Bowland High | |
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![]() Main building (2013) | |
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Riversmead , , BB7 4QS
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Coordinates | 53°54′41″N 2°21′09″W / 53.9115°N 2.3525°W |
Information | |
Type | Academy |
Established | 1949[1] |
Department for Education URN | 136997 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Head teacher | Laura Fielden [2] |
Gender | Coeducational [2] |
Age | 11 to 16 [2] |
Enrolment | 550 [2] |
Capacity | 575 [2] |
Website |
bowland |
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 2022 has approximately 550 pupils. [2]
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][ better source needed] 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.
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]
As of 2020, the school's most recent Ofsted inspection was in 2016, with a judgement of Outstanding. [7]
Bowland High | |
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![]() Main building (2013) | |
Address | |
| |
Riversmead , , BB7 4QS
[2] | |
Coordinates | 53°54′41″N 2°21′09″W / 53.9115°N 2.3525°W |
Information | |
Type | Academy |
Established | 1949[1] |
Department for Education URN | 136997 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Head teacher | Laura Fielden [2] |
Gender | Coeducational [2] |
Age | 11 to 16 [2] |
Enrolment | 550 [2] |
Capacity | 575 [2] |
Website |
bowland |
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 2022 has approximately 550 pupils. [2]
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][ better source needed] 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.
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]
As of 2020, the school's most recent Ofsted inspection was in 2016, with a judgement of Outstanding. [7]