Rodillian School
Encyclopedia
Rodillian School is a mixed Comprehensive School
located in the Rothwell
/ Wakefield
border area of, Lofthouse
, West Yorkshire
, England
. The school has around 1,337 students on roll aging between 11 and 18. The school has Specialist Arts College
Status. The School's full name is Rodillian School: South Leeds Performing Arts College.
In a recent Inspection 2008, Inspectors found the school had improved in all areas required and called for a continuation of the improvements stating "They could not have done any more to improve the school in the time available."
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Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
located in the Rothwell
Rothwell, West Yorkshire
Rothwell is a market town on the River Dolphin in the south east of the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, situated between Oulton to the east, Belle Isle to the west, Woodlesford to the north east and Robin Hood to the south west. Swillington, Methley and Kippax are located...
/ Wakefield
Wakefield
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
border area of, Lofthouse
Lofthouse, West Yorkshire
Lofthouse is a village in West Yorkshire, England between the cities of Wakefield and Leeds. It is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough but with a Wakefield postal address . It is mentioned as Locthuse also Loftose in the 1086 Domesday Book....
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The school has around 1,337 students on roll aging between 11 and 18. The school has Specialist Arts College
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
Status. The School's full name is Rodillian School: South Leeds Performing Arts College.
History
Originally built in 1933 as Rothwell Grammar School to serve the needs of children in Rothwell and the surrounding areas of south Leeds. In 2008 the school moved into a state of the art £27 million building.Inspections
In February 2008 Ofsted Inspectors ordered a Notice to Improve due to the school receiving Overall Grade 4 (Inadequate) from Inspectors.In a recent Inspection 2008, Inspectors found the school had improved in all areas required and called for a continuation of the improvements stating "They could not have done any more to improve the school in the time available."
Buildings
In September 2008, Rodillian moved to a newly built School as part of the Leeds BSF Project. At the new school are lecture theatres and a large library. Also the school has new sporting facilities including fitness centres, gyms, dance halls and PE Classrooms. As part of the build is a Children's Centre that allows 0-5 year olds to use the school's sporting and educational facilities.Rugby
The school's main sport is Rugby League, through the years the school has built highly successful rugby teams. In recent years the 03-08 year and 05-10 year have dominated the Leeds Rugby League competitions. Both winning the Leeds Schools Cup, reaching Yorkshire finals, and reaching the semi finals of the national competition; Carnegie Champion Schools CupChampion Schools
The Champion Schools tournament is a full contact knock-out rugby league football competition open to every secondary school in England, Scotland and Wales and is the largest rugby league tournament in the World "RFL-13-05-07" The competition is operated by the Rugby Football League and the...
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Academic performance
The school's academic performance has improved greatly over the last 4 years ensuring that pupils life chances are massively improved. Rodillian has excelled in recent years improving exam results from 19% 5A*-C including English and Maths in 2007 to 49% in 2010 and 48% in 2011. The school has also improved its percentage of pupils gaining 5*-C from 35% in 2007 to 87% in 2011. At A-Level student performance is graded as an ALPS of 2, equalling the teaching of A-Level to some of the best nationally. Recent Results.Famous alumni
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: Leeds Rhinos first team player - Mark Bell (British musician): Musician, one half of LFO
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former Leeds Utd, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool footballer - Alan Smith: former Leeds United and Newcastle United footballer
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band. - Robert Shaw CameronRobert Shaw CameronRobert Shaw Cameron is a British actor and director, currently the Resident Artistic Director at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.-Background:...
: Actor & Theatre Director
Rothwell Grammar School
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from 1996-2000 - Eric Caines CB, Professor of Health Service Management at the University of Nottingham from 1993-6
- Jean Denton, Baroness Denton of Wakefield CBE (Conservative peer)
- Sir Hugh Fish CBE, Chairman of the Natural Environment Research CouncilNatural Environment Research CouncilThe Natural Environment Research Council is a British research council that supports research, training and knowledge transfer activities in the environmental sciences.-History:...
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from 1972-4 - Richard Newby, Baron NewbyRichard Newby, Baron Newbythumb|right|250px|Lord Newby in 2001Richard Mark Newby, Baron Newby, OBE , is a British politician. The son of Frank and Kathleen Newby was educated at the Rothwell Grammar School and St Catherine's College, Oxford, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics...
OBE (Lib Dem peer)