Alder Grange School

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Alder Grange School and Sixth Form Centre
Address
Alder Grange School
Calder Road

Rossendale
,
Lancashire
,
BB4 8HW

England
Coordinates 53°42′30″N2°16′59″W / 53.70840°N 2.28318°W / 53.70840; -2.28318
Information
Type Community school
Motto‘Once an Alder Granger always an Alder Granger’ [1]
Local authority Lancashire
Department for Education URN 119722 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherJoanna Griffiths
StaffSimon Varley, Rebecca Chamberlain, Rosanna Hesketh, Karen Norman, Dan Williams, Russell Milnes, Joanna Griffiths, Paul Butterworth, Pauline Mcdonald, Lewis Gaffey [2]
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
Enrolment830 [3]
HousesCribden, Whinberry and Swinshaw (Red, Green and Blue) [ citation needed ]
Colour(s)Light blue, dark blue [4]
Website www.aldergrange.com

Alder Grange School is a secondary school and sixth form located in the east Lancashire town of Rawtenstall, England.

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Facilities

The school's sporting facilities include a gymnasium, a 3G pitch with astroturf, and Alder Grange Sports Centre - a fitness room with sports hall. The sports hall opened in 2008 which includes various facilities which include badminton courts, table tennis tables, outdoor football space and basketball courts.

Elsewhere, the school has one cafeteria, five science labs, four specialised technology rooms including a kitchen for food technology, a music room and one IT suite. [5]

The school is closely linked to school technology provider Promethean and has taken part in trials of new products, as well as frequently using current ones in day-to-day lessons. Many products that were tested were the Promethean ActivBoard pens and ActiVote units. [ citation needed ] At this current moment of time, Alder Grange have stopped taking part in trials for Promethean however, they still utilise their equipment in the classroom.[ citation needed ]

Awards and status

It previously held special school status as a Technology College (since 1993) and a second award in Applied Learning. [6] In 2007 it was designated a High Performing Special School. [7] The special school programme ended in 2013.[ citation needed ] However, in late 2019, Alder Grange received a Special School recognition award.

Extra curricular activities

Apart from academic work, students at Alder Grange can participate in other activities. These include the Music School (includes extra instrument lessons or taking part in school productions such as a rendition of Grease) and formerly the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme (bronze to silver). [5]

ag6

In January 2011, Alder Grange School opened its new sixth form centre for 16- to 18-year-olds, giving its students an easier choice when they carry on full-time education after 16. The building had a construction cost of £6 million, and offers around 100 student places per academic year. [8]

Facilities

Facilities at the new ag6 building includes a catering kitchen and café, media studio [ citation needed ] and PC computers with professional-spec camera equipment, one science laboratory, a student social area with library, staff lounge and horticulture equipment. [5]

Courses

At ag6, students can take academic A levels, vocational BTEC (or similar) qualifications, or a mixture of both. Courses available include classic academic courses such as English literature, mathematics, sociology, the law, to vocational ones such as performing arts and creative media. [8]

Alderbeat Records

Alderbeat Records was launched in February 2012 after the school purchased high-end radio equipment. As part of the project, a school station called Alderbeat was broadcast on 87.9FM and was played in the school via a number of speakers around the school including classrooms. The station manager was an Alder Grange student. [9] Alderbeat was discontinued in March 2017.

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References

  1. ↑ "Home". Alder Grange. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Staff list for Website November 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "Alder Grange School - GOV.UK".
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. 1 2 3 "Alder Grange Prospectus" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Establishment: Alder Grange Community and Technology School". EduBase. Retrieved 21 March 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "About Alder Grange". Alder Grange Community and Technology School. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  8. 1 2 "ag6 prospectus" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Rossendale school set up Alderbeat radio station". 2 March 2012.
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