Alder Grange School
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| motto = ‘Once an Alder Granger always an Alder Granger’ {{Cite web|url=https://aldergrange.com/|title=Home|website=Alder Grange|accessdate=25 June 2023}}
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| type = Community school
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| head_label = Headteacher
| head = Joanna Griffiths
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| address = Calder Road
| city = Rossendale
| county = Lancashire
| country = England
| postcode = BB4 8HW
| local_authority = Lancashire
| ofsted = yes
| urn = 119722
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| enrolment = 830{{Cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/119722|title = Alder Grange School - GOV.UK}}
| gender = Coeducational
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 18
| houses = Cribden, Whinberry and Swinshaw (Red, Green and Blue){{cite web |title=House |url=https://aldergrange.com/house/ |website=Alder Grange}}
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Alder Grange School is a secondary school and sixth form located in the east Lancashire town of Rawtenstall, England.
Facilities
The school's sporting facilities include a gymnasium, a 3G pitch with astroturf, and Alder Grange Sports Centre - a fitness room with sports hall. The sports hall opened in 2008 which includes various facilities which include badminton courts, table tennis tables, outdoor football space and basketball courts.
Elsewhere, the school has one cafeteria, five science labs, four specialised technology rooms including a kitchen for food technology, a music room and one IT suite.{{cite web|title=Alder Grange Prospectus|url=http://aldergrange.com/uploads/Documents/About%20Us/2013_ag_prospectus%20.pdf|access-date=12 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513060258/http://aldergrange.com/uploads/Documents/About%20Us/2013_ag_prospectus%20.pdf|archive-date=13 May 2014|url-status=dead}}
The school is closely linked to school technology provider Promethean and has taken part in trials of new products, as well as frequently using current ones in day-to-day lessons.{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Deborah |title=Students trial new text technology |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2034487.students-trial-new-text-technology/ |website=Lancashire Telegraph |access-date=24 January 2025 |date=11 February 2008}}
Awards and status
It previously held specialist school status as a Technology College (since 1993) and a second award in Applied Learning.{{Cite web|url=http://www.edubase.gov.uk/establishment/quality-indicators.xhtml?urn=119722 |title=Establishment: Alder Grange Community and Technology School |publisher=EduBase |access-date=2011-03-21 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 2007 it was designated a High Performing Specialist School.{{Cite web|url=http://aldergrange.com/index.php/about-us|title=About Alder Grange|publisher=Alder Grange Community and Technology School|access-date=2011-03-21}} The specialist school programme ended in 2013.{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Ross |date=2010-06-18 |title=Government cuts millions from 14 to 19 reform funding |url=http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Education/1010919/Government-cuts-millions-14-19-reform-funding/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622004338/http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Education/1010919/Government-cuts-millions-14-19-reform-funding/ |archive-date=2010-06-22 |access-date=2022-04-13 |website=Children & Young People Now}}
Extra curricular activities
Apart from academic work, students at Alder Grange can participate in other activities. These include the Music School (includes extra instrument lessons or taking part in school productions such as a rendition of Grease) and formerly the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme (bronze to silver).
ag6
In January 2011, Alder Grange School opened its new sixth form centre for 16- to 18-year-olds, giving its students an easier choice when they carry on full-time education after 16. The building had a construction cost of £6 million, and offers around 100 student places per academic year.{{cite web|title=ag6 prospectus|url=http://aldergrange.com/uploads/Documents/About%20Us/ag6_prospectus_2012.pdf|access-date=12 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513074533/http://aldergrange.com/uploads/Documents/About%20Us/ag6_prospectus_2012.pdf|archive-date=13 May 2014|url-status=dead}}
= Facilities =
Facilities at the new ag6 building includes a catering kitchen and café, media studio with camera equipment, a science laboratory, a student social area with library, staff lounge and horticulture equipment.
= Courses =
At ag6, students can take academic A levels, vocational BTEC (or similar) qualifications, or a mixture of both. Courses available include classic academic courses such as English literature, mathematics, sociology, the law, to vocational ones such as performing arts and creative media.
Alderbeat
Alder Grange School launched its own internal radio station named Alderbeat in February 2012, after purchasing high-end radio equipment. The station was broadcast on 87.9FM and was played throughout the school. The station manager was an Alder Grange student.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9566871.rossendale-school-set-alderbeat-radio-station|title = Rossendale school set up Alderbeat radio station| date=2 March 2012 }} Alderbeat was discontinued in March 2017.
References
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External links
- [http://www.aldergrange.com Alder Grange School website]
- [https://aldergrange.com/ag6-home/ Alder Grange Six Form website]
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Category:Schools in the Borough of Rossendale
Category:Secondary schools in Lancashire