| Motto | Reach For the Sky @ Rainhill High |
|---|---|
| Headteacher | J. Pout |
| Specialism | Media Arts |
| Location | Warrington Road Rainhill Liverpool Merseyside L35 6NY |
| DfE URN | 104830 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | |
| Website | Rainhill High School |
Rainhill High School Media Arts College is a purpose built 11-18 comprehensive secondary school in Rainhill, Merseyside, England. The school is the official Liverpool F.C. Academy Education Centre in Merseyside for under-18 players to be educated[1] and is a Trust School in partnership with the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts and St Helens College.[2]
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Rainhill High School has its origins in the former separate Whiston County Secondary Schools for Boys and Girls which used to occupy a site in Portico Lane. These two well respected schools, which eventually merged on the 'old site' to form a co-educational comprehensive school with a sixth form, served several generations of pupils, many of whom now send their children to Rainhill High.[3]
Faced with falling rolls, Knowsley found the school surplus to requirements and St Helens, which did not have enough secondary school places, leased the whole school from Knowsley for five years. On completion of the transfer the school was renamed "Rainhill High School". This unique leasing arrangement provided a stop-gap answer to the problem which St Helens faced but it was obvious that the long term solution lay in building a new school to serve the families of Rainhill and neighbouring areas.[4]
The 'new school' was built between 1980 and 1987 on land formerly owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese. The 'new' Rainhill High School can truly be described as a purpose-built comprehensive school.[5]
A high proportion of Year 11 students continue in education, many of them in the sixth form, although there is a trend for pupils who wish to take 'A' levels to opt to leave the school at 16 and pursue their studies in local sixth form colleges instead, especially Carmel College (St Helens). Every year many pupils secure places on the university courses of their choice, usually at Liverpool and Manchester universities, but often further afield and occasionally at Oxford and Cambridge. Many achieve training places with major companies or progress to courses in further education.[6]
Raheem Sterling, a member of the Liverpool Football Club under 18 squad is a student at the school. On the 14 February 2011 he scored five goals in the FA cup under 18 trophy game against Southend. This led him to be called up by Kenny Dalglish for the senior team game against Sparta Prague. Sterling was only able to travel as the school was on half term holiday.