Samuel Ryder Academy

Academy in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England

51°44′20″N 0°18′40″W / 51.73882°N 0.31104°W / 51.73882; -0.31104InformationTypeAcademyDepartment for Education URN138582 TablesOfstedReportsGenderMixedAge4 to 19Websitehttp://www.samuelryderacademy.co.uk/

Samuel Ryder Academy (also known as SRA and formerly Francis Bacon School) is a mixed all-through school located in St Albans in South Hertfordshire, England.

It is an all-through school with primary and secondary departments for children aged 4 to 19. This includes a sixth form provision which offers students A Levels and BTECs as courses for study.

History

It is named after Samuel Ryder, the English businessman, entrepreneur, golf enthusiast, professional dog breeder and golf promoter who spent many years living and working in St Albans. The school was previously named after Sir Francis Bacon, the Elizabethan polymath (philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author) who lived at Old Gorhambury House.

House system

The student body is split into seven houses: Austen (Green), Bronte (Silver), Christie, (Orange), Dahl (Red), Hardy (White), King (Blue) and Wordsworth (Purple), named for Jane Austen, Emily Jane Brontë, Agatha Christie, Roald Dahl, Thomas Hardy, Martin Luther King Jr. and William Wordsworth respectively.

Grounds and facilities

The school has a large field with multiple football and rugby pitches and a cricket pitch, and extensive sports facilities, including a gymnasium, swimming pool and 7 all-weather tennis courts. It also has a full-size 3G astroturf pitch with state of the art changing rooms and a fully kitted sports centre also containing a gym and dance studio. The school has Media and Creative Facilities comprising television and media studios, including kitted studio and location filming and recording equipment. The school also houses well-equipped dance studio drama, DT and art facilities as well as numerous computing suites.

Other

The school is part of the Scholars’ Education Trust which consists of Sir John Lawes School, Samuel Ryder Academy, Robert Barclay Academy, Harpenden Academy and Priory Academy.^[1]

References

^ "Scholars Education Trust". www.scholarseducationtrust.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

External links

Samuel Ryder Academy website

Schools in Hertfordshire

Primary
Icknield Walk First School King James Academy Royston Little Munden Primary School Samuel Ryder Academy Simon Balle All-through School Templewood Primary School Districts: Dacorum Hertsmere Three Rivers Watford

Secondary
Adeyfield Academy Ashlyns School The Astley Cooper School Barclay Academy Barnwell School Beaumont School Birchwood High School Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School The Bishop's Stortford High School The Broxbourne School Bushey Meads School Chancellor's School Chauncy School Croxley Danes School Dame Alice Owen's School Elstree Screen Arts Academy Fearnhill School Freman College Future Academies Watford Goffs Academy Goffs-Churchgate Academy The Grange Academy Haileybury Turnford The Hemel Hempstead School The Hertfordshire and Essex High School Hertswood Academy The Highfield School Hitchin Boys' School Hitchin Girls' School Hockerill Anglo-European College John F Kennedy Catholic School The John Henry Newman School The John Warner School King James Academy Royston Kings Langley School The Knights Templar School Laureate Academy The Leventhorpe School Longdean School Loreto College The Marlborough Science Academy Marriotts School Monk's Walk School Mount Grace School Nicholas Breakspear School The Nobel School Onslow St Audrey's School Parmiter's School Presdales School The Priory School Queens' School Richard Hale School Rickmansworth School Ridgeway Academy Robert Barclay Academy Roundwood Park School St Albans Girls' School St Clement Danes School St George's School St Joan of Arc Catholic School St Mary's Catholic School St Mary's CE High School St Michael's Catholic High School Samuel Ryder Academy Sandringham School The Sele School Simon Balle All-through School Sir John Lawes School Stanborough School, Welwyn Garden City The Thomas Alleyne Academy Townsend Church of England School Tring School Verulam School Watford Grammar School for Boys Watford Grammar School for Girls Westfield Academy Yavneh College

Secondary

Independent (preparatory)
Aldenham School Aldwickbury School Edge Grove School Heath Mount School Lochinver House School Lockers Park School Merchant Taylors' Prep School Westbrook Hay School

Independent (senior)
Abbot's Hill School Aldenham School Beechwood Park School Berkhamsted School Bishop's Stortford College Haberdashers' Boys' School Haberdashers' Girls' School Haileybury and Imperial Service College Immanuel College The King's School Merchant Taylors' School Purcell School Queenswood School The Royal Masonic School for Girls St Albans High School for Girls St Albans School St Christopher School St Columba's College St Edmund's College St Francis' College St Margaret's School Sherrardswood School Stanborough School, Watford Tring Park School for the Performing Arts

Independent (senior)

Special
The Collett School Falconer School Independent: Egerton Rothesay School

Defunct
Brondesbury-at-Stocks Cavendish School Chrysalis School Greneway Middle School The Heathcote School Langleybury Meridian School Norton School Princess Helena College Royal Caledonian School Royal Masonic School for Boys Rudolf Steiner School The Watford UTC Wynyard School