Reddish Vale High School
Location
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Reddish Vale Road, Reddish, Stockport
,
Greater Manchester
,
SK5 7HD

England
Information
TypeAcademy, Comprehensive
MottoesReach Higher

Respect

Aspiration

Determination

Independence
Local authorityStockport
TrustSouth Manchester Learning Trust
Department for Education URN145133 Tables
OfstedReports
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Enrolment874
Websitewww.reddish.stockport.sch.uk
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Reddish Vale High School, formerly Reddish Vale Technology College is a secondary school in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is a coeducational school with academy status, part of South Manchester academy trust, educating 1100 pupils in the 11-16 range.

Description

The school facilities include a sports hall, gym, astro turf pitch, tennis courts, purpose built performing arts block, library, farm and swimming pool. The school also offers specialist classrooms in the areas of cooking and nutrition, art and design, performing arts, science and computing.[citation needed]

It has been awarded the Artsmark Gold Award from the Arts Council of England.[1][2][3] A 2006 OFSTED report summarized it as "a good school".[4]

The school achieved its best GCSE results in the summers of 2016 and 2017; becoming the most improved school in Stockport in 2016.

Governance

Reddish Vale became a specialist Technology College in 1995, being one of the first LEA schools in the country to do so.[4] It was the first school in the United Kingdom to adopt the Co-operative College's co-operative -based model for trust school governance in 2007. Within a year, a further 25 schools adopted the model as one offering strong values and extensive engagement of all stakeholders within the learning community.[5]

Staff

The current Deputy Headteachers are Ms Carolyn Forsyth and Mrs Claire Evans. The current Headteacher is Mrs Linda Hanson.

References

  1. ^ Haile, Deborah (10 June 2005). "School celebrates a double gold". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 11 October 2006.
  2. ^ "Artsmark - recognition and reward for schools dedicated to the arts". Arts Council England. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2006.
  3. ^ "Artsmark - case studies". Arts Council England. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2006.
  4. ^ a b Woodward, Mark (2004). Inspection Report: Reddish Vale Technology College (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 30 October 2005. Retrieved 11 October 2006.
  5. ^ Birch, Simon (26 July 2012). "Co-op schools: Is the future of education co-operation?". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

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