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]
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Coordinates | 53.5085°N 2.7841°W |
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Former names | Rainford High Technology College |
Type | Academy |
Motto | Everyone Matters, Everyone Helps, Everyone Succeeds. |
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 |
Chair of Trustees | Jayne Lloyd |
Head | Mr Ian Young |
Years offered | 7 - 13 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 1672 (Jan 2021) |
Colour(s) | Red, Green, Blue, Yellow |
Communities served | St Helens, Skelmersdale, and Kirkby |
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, which fully opened in September 2013.[2]
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 2020, the school applied to St Helens Council to allow for a new, modular building to be built.[3] St Helens Council accepted planning permission,[4] and in July 2021, with the use of a crane, a new building was airlifted into the site, adding four new classrooms to the school.[5] This also resulted in the temporary closure of some of the school's buildings. This new space opened in September 2021.[6]
In 2021, the school was inspected for the first time as an academy by Ofsted, and it continues to hold a good award.[7]
Rainford Sixth Form
The school also operates a Sixth Form College on the same grounds, Rainford Sixth Form. The Sixth Form shares its specialised facilities (e.g. Music Equipment and Science Labs), and teaching staff with the Rainford High School.
Rainford Connect
Rainford Connect was Rainford's Virtual Learning Environment. Connect was one of the most advanced Secondary School VLEs in the UK and contained a wide range of interactive activities as well as access to student data. Connect was hosted and developed in-house by the school and was based on the Moodle LMS platform. As of 2022, the system has been shutdown, and has been replaced with SchoolSynergy, Google Classroom, OneDrive and Microsoft 365.
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.
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[8]
- Jonny Lomax, rugby league footballer for St. Helens
- Stephen Lawson, also known as Stephen Tries, comedian and YouTuber
- Willy Russell, dramatist and composer[9]
- Lee Burkhill, garden designer and BBC Garden Rescue presenter
References
- "Compare School Performance Service - Rainford High School". Find and compare schools in England. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "About Us". Rainford High School. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- "High school's plans for new block decided on". St Helens Star. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- "Planning Applications Determined Under Delegated Powers 25th September to 16th October 2020" (PDF). St Helens Council.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Four new classrooms drop in at Rainford High". www.sthelensreporter.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- "Four new classrooms for Rainford High". Educate magazine. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- "Inspection of a good school: Rainford High Technology College". Ofsted.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Andrew Harrison: From factory floor to Warehouse leader". the Guardian. 4 April 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Rainford High Technology College. School History.