Ridgeway High School, Birkenhead

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Ridgeway High School
Ridgeway High School, Noctorum.jpg
Ridgeway following the 2017 rebuild
Address
Ridgeway High School, Birkenhead
Noctorum Avenue

Birkenhead
Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
,
Merseyside
,
CH43 9EB

England
Coordinates 53°22′47″N3°04′22″W / 53.3796°N 3.0729°W / 53.3796; -3.0729
Information
Type Foundation school
Established1974
Local authority Wirral
Department for Education URN 105097 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherGavin Sterry [1]
Staff99 (2021)
GenderCo-educational
Age11to 16
Enrolment826 (2021)
HousesKolbe, Teresa, King
Colour(s)Navy blue and red
Website www.ridgeway.wirral.sch.uk

Ridgeway High School is a co-educational, comprehensive school in Noctorum, Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula in England. [2] The school caters for pupils between the ages of 11 and 16, from within the Local Authority area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, primarily Noctorum, Prenton, and Oxton. [3] [2]

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History and rebuild

Ridgeway was built in the 1970s as a two-storey building with a single-storey gymnasium. [3] [4] In the 1990s, an extension was added to the existing building to accommodate the school's language programs. [3] [4] At that point, Ridgeway could hold 825 pupils. [5] In 2013, the school was selected by the Education and Skills Funding Agency to be 1 of 12 northwest schools to be rebuilt over the next several years. [3] The £12m rebuild was finished in late 2017. [4]

In 2009, Ridgeway was slated to be absorbed into Birkenhead Park School along with Park and Rock Ferry High Schools. [6] Wirral Council eventually scratched Ridgeway off the list of schools to combine after pushback from parents. [7] This decision was stopped by parents. [6]

Demographics

The majority of Ridgeway students are White British; [8] about 58% of pupils are boys and 42% are girls. [9] 46% are eligible for free school meals. [2]

In 2021, with 99 school staff, the teacher to pupil ratio was 1 teacher for every 13 students. [10]

GCSE

In 2016, Ridgeway achieved a 70% A* to C score; 100% scored A* to C in performing arts; and 70% of students achieved at least one GCSE. [11] In 2018, 55% achieved 9-4 grades in maths; 68% in English; 69% achieved 9-4 grades in computer science, 67% in religion, 93% in drama, 62% in English literature. [12]

Awards and rankings

In 2021, the Guardian Schools Guide scored Ridgeway's pupil attendance at a 10 out of 100 points. [10] Poor attendance has been an issue for several years. [8] The two most recent inspections were in 2017 and 2021 and Ofsted rated them as "requires improvement." [13] [14] Their 2007 and 2010 inspections were "Outstanding" but their 2013 inspection dropped to "Good." [8] Pauline Roberts, who was headteacher for four years, resigned in 2013 for "personal reasons." [15] She was lauded by parents as the one responsible for drastically improving Ridgeway and were worried that the school, which achieved "Outstanding" during her time there, would regress. [15] [16]

In 2018, the PE department won the School Communication Award from the ECHO School Awards [17] and in 2021, Ridgeway was shortlisted alongside St. James', Wade Deacon, and Hope Academy in the category "Outstanding commitment to sport & physical activity in secondary schools" for the annual Educate Awards. [18]

References

  1. ↑ "Headteacher's welcome" . Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Establishment: Ridgeway High School". GOV.UK. n.d. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Morgan Sindall starts on its twelfth northwest school". The Construction Index. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Jackson, Nick (27 September 2017). "Archbishop of York launches school after £12m rebuild". The Business Desk. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Manning, Craig (23 January 2015). "Green light for Ridgeway School's multi-million pound redevelopment". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  6. 1 2 Murphy, Liam (21 August 2012). "Headteacher suspended from Merseyside school Ridgeway High". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  7. ↑ Marles, Leigh (27 November 2009). "Ridgeway High School reprieved as boys-only academy plan is dropped". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 Seneviratne, Anne (20 October 2015). "No formal designation monitoring inspection of Ridgeway High School". Ofsted. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "Ridegeway High School". Locrating. n.d. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Ridgeway High School". The Guardian Schools Guide. 23 August 2021. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  11. ↑ Murphy, Catherine (25 August 2016). "RECAP: GCSE results day 2016". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  12. ↑ Jones, Lauren (23 August 2018). "AS IT HAPPENED: Wirral GCSE results day 2018". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  13. ↑ "Ridgeway High School". Ofsted. 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  14. ↑ Grimsditch, Lee (10 July 2021). "These are the 35 Merseyside secondary schools rated 'inadequate' or 'requiring improvement'". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  15. 1 2 Murphy, Liam (23 April 2013). "Ridgeway High School head Pauline Roberts steps down 'for personal reasons'". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  16. ↑ "Ridgeway High headteacher steps down". Wirral Globe. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  17. ↑ Breslin, Maria (26 June 2018). "Meet the amazing winners of the 2018 ECHO Schools Awards". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  18. ↑ Manning, Craig (15 October 2021). "Five Wirral schools shortlisted for Educate Awards 2021". Wirral Globe. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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