Rainford High School
Rainford High School (formerly Rainford High Technology College) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Rainford, Merseyside, England.[1]
| Rainford High School | |
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Higher Lane , , WA11 8NY England | |
| Coordinates | 53.5085°N 2.7841°W |
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| Type | Academy |
| Motto | Everyone Matters, Everyone Helps, Everyone Succeds. |
| Established | 1940 |
| Founder | Lord Derby |
| Local authority | St Helens |
| Trust | Everyone Matters Schools Trust (formerly Rainford Academies Trust) |
| Department for Education URN | 144327 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head | Mr Ian Young |
| Years offered | 7 - 13 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1670 (over-subscribed) |
| Colour(s) | Red, Green, Blue, Yellow |
| Feeder schools | Bleak Hill Primary School, Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary, Billinge Chapel End Primary, Eccleston Mere Primary, Rainford Church of England Primary, St.Aidans Church of England Primary, Garswood Primary School |
| Website | http://www.rainford.org.uk/ |
The school previously specialised in technology, and has a tradition of producing competitive teams.
The school was rebuilt as part of the UK government's Building Schools for the Future programme.
In 2020, the school applied to St Helens Council to allow for a new, modular building to be built.[2] St Helens Council accepted planning permission.[3] In July of 2021, with the use of a crane, a new building was airlifted into the site, adding four new classrooms to the school. [4] These classrooms will be given to the Geography Department to allow the Learning Support department to provide better facilities to students, with more available space in the main school building. This new space is now open to the school and is used along with the rest of the site. [5]
Previously a community school administered by St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council, in September 2017, Rainford High Technology College converted to academy status and was renamed Rainford High School. The school is now sponsored by the Everyone Matters Schools Trust.
In 2021, the school was inspected, for the first time as an academy, by Ofsted, and received a good award.
Rainford Connect
Rainford Connect is Rainford's Virtual Learning Environment. Connect is one of the most advanced Secondary School VLEs in the UK and contains a wide range of interactive activities as well as access to student data. Connect is hosted and developed in-house by the school and is based on the Moodle LMS platform. As of 2021, the system is still active, however there are plans to sunset the system, as well as Satchel:One, as the school begins to roll out a new system, SchoolSynergy. Many of Connect's functions have already been switched to alternative services, such as SchoolSynergy and Google Classroom to assign work, and OneDrive for file sharing and private storage space.
Rainford High Concert Band
The school's largest organisation is the Concert Band for brass, woodwind, and percussion players. It is open to students of all ages (including Sixth Form students) and practices weekly in order to play in local primary schools, and also the main showpiece - the 'Music for a Summer's Evening' concert, usually held in July.
A vocal group often performs in the Summer Concert as well. This group offers musical tuition for guitar, piano, brass, percussion and woodwind in order to promote musicianship amongst its students. Sixth Formers are also involved. The group participates in a regular 'Performance Evening' as well as charity music events, such as for Children in Need 2010.
Rainford Sixth Form
The school also operates a Sixth Form College on the same grounds, Rainford Sixth Form.
Notable former pupils
- Lee Briers, rugby league footballer for Warrington Wolves
- Conor Coady, footballer, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
- Andrew Harrison (born 1970), CEO of Carphone Warehouse[6]
- Jonny Lomax, rugby league footballer for St. Helens
- Stephen Lawson, also known as Stephen Tries, comedian and YouTuber
- Willy Russell, dramatist and composer[7]
- Lee Burkhill, garden designer and BBC Garden Rescue presenter
References
- BBC News. English school tables 2006: Secondary schools
- Wray, Richard (4 April 2008). "From factory floor to Warehouse leader". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Rainford High Technology College. School History.
