Rawmarsh Community School is a
coeducational
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secondary school with
academy
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status located in
Rotherham
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,
South Yorkshire
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, England.
Ofsted inspections
Since the commencement of
Ofsted inspections in September 1993, the school has undergone many inspections.
Ofsted reports rated Rawmarsh Community School as Grade 4 (Inadequate) for overall effectiveness in 2007, Grade 3 (Satisfactory) in 2008 and 2011, and Grade 4 in 2013. The school was placed in
Special measures
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In education (England and Wales)
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in 2013. Based on the 2017 inspection,
Ofsted now rates Rawmarsh Community School as a Grade 2 (Good) School.
Headteachers
* 1966–1987 – Pat Laing
* 1987-1998 – Tony Evans
* 1998–2010 – John Lambert
* 2010–2013 – Mr G Wilson
* 2013–present – David Hudson OBE (Executive Headteacher)
* 2013–present – Mrs Helen O’Brien (Headteacher)
Media
In September 2006 Jamie Oliver and Rawmarsh Community School were the subject of newspaper reports after a group of parents objected to Oliver's "healthy school dinners" scheme, in which pupils on site were fed 'healthy options' during school lunchtime pupil lock-ins. Some parents took orders over the school fence for nearby sandwich and fast-food outlets. The food was then delivered over the fence to waiting pupils.
[Wainwright, Martin]
"The battle of Rawmarsh"
''The Guardian
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'', 20 September 2006. Retrieved 25 November 2013
References
External links
Rawmarsh Community School
Secondary schools in Rotherham
Academies in Rotherham
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