Rhyddings

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Rhyddings
Address
Rhyddings
Haworth Street

Oswaldtwistle

Accrington
,
Lancashire
,
BB5 3EA

England
Coordinates 53°44′44″N2°23′27″W / 53.74566°N 2.39076°W / 53.74566; -2.39076
Information
Type Academy
Local authority Lancashire
TrustLET Education Trust
Department for Education URN 148921 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherDave Lancaster [1]
Gender Mixed [1]
Age11to 16 [1]
Enrolment642as of January 2025 [1]
Capacity771as of January 2025 [1]
Website www.rhyddings.co.uk

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]

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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 ]. As of 2025, its most recent inspection was in 2018, when it was judged Requires Improvement. [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

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References

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  2. ↑ "Rhyddings | Business and Enterprise School".
  3. ↑ "Hi-tech centre opens up new opportunities". Accrington Observer. 3 March 2003. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Oswaldtwistle head's new job". Lancashire Telegraph. 27 July 2008.
  5. ↑ "New head is happy with a home match". Lancashire Telegraph. 10 January 1998.
  6. ↑ "'She will be missed' - tributes paid to long-serving headteacher Joyce Moore". Lancashire Telegraph. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Quarter of teachers face redundancy at Rhyddings school in Oswaldtwistle". Lancashire Telegraph. 4 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Deputy head retiring after 37 years". Accrington Observer. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  9. ↑ Wall, Stephen (2014). "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.
  11. ↑ Sharman, Erica (2018). "Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School". Ofsted. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "Rhyddings - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
  13. ↑ "LET Education Trust". LET Education Trust.
  14. ↑ "Curriculum | Rhyddings".
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