Rydens Enterprise School or RES is a mixed, secondary school situated on the Hersham Road between Hersham and Walton-on-Thames in Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

, England

England

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. The school has been awarded Specialist Business and Enterprise College

Business and Enterprise College

Business and Enterprise Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields...

 status.

Houses

The school runs a system of four houses named after local areas; Claremont

Claremont (country house)

Claremont, also known historically as 'Clermont', is an 18th-century Palladian mansion situated less than a mile south of Esher in Surrey, England...

, Hampton

Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London; it has not been inhabited by the British royal family since the 18th century. The palace is located south west of Charing Cross and upstream of Central London on the River Thames...

, Richmond and Windsor

Windsor, Berkshire

Windsor is an affluent suburban town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is widely known as the site of Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the British Royal Family....

. Claremont was the first house to win sports day, as well as the house point cup, since the house system was introduced. Richmond currently hold the Sports Day (2011).

The school's official motto is Believe. Achieve. Succeed.

RES Sixth Form College

RES Sixth Form College is the school's Sixth Form. The School runs a highly successful and improving sixth form, whose annual Rag Week is a highlight of the school calendar, with the last Rag Week held in October 2009, raising £2500, the largest amount yet raised by the sixth form, split between Teenage Cancer Trust and Heavenly Stars. The Sixth form has had three of its graduates to eventually go on and study at Oxbridge, with this year a further one having received a conditional offer.

Mario Scannella is Head of RES Sixth Form.

Notable alumni

• Stuart Hazeldine
  Stuart Hazeldine
  Stuart Hazeldine is a British screenwriter, film producer and director. He lives in London.-Biography:...
  
   - Film writer and director
• Jimmy Pursey
  Jimmy Pursey
  Jimmy Pursey is an English singer and record producer. He was the founder and frontman of the English punk rock band, Sham 69 from 1976 to 1980, and from 1986 to 2006.-Biography:...
  
   - Punk Rock singer
• Max Clifford
  Max Clifford
  Maxwell Frank Clifford is an English publicist, considered the highest-profile and best-known publicist in the United Kingdom...
  
   - Publicist
• Julie Andrews
  Julie Andrews
  Dame Julia Elizabeth Andrews, DBE is an English film and stage actress, singer, and author. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy, Grammy, BAFTA, People's Choice Award, Theatre World Award, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award honors...
  
   - Actress
• Matt Barnes - You Me At Six
  You Me At Six
  You Me at Six is a British rock band from Weybridge, Surrey. Formed in 2004, the group rose to fame in 2008 with the success of their debut album, Take Off Your Colours, which included the singles "Save It for the Bedroom", "Finders Keepers" and "Kiss and Tell", with the latter two peaking at #33...
  
  Bassist

External links

• Official Site
• Official Sixth Form College Site