Day and boarding, ages 10 to 18
A good school is a long conversation between teachers, parents and the young people in their care
For 47 years, Ridgemere has given Ibadan's young people rigorous lessons, a full life outside the classroom and a steady sense of who they are becoming.
From the principal
Welcome to Ridgemere
When parents visit, they usually ask about results first, and they should. Our students do well in their examinations, year after year. But what I hope you notice as you walk around is something harder to put in a table: the way a senior student holds a door for a nervous new girl, the noise from the music block at four o'clock, the argument about a chemistry result that carries on into lunch.
That is what we are building here. Clear thinking, good manners and the confidence to try. I would be delighted to show you around.
Mrs Olufunke Adebayo-Cole
Principal
Example figures for this demo.
Two schools, one college
Junior and senior school
Students join in JSS 1 or, with a few places each year, in SSS 1. The two schools share a campus, a house system and a set of values.
JSS 1 to JSS 3, ages 10 to 13
Junior school
A broad curriculum of 17 subjects, small form groups of 24, and a form tutor who knows every child well. Strong foundations in English, mathematics and the sciences, with French, Yoruba, music and coding from the first term.
Junior school curriculum
SSS 1 to SSS 3, ages 14 to 18
Senior school
Science, commercial and humanities pathways, three fully equipped laboratories, and careful preparation for the senior school certificate and university entrance. Every senior student has a personal tutor and a careers mentor.
Senior school curriculumWhat we value
Four habits we teach every day
- I
Curiosity
Questions are welcome in every lesson. Our best classes run on them.
- II
Discipline
Punctuality, neat work and finished homework, because habits outlast talent.
- III
Kindness
Seniors look after juniors, and everyone looks after the new student.
- IV
Service
Every student gives time to the school and to the community around it.
Beyond the classroom
Forty clubs, four houses and a choir that tours
Afternoons at Ridgemere are full. Students choose from more than forty clubs and societies, compete for their house in sport, debate and music, and give an hour a week to service. The chamber choir sings at the state arts festival every year.
Term calendar
Coming up this term
- Arts
Inter-house debate final
Main hall, 2pm. Parents welcome.
- Parents
SSS 3 parents' evening
University choices and mock exam results.
- Community
Carol service and prize giving
Chapel lawn, 4pm, followed by refreshments.
- Term
First term ends
Boarders collected from 12 noon.
News from the ridge
Latest stories
Sport · 14 November 2026
Kestrel House take the inter-house sports shield for a third year
A record in the 4 by 100 metres and a tug of war final decided by inches.
Academics · 30 October 2026
Solar water purifier wins the senior science fair
Forty two projects, six judges and a cassava peel bioplastic that impressed everyone.
Our son arrived shy and a little lost. Three years on he leads the debating society and argues with his father about economics at dinner.
Visit Ridgemere on an open morning
Walk the campus with a senior prefect, sit in on a lesson and meet the principal. Open mornings run every second Saturday of the month, 9am to 12pm.