Rudheath Senior Academy is a

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secondary school that educates approximately 420 children between 11 and 16 years of age. It is located in the village of

Rudheath Rudheath is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, in the north west of England, approximately 2 miles east of Northwich. The population of the civil parish as tak ...

, near

Northwich {{Infobox UK place , static_image_name = Northwich - Town Bridge.jpg , static_image_caption = Town Bridge, the River Weaver and the spire of Holy Trinity Church , official_name = Northwich , country ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's coun ...

, England. It was formerly known as Rudheath Community High School, and held

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status. The school converted to academy status in January 2012 and was renamed University of Chester Academy Northwich. The school was then sponsored by the

University of Chester , mottoeng = "He that teacheth, on teaching" , former_names = , established = (gained university status in 2005) , type = Public , endowment = £395,000 (2018) , budget = £118.3 million , chancellor = Gyles Brandreth , vice_chancell ...

Academies Trust. The school was extensively damaged by an arson attack in February 2018 and has subsequently been substantially rebuilt. In November 2018 the school was transferred to the North West Academies Trust and was renamed Rudheath Senior Academy.

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Academy websiteCurrent OFSTED report
Secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester Academies in Cheshire West and Chester School buildings in the United Kingdom destroyed by arson {{Cheshire-school-stub