Rainford High Technology College is a secondary school located in St Helens. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 18/03/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.2%, which is 0.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Higher Lane, St Helens, WA11 8NY
Website: http://www.rainford.org.uk
Telephone: 01744885914
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: St. Helens
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Ian Young
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 144327

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 18/03/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1650
Number of Pupils: 1670
Number of Boys: 830
Number of Girls: 840

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.11 Confidence interval -0.27 to 0.04
Of the 266 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 263 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:31%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:50%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:50.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.33
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Rainford Brook Lodge Community Primary School
Rufford Road , Rainford WA11 8JX 		3out of 4 191 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
Old Lane , Rainford WA11 8JF 		3out of 4 649 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Rainford CofE Primary School
Cross Pit Lane , Rainford WA11 8AJ 		- not rated 747 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Crawford Village Primary School
Crawford Road , Crawford Village WN8 9QP 		4out of 4 2,854 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Rainford High Technology College
Higher Lane , Rainford WA11 8NY 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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