The Ridge Church School (RCS) was established in 1957 by the Accra Ridge Church (ARC), which owns it. It is a private mission school/Christian institution offering a ten (10) year basic education largely in accordance with Ghana Education Service syllabus and preparing pupils for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).
Proposals to establish the Ridge Church School were accepted by the congregation of the Accra Ridge Church at the Annual General Meeting on 23rd January 1955 and the Constitution of the church was amended to enable the Church Council to establish a school and to be responsible for its Management. An appeal for funds was launched and the generous response of members of the business community, the congregation and the services of honorary architects, quantity surveyors, consulting engineers and many other helpers enabled the council to build and open a school within two years.
The foundation stone was laid on 26th October 1956 by the Rev. Arthur Collin Russell, C.M.G, the then Chairman of the Council and the School opened for the first time on 7th January 1957 with Mrs Ellen Stronge as Headmistress. To start with, there were only thirty three (33) children but numbers increased rapidly. The original buildings were extended in 1959, in 1961 and in 1966. A third stream was added in 1978 and the junior secondary school programme was initiated in 1987. The School started running the Kindergarten Two (KG 2) programme in September 2011.
VISION
MISSION
MOTTO
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Academic Excellence:
To develop, promote and maintain premium educational experience that:
- Offers world class curriculum based on modern trends in teaching and learning
- Challenges learners to achieve fullest potential with enquiring minds and critical thinking
- Encourages active involvement in varied co-curricular activities
- Provides continued professional advancement and opportunities for staff development
- Develops evaluation processes to reflect changing expectation of teachers in the twenty-first century
Responsible Christian Living:
To cultivate and maintain personal values that:
- Prepare learners to apply Biblical principles as the foundation for moral and spiritual living.
- Develop and maintains informed Biblical worldview to shape lifestyle choices.
- Foster Christ-like living as a way of life
- Shape minds of learners towards respect for one another.
Stimulate Sound Environment:
To develop and maintain a physical environment that will:
- Offer a healthy, safe and sustainable surroundings to impact on social, intellectual, emotional and physical well-being of learners
- Nurture on continual basis, a character of cleanliness and respect for the environment
Development of Life-Long Competencies:
Our learners will be sensitized to develop a Christ-centered basic skills for life-long, active learning that include these core competencies:
- Accountability
- Adaptability
- Critical thinking/Problem solving
- Communication
- Creativity/Thinking outside the box
- Collaboration/Teamwork
- Cultural Awareness
- Independence
- Organizational skills
- Physical fitness
- Punctuality
VALUES
We will develop in our learners fundamental Christian values such as:
- Fear of God
- Forgiving one another
- Glorifying God in all activities
- Generosity
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Perseverance
- Pursuing excellence always
- Self-Discipline
- Showing respect to all
Through the holistic integration of these values in all the programmes in the school.