Rhyddings

A new "hi tech" building for the school opened in March 2003, replacing the annex which had been in use since the 1920s.^[3]

The former headteacher was Paul Trickett, who replaced Barry Burke.^[4] Burke took over from his predecessor, Joyce Moore, in January 1998. She began as headteacher in 1974, being the first woman headteacher at a mixed school in Lancashire.^[5][6]

In December 2013, it was reported that a quarter of teachers faced redundancy, due to more schools competing for fewer pupils.^[7] In June 2014, Trevor Ainsworth, the deputy headteacher, announced his retirement from the school, after spending his entire teaching career in Rhyddings, starting in 1977.^[8]

The school was inspected by Ofsted in 2014 and judged Good.^[9]

In January 2016, the school was named one of "329 Failing Secondary Schools".^{[10][better source needed]}. Rhyddings most recent inspection was in 2025.^[11]

Previously a community school administered by Lancashire County Council,^[12] in June 2022 Rhyddings converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the LET Education Trust.^[13]

Rhyddings offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.^[14]

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• Paul Manning, undercover police officer and whistleblower^{[citation needed]}
• Jay Slater, a 19-year-old man who disappeared in Tenerife and was later found dead in a ravine by police