Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School

Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School (formerly Rhyddings High School) is a mixed secondary school located in Oswaldtwistle in the English county of Lancashire.[1] It is a Community school administered by Lancashire County Council. The school has also been awarded specialist status as a Business and Enterprise College. The current headteacher is Andrew Williams, who took over in September 2018.

Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School
Address
Haworth Street

Oswaldtwistle

Lancashire
,
BB5 3EA

England
Coordinates53.74566°N 2.39076°W / 53.74566; -2.39076
Information
TypeCommunity school
Local authorityLancashire
Department for Education URN119721 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherAndrew Williams
GenderMixed
Age11 to 16
Enrolment608 as of January 2015
HousesAsia, Africa, Europe, Americas
Websitehttp://www.rhyddings.co.uk/

Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.

Buildings and staff

A new “hi tech” building for the school opened in March 2003, which replaced the old annex which had been in used since the 1920s.[2]

The former headteacher was Paul Trickett, who replaced Barry Burke, who was appointed principal of Manchester Health Academy in July 2008.[3] Mr Burke took over from his predecessor, Joyce Moore, in January 1998. Mrs Moore began as headteacher in 1974, being the first woman headteacher at a mixed school in Lancashire.[4][5]

In December 2013, it was reported that a quarter of teachers faced redundancy, due to more schools competing for fewer pupils.[6] In June 2014, Trevor Ainsworth, the deputy headteacher, announced his retirement from the school, after spending his entire teaching career in Rhyddings, starting in 1977.[7]

School performance

The school was inspected by Ofsted in 2014 and judged Good.[8]

As of 2021, its most recent inspection was in 2018, when it was judged Requires Improvement.[9]

In January 2016, the school was named one of "329 Failing Secondary Schools".[10].

Notable former pupils

References
  1. http://www.rhyddings.co.uk/
  2. "Hi-tech centre opens up new opportunities". Accrington Observer. 3 March 2003. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. "Oswaldtwistle head's new job". Lancashire Telegraph. 27 July 2008.
  4. "New head is happy with a home match". Lancashire Telegraph. 10 January 1998.
  5. "'She will be missed' - tributes paid to long-serving headteacher Joyce Moore". Lancashire Telegraph. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. "Quarter of teachers face redundancy at Rhyddings school in Oswaldtwistle". Lancashire Telegraph. 4 December 2013.
  7. "Deputy head retiring after 37 years". Accrington Observer. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  8. Wall, Stephen (2014). "Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School". Ofsted. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  9. Sharman, Erica (2018). "Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School". Ofsted. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  10. "Does Your Child Go To One Of These 329 Failing Secondary Schools?". yahoo.com.



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