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 […]
🏆 Outstanding Commitment to STEM 🏆
We are delighted to announce that Rainford High has won the award for Outstanding Commitment to STEM at the @educateawards!
This award belongs to our STEM staff and students. At Rainford, every student takes part in STEM beyond the ...classroom, and that is down to the hard work and passion of our teachers and support staff.
Their work has led to:
🔬 More than three times as many students choosing Separate Science at GCSE, double the number taking Computer Science, and oversubscribed Technology classes.
🚀 Over 1,000 students entering national STEM competitions this year, with more than half achieving commendations or above.
⚙️ An equal uptake of girls and boys studying A-Level Physics, with half accepting places on competitive engineering degree apprenticeships this year.
Behind these figures are staff who give their time to run clubs where students launch model rockets, design games, build with reclaimed materials and take on GCHQ coding challenges.
They also lead residential trips, our Girls in STEM programme, and a British Science Week that every student looks forward to.
Thank you to every member of staff and the students who make STEM at Rainford so special. We are incredibly proud of you. 💙
#RainfordHigh #STEM #OutstandingCommitmentToSTEM #ProudOfOurStaff #GirlsInSTEM
This week's sports round-up:
🏉 Pic 1: Our Year 8 boys rugby had two games in two days this week in the NW group stage. Winning 22-18 against St Ambrose Barlow of Swinton on Wednesday and then going 30-12 down to a strong Great Sankey team. Fantastic defence in both games with a ...great effort from all involved. Ben and Josh with man of the match performances for heroic defensive efforts!
⚽️ Pic 2: On Monday, our year 7/8 girls played in the 3rd round of the National Cup. Another dominant performance on the ball with some clinical finishing. The game finished 10-3 and we look forward to Wilmslow High @ home in round 4. Well done, girls - another fantastic performance!
POTM - Ruby 🏆
🏀 Pic 3: Alice in year 7 has got a place in the Mersyside u12 netball development squad!! What an amazing achievement 👏
🏀 Pic 4: Polly in year 7 has a place on the Thunder trailblaze u12 program and Merseyside u12 development squad 👏🏼 congratulations Polly 🙌
🏉Pic 5: Year 10 boys played their first game of rugby union today 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. We will get another go at union in the plate competition following defeat today.
⚽️ Pic 6: Well done to our Year 7 lads today who proudly represented the school at the football festival at Ruskin!
Some fantastic defensive and attacking play throughout, but most importantly, it was brilliant to see the boys working hard and playing for each other as a team. Great effort from everyone involved.👏
⚽️ Pic 7: WHAT A GAME! Our year 11’s travelled to Upton High on Thursday. Their determination and work ethic were on show and the boys really pulled through for one another and simply wanted it more. Some great shot stopping at the back from Reuben and arguably one of the best strikes this team has seen from Luis saw the boys through to round 4 of the National Cup winning 5-3.
Jack D, Jack P, Luis, Harry and Gabe ⚽️
🏆⚽ Regional Champions! ⚽🏆
Today, our Year 7/8 girls competed in the regional qualifier for the EFL Girls Utilita Cup, with the chance to represent Wigan Athletic. ⚽️
After a rocky start, the girls did what they do best: they backed one another and went on a 7-game ...winning streak to win the tournament! 🙌
Well done, girls. We are all so proud of this great achievement. 💛❤️
Thank you to @wiganathletic for hosting such a great celebration of girls' football.
📣 Don't worry, we haven't forgotten our other sports teams. Full sports news will be out tomorrow!
#ESFA #UtilitaCup #GirlsFootball #RainfordHigh
Thank you!! 🎄
Today, our students and families donated hundreds of items for this year's Christmas Fayre and toy appeal, and we are overwhelmed by your generosity.
Thanks to you, we have:
🍾 Bottles to fill our bottle stall
🎁 Selection boxes for our grotto
...
🧸 New toys for our toy appeal
🍫 Chocolates, biscuits and chocolate oranges
🛁 New toiletry sets
🎟️ Fantastic raffle prizes
A huge thank you to every student, parent and carer who contributed. Your kindness will make a real difference this Christmas and shows exactly what our school community is about.
We look forward to seeing you at the Fayre! ✨
Everyone Matters | Everyone Helps | Everyone Succeeds
#RainfordHigh #ChristmasFayre #ThankYou #CommunitySpirit
✨ What will your future look like? ✨
We are so excited for our students to join us at our Aspirations Fair and meet employers, colleges, training, and industry experts who can help you explore your next steps after school.
🎓 A Levels | 🛠️ Apprenticeships | 💼 Careers... | 📚 College | 🚀 Opportunities
📅 Wednesday 18th November
📍 Rainford High
#CareersFair #FutureReady #DreamBig #CareersInspiration #NextSteps
Friday lunchtimes just got more adventurous. ⚔️
Every week, students gather for The Midday Quest, our Dungeons and Dragons club, where they work together to solve problems, tell stories and face whatever the dice decide. It's a brilliant way to build confidence, creativity and ...friendships, and new adventurers are always welcome.
Well done to everyone who keeps the quest going each week! 🎲
#RainfordHigh #TheMiddayQuest #StudentEnrichment
This week's sports round-up:
🏊♀️ Pic 1: Well done to the Year 10 Swim squad who got bronze in the Mixed Inter Team Relay Medley at the North West Relay Swim Championships! 🏅
⚽️Pic 2: Year 7 girls football played a friendly against DLS on Thursday with the ...occasional firework to add to the fun 🎆. A great performance, well done girls. 👏
🏉 Pic 3: Our wonderful Kate in year 10 has been selected for Wigan Warriors Pathway to Performance! It's such an amazing achievement, and we wish Kate all the best 🙌
🩰 Pic 4: Y9-Y13 students took part in a dance workshop delivered by @nydcompany developing their contemporary style of dance.
Studeng had a brilliant time, a massive thank you to NYDC for the session.
Students can book workshops during the summer holidays via their website nydc.co.uk
🧭Pic 5: A group of y10 pupils completed their outdoor activity assessment for Sports Studies by taking on the orienteering course at Worden Park. 📍
Lunchtime is a little more colourful at Rainford High! Every week, students in our Rubik's Cube Club join Mr Ndebu to practise their problem solving, learn new techniques and support one another to improve. It's great to see their patience and perseverance paying off, one twist at a ...time.
#EveryoneMatters #EveryoneHelps #EveryoneSucceeds #rubikcube
🎮 Game on at Coding Club! 💻
Today our Coding Club began building their very own games in Scratch, starting with the stars of the show: the Sprites! 🐱✨
Students designed and developed their characters, thinking carefully about how each one will look, move and bring their... game to life. It's been brilliant to see so much creativity, problem solving and teamwork in one room.
We can't wait to see these games take shape over the coming weeks. Watch this space! 👀
#EveryoneMatters #EveryoneHelps #EveryoneSucceeds #RainfordHigh #CodingClub
