Bowland High

Bowland High is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Grindleton in Lancashire, England. It educates pupils from ages 11–16, and as of 2020 has approximately 570 pupils.[1]

Bowland High
Main building (2013)
Address
Bowland High
Location in Ribble Valley
Bowland High
Location in the Forest of Bowland
Riversmead

Grindleton
,
Lancashire
,
BB7 4QS[1]

England
Coordinates53.9115°N 2.3525°W / 53.9115; -2.3525
Information
TypeAcademy
Established1949 (1949)[2]
Department for Education URN136997 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherLaura Fielden[1]
GenderCoeducational[1]
Age11 to 16[1]
Enrolment550[1]
Capacity575[1]
Websitewww.bowland.lancsngfl.ac.uk

History

The main building dates from 1865.[3] It was originally opened as Foxley Bank Hydro, later to become a hotel in the Edwardian era. In 1923, it became a National Children's Home orphanage under the direction of Sister Ella Curnock.[4] Later, it was developed into a wartime home for refugee children from Europe, still under the auspices of the National Children's Home organisation.[4]

In 1989, the refugees had a 50th anniversary reunion at the school and a film, They came to Riversmead, was produced for television to commemorate the event.

View of the school grounds (2015)

The building was opened as a secondary school in 1949.[3] It was previously known as Grindleton Riversmead Secondary Modern School and then as Bowland County Secondary School.[5]

The conversion to an academy was resisted by staff in 2011.[6]

School performance

As of 2020, the school's most recent Ofsted inspection was in 2016, with a judgement of Outstanding.[7]

Notable former pupils

References
  1. "Bowland High". Get information about schools. Gov.UK. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. "School History". Bowland High. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. "Bowland High Proposed New Development Design and Access Statement" (PDF). Borough of Ribble Valley. 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. "Ribblesdale / Riversmead". Children's Homes. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. "Bowland County Secondary School". The National Archives. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. "Bowland High School staff to strike over academy plan". BBC News. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  7. O'Neill, Helen (2016). "Bowland High". Ofsted. Retrieved 8 August 2020.


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