Riddlesdown Collegiate
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| Motto | Learners of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow |
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| Established | 1958 |
| Principal | Mr Gordon H. Smith |
| Specialism | Science College |
| Location | Honister Heights Purley London CR8 1EX England |
| Local authority | London Borough of Croydon |
| DfE URN | 101818 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1902 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Blue, green, purple, maroon, dark blue, yellow |
| Website | www.riddlesdown.org |
Coordinates: 51°19′33″N 0°05′16″W / 51.32572°N 0.08791°W
Riddlesdown High School is a secondary school , located in the Riddlesdown area of the London Borough of Croydon, England.
Riddlesdown is a coeducational school, of 1902 students (311 of those being post-16 students). The school takes its pupils mainly from the Sanderstead, Selsdon, Purley, New Addington and South Croydon areas, and has gained Specialist Science College status. Riddlesdown is the largest school in Croydon in terms of pupil numbers. In September 2009, the school's name changed from Riddlesdown High School to Riddlesdown Collegiate, featuring six colleges; four of which will hold a mixture of years 7-11, a Creative Performing Arts college and a Sixth Form college.
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[edit] Motto
The college's motto is "Learners of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow" as voted for by the school's student body.
[edit] The colleges
Four of the six colleges in the collegiate are 11-16 colleges with another for sixth form (16-19) and a Creative and Performing Arts College.
| College name | Age/type | Main colour |
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| Aquila | 11-16 | Blue |
| Orion | 11-16 | Green |
| Pegasus | 11-16 | Purple |
| Phoenix | 11-16 | Red/maroon |
| Creative Performing Arts | CPA | Dark blue |
| College VI | Post-16 | Yellow/orange |
[edit] Ofsted
In an Ofsted inspection in 2009[1] the majority of the results were Grade 3 (broadly average or below average), with some Grade 2 (generally above average), compared with the previous 2005 inspection[2], which contained mostly Grade 2 results with some Grade 1 (exceptionally and consistently high) and few Grade 3.
[edit] Changes
In 1992, Riddlesdown was the first school in Croydon to be awarded Grant Maintained status by the Secretary of State for Education, and since then about 300 pupils have been admitted to the school by the Board of Governors each year.
In 1999, a Sixth Form Centre was established on the site and Riddlesdown became a Voluntary Aided School under the Bourne Foundation.
Extensions:
- School foyer built with 3 new classrooms above.
- An extension to the Science department was built, with 16 new classrooms.
- A bridge was built to join the two buildings of Humanities Faculty, now Phoenix Collge.
- The CPA sports facilities were extended so the sports hall is now conjoined with a new fitness room, with the College VI common room residing above.
- A small 1 classroom extension, with a glass corridor surrounding it in Aquilla College.
- An extension to the CPA Drama and Music block was built, with eight new practice rooms, and two music tech class room and a separate Music technology class room in which the computer equipment needed is used. This also allowed for a performance hall to be made more accessible to all.
- Ten widescreen televisions have been placed around the school.
- An art block has been built from Portakabins with wider rooms and more space than the old block.
- A new reception has offices next to the old reception and improved first aid facilities. Work was completed in April 2010.
- A new block for cooking lessons.
[edit] Uniform
The uniform for years 7-10 consists of:
- A plain clip-on tie, with the colour depending on the college.
- Shirt or blouse.
- Outer blazer with school badge.
- An optional plain black jumper.
- Charcoal grey trousers or skirt.
- Black shoes.
- Black tights (girls).
The Year 11 uniform is different with a coloured jumper or cardigan, dependent on the home college. Also, girls can wear black trousers instead of skirts. Year 11 do not wear ties.
Consultation with parents showed no interest in allowing girls to wear trousers. However, year 11 girls are allowed to wear trousers. College VI students have no dress code.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Kate Moss, supermodel, 1985 - 1990[3]
- Rickie Haywood Williams, 1991 - 1996
- Nigel Reo-Coker, footballer, 1995 - 2000
- Klariza Clayton, actress, 2000 - 2005
- Kieran Gibbs, footballer, 2001 - 2006
[edit] References
- ^ 2009 Ofsted inspection report
- ^ 2005 Ofsted inspection report
- ^ Hatfield, Stefano (2005-09-26). "Stefano Hatfield On Advertising". The Independent. Independent News and Media Limited. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/stefano-hatfield-on-advertising-508459.html. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
