Established 1959 Headteacher David Lord DfE number 381/5408 Founded 1959 | Chair of Governors Melvyn Cross Phone +44 1422 832070 Number of students 1,438 | |
Location St. Peters AvenueSowerby BridgeWest YorkshireHX6 1DFEngland Motto Excellere Contende (Strive to Excel) Similar Sowerby Bridge High Sch, Brighouse High School, Calder High School, The Brooksba School, The North Halifax Grammar Profiles | ||
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Ryburn Valley High School is a secondary school and sixth form located in the town of Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, England. Originally built in the 1950s, it moved into a new building in 2005.
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History
Ryburn Valley High School opened in February 1959 as Ryburn County Secondary Modern School. It was a new mixed secondary school representing the merger of Sowerby Bridge Girls' School and Sowerby Bridge Boys' School. The advent of the comprehensive system gave birth to the name Ryburn Valley High School in 1979. It has grown from 600 pupils in 1959 to almost 1500 in 2013.
The new building was confirmed in 2001 and was built from 2004 to 2005. The pupils moved into the building after spring half term in 2005.
Ryburn Valley High School was awarded specialist status in Media Arts in 2004. In 2016, the first Ryburrn Academy Awards were held at the Victoria Theater in Halifax
The school received a rating of Grade 2, 'Good', for overall effectiveness in its 2013 Ofsted inspection report.
The school converted to academy status in September 2014.