Type Foundation school DfE URN 104830 Tables Ages 11–18 Gender Mixed-sex education | Headteacher J. Pout Ofsted Reports Phone +44 1744 677205 | |
Location Warrington Road
Rainhill
Prescot
Merseyside
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Rainhill High School is a purpose built 11-18 comprehensive secondary school in Rainhill, Merseyside, England. The school is the official Liverpool F.C. Academy Education Centre in Merseyside for under-18 players to be educated. Notable former pupils from the academy include Raheem Sterling and Jordon Ibe. It is also a Trust School in partnership with the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts and St Helens College.
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History
Rainhill High School has its origins in the former separate Whiston County Secondary Schools for Boys and Girls which used to occupy a site in Portico Lane. These two well respected schools, which eventually merged on the 'old site' to form a co-educational comprehensive school with a sixth form, served several generations of pupils, many of whom now send their children to Rainhill High.
Faced with falling rolls, Knowsley found the school surplus to requirements and St Helens, which did not have enough secondary school places, leased the whole school from Knowsley for five years. On completion of the transfer the school was renamed "Rainhill High School". This unique leasing arrangement provided a stop-gap answer to the problem which St Helens faced but it was obvious that the long term solution lay in building a new school to serve the families of Rainhill and neighbouring areas.
The 'new school' was built between 1980 and 1987 on land formerly owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese. The 'new' Rainhill High School can truly be described as a purpose-built comprehensive school.
Present day
A high proportion of Year 11 students continue in education. Although there is a trend for pupils who wish to take 'A' levels to opt to stay at the school at 16 and pursue their studies at Rainhill High Sixth Form.
Every year many pupils secure places on the university courses of their choice, usually at Liverpool and Manchester universities, but often further afield and occasionally at Oxford and Cambridge. Many achieve training places with major companies or progress to courses in further education.
Academic performance
As of 2014, up to 65% of students from this school have achieved A* GCSE grades.