Richard Rose Central Academy

Richard Rose Central Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status. It is located in Carlisle in the English county of Cumbria.[1]

Richard Rose Central Academy
Address
Victoria Place

Carlisle
,
Cumbria
,
CA1 1LY

England
Coordinates54.89535°N 2.92391°W / 54.89535; -2.92391
Information
TypeAcademy
Local authorityCumbria County Council
Department for Education URN135621 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalMiss Ceri Bacon
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Websitehttp://www.rrca.org.uk/

History

Grammar school

The school traces its roots to Carlisle & County High School for Girls (CCHS), which opened at 19 Castle Street in January 1884 for 36 girls. The site is now the Bookcase Antiquarian Bookshop. The school was a girls' grammar school. In 1909 a new site was built at Lismore Place for Carlisle High School. The school had houses of Netherby, Greystoke, Lanercost and Linstock.

In 1904 the school was transferred to Cumberland County Council and later became St Aidan's County High School, a co-educational comprehensive school. The school was a girls' grammar school for 86 years until 1970.

Academy

In September 2008, St Aidan's County High School and the North Cumbria Technology College (formerly Harraby School) merged to form Richard Rose Central Academy. The school was subsequently rebuilt on the former St Aidan's site in 2010, costing £31m. The academy was first sponsored by Eddie Stobart owner Andrew Tinkler and local businessman Brian Scowcroft.

Protests

In January 2009, there were protests by parents and pupils regarding poor quality education and school facilities. The school was found to be inadequate by Ofsted and was placed in special measures,[2] with the headmaster and chief executive being immediately replaced.[3]. In 2019, More protests continued about Rules being too strict. Ceri Bacon, the current Principal, a day later, October 10th, announced the rules will continue. Many parents were unhappy, and a boy with a “Unacceptable Haircut” was also excluded. The Public reported plastic bottles and stones being thrown at the windows of Central Academy.

Positive Response

Sponsored by United Learning since Sept 2014, the Academy has gone from strength to strength and has once again posted an improving set of results for GCSE's and in the sixth form. Under new leadership and management the Academy is now rated as Good [4] by Ofsted and is one of the most rapidly improving schools in the County in terms of the new government measure of Progress 8.

Improvements have been attributed to a strong stance on expectations and behaviour and the move towards disruption-free teaching.

Federation

Since September 2014 Richard Rose Central Academy is sponsored by United Learning. The school is in a federation with Richard Rose Morton Academy and the schools share a sixth form.[5] The sixth form offers students the option to study from a range of A-levels, BTECs and vocational courses as programmes of study.

Notable former pupils
Liz Blackman
Bea Campbell in July 1987

St Aidan's County High School

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References
  1. http://www.rrca.org.uk/
  2. "Ofsted inspection report, Richard Rose Central Academy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  3. "Richard Rose Central Academy: Press Release". Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  4. http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/135621
  5. http://rrsfc.unitedlearningcms.org.uk/
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