Nidderdale High School

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| head = Kath Jordan

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| address = Low Wath Road

| location = Pateley Bridge

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| postcode = HG3 5HL

| county = North Yorkshire

| country = England

| local_authority = North Yorkshire Council

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| enrolment = 393 {{As of|2023|08|lc=on}}

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Nidderdale High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, England.{{cite web|url=http://nidderdale.n-yorks.sch.uk/|title=Home|publisher=Nidderdale High School, Pateley Bridge|access-date=11 January 2021}} The school is named after Nidderdale, one of the Yorkshire Dales in which the school is located.

The school is part of the Red Kite Alliance{{cite web|title=Red Kite Alliance – Our partners|url=https://www.redkitealliance.co.uk/our-alliance/our-partners/|access-date=11 January 2021|website=www.redkitealliance.co.uk}} – a partnership of schools and universities in Yorkshire focused on providing school-to-school support and training new teachers.{{cite web|title=Red Kite Alliance – Our aims and objectives|url=https://www.redkitealliance.co.uk/our-alliance/our-aims-and-objectives/|access-date=11 January 2021|website=www.redkitealliance.co.uk}}{{cite web|date=16 May 2014|title=Yorkshire's Red Kite Alliance celebrate another successful year of school direct – initial teaching training|url=https://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2014/05/16/yorkshires-red-kite-alliance-celebrate-another-successful-year-school-direct-initial-teaching-training/|access-date=11 January 2021|website=Harrogate Informer}} Nidderdale High School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.

History

In July 2017, a group of children from the school were runners-up in the Project Reinvent Challenge, sponsored by Drax Power and won a share of the £10 000 prize for their design for a new climbing wall.{{cite web|title=Success for York dynamos|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15420618.success-for-york-dynamos/|access-date=11 January 2021|website=York Press|date=19 July 2017 }}

In December 2017, the school received media attention after part-time art teacher Bridget Adams{{cite web|title=Staff List|url=http://nidderdale.n-yorks.sch.uk/about-us/pupil-premium/|access-date=11 January 2021|website=Nidderdale High School, Pateley Bridge}} won The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Award for her artwork Organised Kindness.{{cite web|title=Huge success of Pateley teacher-turned-artist|url=https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/arts-and-culture/huge-success-pateley-teacher-turned-artist-718488|access-date=11 January 2021|work=Harrogate Advertiser}}

In September 2020, the school won the National Association of Pastoral Care in Education Pastoral Development of the Year Award for its Harmony Project.{{cite web|title=National Award for Pastoral Care|url=http://nidderdale.n-yorks.sch.uk/we-are-the-winners/}}

Previously a community school administered by North Yorkshire Council,{{cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/121700 |title=Nidderdale High School - GOV.UK |publisher=Get-information-schools.service.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2022-12-27}} in September 2023 Nidderdale High School converted to academy status.{{cite web | url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/149987 | title=Nidderdale High School - GOV.UK }} The school is now sponsored by the Moorlands Learning Trust.{{cite web | url=https://www.moorlandslearningtrust.co.uk/our-schools/ | title=Moorlands Learning Trust }}

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