Our school has a clear ethos that Everyone Matters, Everyone Helps and Everyone Succeeds. The way for us to all achieve our vision is by staff, students and parents working together so we can ensure that every child who comes here can have the best education possible. Schools are fantastic places because they are about making dreams a reality.
Ian Young, Principal
Recently, our Sixth Form students enjoyed an exciting trip to Lille, France, combining culture, creativity, and festive fun. One of the highlights was visiting Lille’s famous Christmas Market, where students explored traditional stalls, sampled seasonal treats, and experienced the magical atmosphere of a European winter celebration. The trip also included a visit to the […]
With the annual COP climate conference (COP30) being held in Belem, Brazil in November. Rainford High hosted its annual Mock UN Climate conference for students and local Primaries. In total 9 schools joined the conference, representing different countries around the world and outlining how climate change was affecting them and what they are doing to […]
This year’s Christmas Fayre was a wonderful celebration of festive spirit and community. Families were welcomed into Santa’s Grotto, where Santa and Mrs Claus spent time meeting our younger visitors and spreading plenty of Christmas cheer. One of the biggest hits of the evening was the ever-popular Bottle Stall, which proved so successful that it […]
This week's sports round-up:
⚽️ Pic1: Another solid performance for year 11 boys football on Tuesday against Balshaw HS in the National Cup. After a nervous start, a late goal from Louis in the first half saw Rainford cruise to a 3-0 win and a dominant second half performance.
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Louis ⚽️ ⚽️
Jack ⚽️
POTM - Louis 🥅
⚽️ Pic 2: On Monday, our year 9 boys played in the first round of the Elite National Cup. Sadly, despite a solid 1st half, our lads fell short of the mark on this occasion.
POTM - Luke S 🏆
⚽Pic 3: A fantastic day for our Year 7 footballers as they took part in their first-ever football festival! 👏
There was plenty of enthusiasm, teamwork, and determination on show, with the boys embracing the opportunity to represent the school, develop their skills, and gain valuable match experience.
Well done to everyone involved — plenty more to come! 🏆
⚽️ Pic 4: Wednesday saw our y10/11 team travel to Pensby in the Merseyside Cup. Another fantastic performance in front of the goal and a dominant display throughout led to a 12-0 win!!
Georgie ⚽️ x9
Cara ⚽️ ⚽️
Logan ⚽️
POTM - Eva and Zoe 🏆
⚽️ Pic 5: Our Year 7 girls took part in their first football festival today and were excellent role models for the school. They came up against some tough oppositions, but the girls pushed on demonstrating the everyone succeeds strand of our ethos, well done girls! 👏
🏉Pic 6: Year 10 boys played there first game of rugby union this week away at Hutton Grammar who were a well organised side , the lads gave it their all and represented school with pride and learnt a lot from this experience , well done boys 🙌
⚽️Pic 7:Y7 girls football 1st round Merseyside Cup saw Rainford win 6-2over Weatherhead
Goals
Poppy ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Lucy ⚽️
Amasing work, girls!! Onto the next 🙌
🏎️ A huge thank you to our wonderful school community for donating Scalextric sets to our lunchtime club!
Your generous support is helping students develop valuable design, engineering and problem-solving skills, while also supporting our Design & Technology Club as they compete ...in the national Scalextric4Schools STEM competition.
We are incredibly grateful for your donations and excited to see what our future engineers can achieve! 🔧🏁
#Scalextric4Schools #STEM #ThankYou #EveryoneMatters #FutureEngineers
♻️ Creativity meets sustainability! ♻️
Our Sewing Club students have been busy turning recycled and repurposed materials into amazing fashion pieces for their Circularity Projects. The creativity, imagination, and hard work on display has been incredible, and we can't wait to ...see the final designs come to life!
#JunkKouture #SewingClub #StudentSkills #EveryoneMatters
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This week's sports round-up:
⚽️ Pic 1: Year 8 and 9 girls football represented the school in their first St Helens festival of the year. The girls showed great teamwork and determination throughout. Well done to all involved 🥳
⚽️ Pic 2: Year 7/8 girls football ...continued a great start to the National Cup with a 13-0 win against Pensby. A great team performance all round with some exceptional teamwork.
Poppy R ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Ruby ⚽️⚽️⚽️
Poppy F ⚽️⚽️
Emily ⚽️⚽️
Lucy K ⚽️
Lucy B ⚽️
POTM - Lucy B 🏆
⚽️ Pic 3: Year 10/11 girls football cruised through to round 3 of the National Cup with a controlled and dominant performance against St Bede’s with the score finishing 9-1.
POTM - Georgie 🏆
Georgie ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Holly ⚽️⚽️
⚽️Pic 4: Year 7 boys football put on a valiant effort in their first match of the seasons, but a very tough opposition saw them defeated. Onwards and upwards 🙌
🎨♻️ Creativity was flowing in our latest House Competition!
Students were challenged to create amazing pictures using recycled bottle tops, and the results were incredible. 🤩 From colourful designs to imaginative masterpieces, everyone showed fantastic teamwork, creativity, and ...commitment to sustainability.
Here are just a few of our brilliant entries! 👏
Which one is your favourite? 💭
#Resilience #Endeavour #Determination #Integrity #Compassion
🌟Join us for our Sixth Form Open Evening on Thursday 15th October.🌟
Whether you're already part of our school community or considering your next steps with us, this is the perfect opportunity to discover what makes our Sixth Form such a special place to learn, grow and ...succeed.
We look forward to welcoming students and families for an evening of inspiration, ambition and opportunity.
#RainfordSixthForm #OpenEvening #NextSteps
📣 Join our team at Rainford High, St Helens! 📣
We’re looking for dedicated and organised individuals to join our team in three important roles:
📚 Cover Supervisor
Support students across the school, helping to provide a positive and purposeful learning environment ...and supporting the delivery of learning.
📝 Exams Officer
Play a vital role in the organisation and smooth running of internal and external examinations, working closely with staff, students and examination boards.
🫶 Learning Assistant
Work alongside teachers to support and deliver learning activities, helping to create supportive and enriching classrooms where young people can achieve their potential.
If you’re ready to make a valuable contribution to our school community, we’d love to hear from you!
🔗 Find out more and apply via the Rainford High website.
This week's sports round-up:
⚽️ Pic 1: Year 11 boys football made the short trip to Cowley to start off their season in the 1st Round of the St Helens Cup. After an early goal from Gabe, Jack followed up shortly after to make it 2-0 at the break. Into the 2nd half and Rainford ...were down to 10 men and decided to protect their lead. Only until Shay came off the bench and knocked in another off a great corner to secure Rainford a 4-0 win.
Shay ⚽️ ⚽️
Jack ⚽️
Gabe ⚽️
PoM - Shay
⚽️ Pic 2: Year 9 started their ESFA National competition in great fashion with a hard fought game against a strong Wade Deacon team. The boys dug in and protected their 3-1 lead from the first half with a disciplined performance off the ball.
Joey ⚽️
Archie ⚽️
Georgie ⚽️
PoM Archie 🏆
🛶 Pic 3: The Y10 Sports Studies students had a fantastic time completing their outdoor assessment at Crosby Lakeside Outdoor Centre.
⛳️ Pic 4: Shay and George came 3rd in the Lancashire schools golf u18 team competition. With only having 2 competitors and the best 2 scores from a 3 man team counting, the boys performed fantastically well. Shay went round in 78 and George went round in 72 and came 3rd overall individually, which means he goes through to the North of England!
⚽️Pic 5: Year 10/11 girls football we hosted Balshaw Academy in the 1st round of the National Cup. Goals were clearly on the mind of our girls with a solid performance across the board, seeing the game finish 9-1. POTM - Holly 🏆
Holly ⚽️⚽️⚽️
Darcie ⚽️⚽️
Georgie ⚽️⚽️
Bella ⚽️
Ruby ⚽️
🏉 Pic 6 :Year 8 rugby boys are through to the NW championships after a fantastic victory against a tough Sutton team. Final score of 22-18.
👟 Pic 7: A group of enthusiastic students across all year groups took part in the schools first North West Swimming Team Championships. They completed in Medley and Freestyle Relays, showing great skill and teamwork. (Picture Y7 & Y8 team).
☕💚 THANK YOU! 💚☕
A huge thank you to all our amazing staff and students who baked, bought, served and supported our Macmillan Coffee Morning! Together you helped us raise an incredible **£908.91** for Macmillan Cancer Support. 🎉
Every cake, cuppa and coin makes a ...real difference to people living with cancer and their families. We're so proud of our community's generosity. Thank you all! 🙌
Also, a massive thank you to @asda for donating cakes to help us reach this fantastic total 👏
#MacmillanCoffeeMorning #WorldsBiggestCoffeeMorning #EveryoneHelps
