On Friday, we kicked off British Science Week by welcoming guest speaker Simon Watt from the The Ugly Animal Preservation Society, who gave an incredibly engaging and entertaining talk which was well received by students of all ages. The Ugly Animal Preservation Society aims to celebrate and explore the incredible biology of the animal kingdom’s […]

We recently wrapped up an exciting and competitive House Chess Tournament for Year 7 and Year 8 students, where minds clashed and strategies unfolded on the chessboard. The event was filled with suspense, impressive moves, and intense concentration as players from across different houses competed for the prestigious top spots in both the Champion and […]

On Monday and Tuesday, we hosted our annual Year 8 careers networking mornings, and both days were a massive success! Over the two mornings, 25 incredible companies from a wide variety of industries, sectors, and roles came together to share their expertise. Companies in attendance included the RAF, the Hertfordshire Police, the County Council, GSK, […]

Over the half term holiday, 60 boys from Years 8, 9, & 10 had an unforgettable time on their ski trip to San Valentino, Italy! The group was given a warm welcome by their amazing Italian hosts and represented the school with great pride throughout the week. What an adventure!             […]

Guest Night 2025 was everything that we wanted it to be. The best part about it is having such a wide variety of performers on stage with us, really showing the range of talent we have at RHS; from a wonderful monologue from Mr Wolff to a beautiful string band to non stop rock and […]

All this week we have been celebrating National Apprenticeship Week across the school. Students have had the chance to learn more about the opportunities which apprenticeships can provide and discover the wide range of job roles and sectors they cover. Through assemblies, workshops, work in subjects and tutor time, we have raised awareness and highlighted […]

We are delighted to announce some amazing achievements from two of our talented artists at Richard Hale. Mark Bateman in Year 12 and James McGuiness in Year 9, both entered their work into The HRC Creative & Enterprise Open Exhibition 2025. Mark won his category for the Commendation – Emerging Artist Award with his stunning […]

Congratulations to Wallace House who were victorious in the recent hotly contended Year 10 House Quiz! Well done to everyone that took part. The full results were as follows: 1st Wallace 2nd Cowper 3rd Page 4th Kinman 5th Hale 6th Croft

We have been so impressed at both the amount and the incredibly high standard of entries in the recent Year 7 and 8 House self-portrait competition. We received over a hundred entries and there are clearly some very talented young artists in our midst. Thank you to everyone who entered and well done on producing […]

On the 29th of January, Year 6 from Morgan’s Primary School took a trip to RHS to hear us, A-Level Music students, perform a concert for them. There was a large range of instruments, from French horn to bass guitar to piano, as well as a wide variety of genres, spanning centuries of music from […]