- Rye Hills School
Infobox school | name = Rye Hills School
name2 = Rye Hills School
established = 1975
type =Comprehensive
address = Redcar Lane,Redcar , TS10 2HN
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students = 1196
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write up=Rye Hills School is a
secondary school located inRedcar in the UK. The school holds specialistSports College status. TheLEA in charge of the school isRedcar & Cleveland .History
The school originally opened in 1975 as a merger of two neighbouring schools, Redcar Lane Secondary Modern (always called "Warwick Road") and Cleveland Grammar School, a girls' school. The new first year pupils of 1975/6 were the first intake under the comprehensive system.
The first headmistress was Patricia Rutherford, the first deputy head was Geoff Curtis. The current
headmaster is Hamish Joyce.The school was demolished and rebuilt on the same site in 2001. The new building was opened by
Tony Blair .In April 2008, it was announced that along with 114 other schools, Rye Hills was accepted onto the government's
trust school programme and they will work towards that status. [http://ts11.gazettelive.co.uk/2008/04/marske_school_win_place_on_tru.html]External links
* [http://www.ryehills.com Rye Hills School]
* [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_04.pl?Mode=Z&Code=&School=8074125&Type=&back=&No=807 DfES info]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/111/s5_111742_20051207.htm Ofsted report, December 2005]
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