Established 1940 Chair John Bromilow Phone +44 1744 885914 Founded 1940 | Headteacher Ian Young Founder Lord Derby Number of students 1,586 Gender Mixed-sex education | |
Type Community comprehensive school Location Higher Lane
Rainford
Merseyside
WA11 8NY
England Address Higher Ln, Rainford, Saint Helens WA11 8NY, UK Similar Cowley Internatio College, De La Salle School, Rainhill High School, St Helens College, Winstanley College Profiles | ||
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Rainford High Technology College is a community secondary school and sixth form college located in Rainford, Merseyside, England.
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- Kate hodgetts of rainford high technology college singing
- Rainford textiles students charity fashion show rainford high technology college
- Rainford Connect
- Rainford High Wind Band
- Notable former pupils
- References
The school specialises in technology, and has a notable tradition of producing competitive sports teams, most notably in rugby.
The school was recently rebuilt as part of the UK government's Building Schools for the Future programme.
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Rainford Connect
Rainford Connect is Rainford's Virtual Learning Environment. Connect is one of the most advanced Secondary School VLEs in the UK and contains a wide range of interactive activities as well as access to student data. Connect is hosted and developed in-house by the school and is based on the Moodle LMS platform.
Rainford High Wind Band
Its largest organisation is the Wind Band for both brass and woodwind players. It is open to students of all ages (including Sixth Form students) and practices weekly in order to play in local primary schools, and also the main showpiece - the 'Summer Concert', usually held in July.
Vocal Group often performs in the Summer Concert as well. This group offers musical tuition for guitar, piano, brass, percussion and woodwind in order to promote musicianship amongst its students. Sixth Formers are also involved. The group participates in a regular 'Performance Evening' as well as charity music events, such as for Children in Need 2010.