Ryburn Valley High School

Ryburn Valley High School
Motto Excellere Contende (Strive to Excel)
Established 1959
Type Academy
Headteacher David Lord
Chair of Governors Melvyn Cross
Location St. Peters Avenue
Sowerby Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX6 1DF
England
Coordinates: 53°42′12″N 1°55′54″W / 53.70330°N 1.93168°W / 53.70330; -1.93168
Local authority Calderdale
DfE number 381/5408
DfE URN 141307 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Students 1438
Ages 11–18

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.

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.[1]

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.[2]

The school converted to academy status in September 2014.

Headteachers

Notable former pupils

References

  1. "Ryburn Valley High - a class act for half a century", Halifax Courier. Retrieved 21 July 2013
  2. "Ryburn Valley High School", Ofsted inspection report. Retrieved 21 July 2013
  3. "Deputy steps up to fill retiring head teacher's shoes",Halifax Courier. Retrieved 21 July 2013
  4. "Headteacher to retire after thirty years", Halifax Courier. Retrieved 21 July 2013
  5. "Ryburn Valley High School", Rvhs.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2013
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