Principal of Ryde Academy tells OnTheWight that inappropriate peer pressure was one of the things that sparked the crackdown on uniform. Find out more by listening to our podcast interview below.
School children on the Isle of Wight learnt about the exciting potential real-world applications of physics last week as the BAE Systems Schools Roadshow begins the next leg of its 2014 tour.
Ryde Academy is the first stop on this challenge being carried out by Force Cadet Leader, PC Steve Swift, along with Volunteer Cadet Leader, Steve Keenor at the weekend.
On Friday 19 September 2014, 32 of the Island's most talented dance students took part in a gruelling mock university/performing arts college audition at Ryde Academy.
Earlier this week pupils from Ryde Academy joined other young people to help paint a mural on the hoardings of the construction site at the Ben Ainslie Racing headquarters.
As part of the Isle of Wight Youth Trust's Bite the Wight initiative, HTP Training and the Academy worked together to promote healthy eating and to help raise money for the Trust.
Leaked letter reveals many targets for the head's criticism including claims that one teacher told him that his working day ended at 2.40pm and that he could not mark children’s work because he was going sailing.
The NUT representative for the Isle of Wight says "the picture portrayed in the letter or in the articles is not one which the NUT recognises or accepts".
Some of the most accomplished dancers at Ryde Academy took part in the Woking Dance Festival last week, sharing the stage with their peers at some of the top dance schools.