Rodillian School

Coordinates: 53°43′50″N 1°30′09″W / 53.73069°N 1.50237°W / 53.73069; -1.50237

Rodillian School is a mixed Comprehensive School located in Lofthouse, West Yorkshire, England. The school has around 1,337 students aged between 11 and 18. The school has Specialist Arts College Status. The school's full name is Rodillian School: South Leeds Performing Arts College.

History

The school was originally built in 1933 as Rothwell Grammar School to serve the needs of children in Rothwell and the surrounding areas. In 2008 it 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, a large library, sporting facilities including fitness centres, and gyms, dance halls and PE classrooms. Part of the new build is a Children's Centre that allows for the use the school's sporting and educational facilities by children up to five years of age.

Rugby

The school's main sport is Rugby League; through the years the school has built successful rugby teams. In recent years the 03-08 year and 05-10 years have dominated the Leeds Rugby League competitions. Both have won the Leeds Schools Cup, reaching the Yorkshire finals, and reaching the semi finals of the national competition, the Carnegie Champion Schools Cup.^{[citation needed]}

Academic performance

The school's academic performance has improved over the last 4 years. Rodillian has improved its exam results from 19% 5 A*-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 A*-C from 35% in 2007 to 87% in 2011.^[1] At A-Level student performance is graded as an ALPS of 2, equalling the teaching of A-Level to some of the best nationally.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni

Rodillian School

• Carl Ablett : Leeds Rhinos first team player
• Mark Bell (British musician): Musician, one half of LFO
• Gareth Evans former Leeds Utd, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool footballer
• The Pigeon Detectives
• Alan Smith: former Leeds United,Newcastle United and MK dons footballer
• Robert Shaw Cameron: Actor & Theatre Director

Rothwell Grammar School

• Dr John Armitage, Principal from 1975-97 of College of St Hild and St Bede, and former Professor of Mathematics at the University of Nottingham
• Peter Brownlow, Managing Director of Border Television 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 Council from 1984-88, President of the Institute of Fisheries Management from 1987-99 and of the Freshwater Biological Association from 1972-4
• Richard Newby, Baron Newby OBE (Lib Dem peer)

References

• School Net
• Direct Government Website
• Official School Website
• Ofsted UK Schools Inspectors
• Ofsted 2008
• BSF Details

External links

• Rodillian School official website
• Rodillian Ofsted Report
• EduBase