The Ryleys School
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Key Points 26% of pupils receive academic, music or sports scholarships Parent and Head teacher meetings are held in Year 5 and 6 to support the school selection process Our school maintains close working relationships with all the local Senior Schools Curriculum includes verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning (Year 3...
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School information
| URN | 111468 |
| Local authority | Cheshire East |
| Region | North West |
| Phase | Not applicable |
| Type | Other independent school |
| Gender of entry | Mixed |
| Age range | 1-11 |
| Headteacher | Headteacher Julia Langford |
| Trust | — |
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | None |
| Postcode | SK9 7UY |
| Latest pupils | 271 |
| FSM eligible | — |
Contact and identifiers
Ryleys Lane, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7UY
www.theryleys.com1625583241| DfE number | 6002 |
| UKPRN | 10018597 |
| Opened | 1 Jan 1942 |
| GIAS updated | 27 Jan 2026 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 27 Jan 2026 |
| Latest KS4 year | — |
| Latest KS2 year | — |
| Ofsted published | — |