| Rhyddings | |
| Type: | Academy |
| Trust: | LET Education Trust |
| Head Label: | Headteacher |
| Head: | Andrew Williams |
| Address: | Haworth Street |
| Location: | Oswaldtwistle |
| Postcode: | BB5 3EA |
| County: | Lancashire |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.7457°N -2.3908°W |
| Local Authority: | Lancashire |
| Urn: | 148921 |
| Ofsted: | yes |
| Enrolment: | 554 |
| Gender: | Mixed |
| Lower Age: | 11 |
| Upper Age: | 16 |
| Website: | http://www.rhyddings.co.uk/ |
Rhyddings (formerly Rhyddings High School and then Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School) is a mixed secondary school located in Oswaldtwistle in the English county of Lancashire.[1] The current headteacher is Andrew Williams, who took over in September 2018.
A new “hi tech” building for the school opened in March 2003, which replaced the old annex which had been in used since the 1920s.[2]
The former headteacher was Paul Trickett, who replaced Barry Burke, who was appointed principal of Manchester Health Academy in July 2008.[3] Mr Burke took over from his predecessor, Joyce Moore, in January 1998. Mrs Moore began as headteacher in 1974, being the first woman headteacher at a mixed school in Lancashire.[4] [5]
In December 2013, it was reported that a quarter of teachers faced redundancy, due to more schools competing for fewer pupils.[6] 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.[7]
The school was inspected by Ofsted in 2014 and judged Good.[8]
In January 2016, the school was named one of "329 Failing Secondary Schools".[9] .
As of 2021, its most recent inspection was in 2018, when it was judged Requires Improvement.[10]
Previously a community school administered by Lancashire County Council,[11] in June 2022 Rhyddings converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the LET Education Trust.[12]
Rhyddings offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.[13]