Richard Taylor CE Primary School

Richard Taylor School is a thriving, happy and caring community with wonderfully committed and talented staff, supportive parents and a dedicated governing body.

They are a school which lives its Christian vision for every child, to ensure that they are safe, loved and can flourish as children of God.

Pupils care about their school and are encouraged to play an active role in the life of their community. They live their values of Respect, Trust and Service every day.

With a rich and varied curriculum on offer, they have received national recognition for work in science and maths mastery. They are proud to be a Fair-Trade school, which teaches their children to have a wider global perspective on the choices that they make.

They are very proud of the environment that they have created as a platform for learning. We have made full use of our outstanding grounds by creating an outdoor classroom, a superb garden area and a fantastic new EYFS & KS1 outdoor learning area. A flourishing Forest School Programme is part of the curriculum offer making full use of the school’s grounds.

The school holds many awards, including the Woodland Trust Gold Award and a Gold Award from Harrogate in Bloom for commitment to environmental projects.

They love sport, and children get the chance to participate in a great range of different sporting activities; in recent years’ they have won trophies in a wide number of events, and they have held the Gold Mark for School Sport for the last six years.