Ridgewood High School is a
coeducational secondary school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...
, a part of the Stour Vale Academy Trust situated in
Wollaston (near
Stourbridge), in the
West Midlands county of England.
History
Ridgewood High School opened in September on the merger of
High Park School and
Longlands School (former
secondary modern schools), and exists within the buildings of High Park School, which were laid out some thirty years earlier.
The reorganization of schools which saw the creation of Ridgewood was part of borough-wide changes in 1989 and 1990 which saw another new school, (
Castle High), being created by a merger of two schools as well as two small secondary schools closing down.
In the autumn of 2008, a new building was added which included a dance studio, music rooms, Science lab and ICT suites. This followed the building of an Eco-centre at the rear of the school which is used as a Science lab and a community meeting room.
Previously a
foundation school
In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools.
Foundation schools were set up under the School Standards and Framework A ...
administered by
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Ridgewood High School converted to
academy status in March 2015
and in 2018 changed to join the Stour Vale Academy Trust
Ofsted
Ridgewood High School was inspected by
Ofsted
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for the first time after becoming an academy between 27–28 February 2018 resulting in an overall effectiveness rating of Inadequate.
As of 2021, the school's most recent inspection was in 2019, with a judgement of Requires Improvement.
References
External links
Ridgewood High School
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Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley
Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley