town
- New Mental Health First Aiders for Ripley
- Managing Firefly Tasks
Events
- The Supper Run 2025
- Maths trip to Bletchley Park
- 2025 Netball Tour to Loughborough
- CCF Training Weekend
- CCF Training at Inskip
- D of E Gold Assessment Expedition
- D of E Gold Practice Expedition
- D of E Bronze Assessment Expedition
- D of E Bronze Practice Expedition
- D of E Bronze Training Day at Ripley
- School Production
- Choral Evensong
- School Closes 18th July at 3.10pm
- KS4/5 Silicone area trip, London
- Music exchange to Hattingen, Germany
- Y10 Globe Theatre trip, London
- Y12 UCAS Convention Manchester
- Sixth Form Offer Holder Day
- Year 10 Sixth Form Taster Day
- A Level Results Day
- Y6 Transition Day 2
- Y6 Transition Day 1
- Y8 Normandy trip 2
- Strawberry Supper
- Sixth Form Brain Day
- Y12 Blencathra FSC trip
- Y9/10 Maths Trip to Bletchley Park
- Y8 Normandy Trip 1
- Choral Evensong
- Y8 RE trip Blackburn Cathedral
- School re-opens
- School closes at 15.10 for May half term
- Y8 RE Trip Blackburn Cathedral
- Choral Evensong
- School re-opens
- School closes
- Y13 Information Evening
- Spring Concert
- Y8 Parents’ Evening SchoolCloud online
- Taize Service
- Sixth Form Applicant Evening 2 (late applicants)
- Y9 Options Evening
- School re-opens
- School closes 15.10
- 2025 Ski Trip to Austria
- Y12 Parents’ Evening SchoolCloud online
- Founders Day
- Choral Evensong
- Open Evening for parents of Year 5 children and Year 10 Sixth Form visitors
- Sixth Form Induction Day
- Y13 Leaver’s Dinner
- Y8 Normandy trip 2
- Y11 Prom 2025