Rhyddings (formerly Rhyddings High School and then Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School) is a mixed secondary school in Oswaldtwistle in the English county of Lancashire.[2]
History
A new "hi tech" building for the school opened in March 2003, replacing the annex which had been in use since the 1920s.[3]
The former headteacher was Paul Trickett, who replaced Barry Burke.[4] Burke took over from his predecessor, Joyce Moore, in January 1998. She began as headteacher in 1974, being the first woman headteacher at a mixed school in Lancashire.[5][6]
In December 2013, it was reported that a quarter of teachers faced redundancy, due to more schools competing for fewer pupils.[7] 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.[8]
The school was inspected by Ofsted in 2014 and judged Good.[9]
In January 2016, the school was named one of "329 Failing Secondary Schools".[10][better source needed]. Rhyddings most recent inspection was in 2025. [11]
Previously a community school administered by Lancashire County Council,[12] in June 2022 Rhyddings converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the LET Education Trust.[13]
Academics
Rhyddings offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.[14]
Notable former pupils
- Vicky Entwistle, actress[citation needed]
- Paul Manning, undercover police officer and whistleblower[citation needed]
- Jay Slater, a 19-year-old man who disappeared in Tenerife and was later found dead in a ravine by police
References
- ^ a b c d e "Rhyddings". Get Information about Schools. Gov.UK. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ "Rhyddings | Business and Enterprise School".
- ^ "Hi-tech centre opens up new opportunities". Accrington Observer. 3 March 2003. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Oswaldtwistle head's new job". Lancashire Telegraph. 27 July 2008.
- ^ "New head is happy with a home match". Lancashire Telegraph. 10 January 1998.
- ^ "'She will be missed' - tributes paid to long-serving headteacher Joyce Moore". Lancashire Telegraph. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Quarter of teachers face redundancy at Rhyddings school in Oswaldtwistle". Lancashire Telegraph. 4 December 2013.
- ^ "Deputy head retiring after 37 years". Accrington Observer. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Wall, Stephen (2014). "Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School". Ofsted. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Does Your Child Go To One Of These 329 Failing Secondary Schools?". yahoo.com.
- ^ https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50268035
- ^ "Rhyddings - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
- ^ "LET Education Trust". LET Education Trust.
- ^ "Curriculum | Rhyddings".
