The Rawlett School is a

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with academy status located on the outskirts of Tamworth, a market town in

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. It was previously known as Rawlett Community Sports College and, before that, as Rawlett High School. The school is sponsored by the

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. Rawlett educates around 1,250 students aged 11–16. The

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is Heather McLachlan. The catchment includes Tamworth,

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, Mile Oak,

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, Riverside,

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and

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History

The school was officially opened in September 1980, by local Councillor Arnold Ward. In 1983 the school merged with the soon to be closed Perrycroft Girls' school and for some of that academic year operated as a split site. By 1985 all 5 year groups were full and the sixth form was becoming established. Four Houses were set up, Grosvenor, Weymouth, Townshend and Wolferstan, named after historically prominent Tamworth families and landowners. In 1999 a fifth House - Peel - was established. Following the loss of the sixth form in 2012 (a Sixth form College was built in Tamworth by Landau Forte Academy) the school reverted to four Houses and Grosvenor ceased to exist. In Jan 2018 the school was criticised by many (including parents) for the introduction of rules for maximum nail length for students.

Facilities

The school operates the ''Rawlett IT Academy'', which offers Microsoft Office 2003 Specialist courses and exams. It has many sports facilities such as a four-court sports hall, sprung wooden gymnasium, dance studio, meeting rooms, changing rooms, three floodlit county standard tennis courts, floodlit county standard netball court, floodlit synthetic pitch and playing fields. In 2012, the two music rooms were converted to a gymnasium which is free to students during school time and up to 4:30pm when the general public can pay to use it.

Connexions Card launch

The Education secretary

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chose Rawlett to launch the Connexions Card, on 14 June 2002. The card was a national initiative to encourage 16- to 19-year-olds to continue in education and training."Estelle Morris Launches The Connexions Card In The West Midlands"
Department for Education and Skills, 14 June 2002

References

External links

Official site
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