{"id":3670,"date":"2026-07-16T15:48:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jorichardson.creativeschools.co.uk\/index.php\/welcome\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:42:44","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jorichardson.creativeschools.co.uk\/index.php\/about-us\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our motto\u00a0\u201c<strong>Success for All<\/strong>\u201d underpins everything that we do at the school and puts the students\u2019 achievements\u00a0at the centre of our vision. \u00a0We have a\u00a0commitment\u00a0to the highest academic standards combined with\u00a0a wide range of curricular and extra-curricular activities aimed at enhancing the opportunities offered\u00a0to all our students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JRCS is a&nbsp;community school in the true sense of the word, benefiting from all the sports, social and educational&nbsp;facilities available on Castle Green. As Headteacher of JRCS, my aim is to ensure that every one of our students is fully equipped and experienced to face the challenges of their chosen pathway. I am hugely proud of what we have&nbsp;achieved since the school was founded in 2002. We have strong values, ambition, excellent&nbsp;outcomes and an inclusive ethos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope that you find everything you need on our website. If I can be of any further help, please do not\u00a0hesitate to contact me directly at the school or by email on <a href=\"mailto:headteacher@jorichardson.org.uk\">headteacher@jorichardson.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lisa Keane &#8211; Headteacher<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ofsted Views<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May 2024, Ofsted graded the school as outstanding in every category!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote red-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe work done by this school in supporting pupils to develop into successful young adults is exceptional.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Ofsted May 2024<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<em>This school is a welcoming and vibrant community where pupils thrive. Positive relationships are at the heart of the school\u2019s ethos, and staff take time to get to know pupils. Pupils are safe and supported at school. There is a culture of high aspiration. Pupils say that this is a school where everyone can succeed.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<cite>Ofsted May 2023<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Jo Richardson Community School website. JRCS was opened as a brand new school in 2002. Since opening, it has become a highly successful, oversubscribed secondary school which offers an outstanding level of education to pupils in the local community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3867,"parent":3668,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3670","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"enable_related_news":false,"news_category":null,"enable_related_staff":false,"staff-team":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorichardson.creativeschools.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorichardson.creativeschools.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorichardson.creativeschools.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorichardson.creativeschools.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorichardson.creativeschools.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3670"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/jorichardson.creativeschools.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3945,"href":"https:\/\/jorichardson.creativeschools.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3670\/revisions\/3945"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorichardson.creativeschools.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jorichardson.creativeschools.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jorichardson.creativeschools.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}