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′48″N3°04′31″W / 53.38°N 3.0753°W / 53.38; -3.0753
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]

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