Reddish Vale Technology College
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Reddish Vale Technology College is a school in Stockport, Cheshire in the United Kingdom.
It is a technology college and has been awarded the Artsmark Gold Award from the Arts Council of England.[1][2][3] A 2004 OFSTED report summarized it as "a good school".[4]
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[edit] Departments
Reddish Vale Technology College has many departments catering for different educational needs, some of which are:
- English (compulsory subject)
- Mathematics (compulsory subject)
- Science (compulsory subject)
- ICT (GCSE subject)
- Geography (GCSE subject)
- ART (GCSE subject)
- P.E (Compulsory, but not at GCSE level)
[edit] Technology College status
Reddish Vale is a technology college,[4] which means it is a secondary school which receives extra funding for its Design & Technology Department. The school is able to offer high quality facilities to its pupils in the areas of food technology; textiles and resistant materials.
Reddish Vale became a specialist school in 1995, being one of the first LEA schools in the country to do so.
[edit] Student Voices
The school has recently developed a new way of getting pupils to put their ideas for improvements to the school council. The use of a web forum has proved very popular with both students and staff. This website was designed and developed by Oliver Hemsted & Michael Sharp. The whole concept of the Student Voices website was came from Mrs Spencer a citizenship teacher at RVTC.
[edit] Famous ex-pupils
- Emma and Eve Ryan, glamour models, Love Island contestants, actresses.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Haile, Deborah. "School celebrates a double gold", Manchester Evening News, 10 June 2005. Retrieved on 2006-10-11.
- ^ Artsmark - recognition and reward for schools dedicated to the arts. Arts Council England. Retrieved on 2006-10-11.
- ^ Artsmark - case studies. Arts Council England. Retrieved on 2006-10-11.
- ^ a b Woodward, Mark (2004). Inspection Report: Reddish Vale Technology College (pdf). Retrieved on 2006-10-11.
- ^ Wylie, Ian. "Twins Emma and Eve spice up Love Island", Manchester Evening News, 29 July 2006. Retrieved on 2006-10-11.
