Rivington and Blackrod High School
Academy converter secondary school in Bolton (Bolton).
Location
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Rivington and Blackrod High School and Sixth Form had a full Section 5 Ofsted inspection on 14th and 15th June, 2023. The school received a judgement of Good across all areas. This is thoroughly well deserved, and sincere thanks go to all students, staff, parents and Governors for supporting the school in achieving this.
The report contains lots of positive information about our school. We are really pleased that the hard work over the years is having a positive impact on the students and their academic and personal development.
We are delighted that the inspection team recognised the improvements that had been made to the school over the recent years through the hard work of leaders at all levels, grading Leadership and Management as Good .
We were also praised for our strong emphasis on developing the whole child through our work with the house system, our careers programme and our extensive extra-curricular timetable and therefore, Personal Development was also judged to be Good .
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Times Tables Rock Stars
Awards
4 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
- Basic Skills Quality MarkLiteracy and numeracy
- Healthy SchoolsHealth and wellbeing
- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 143773
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Chorley
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2017
Governing body (10 current, 5 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.1 governor is linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kevin McKeon | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Sandra Lucas | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Sam Walsh | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2026 |
| Dr Caroline Wakefield | Local Governor | Persons who are appointed by the foundation body or sponsor (if applicable) | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Rev Nicola Butterworth | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mrs Louise Donlan | Local Governor | Persons who are appointed by the foundation body or sponsor (if applicable) | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Gary Merritt | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr James Beardsworth | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Pauline Lomax | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Lee Yates-Berry | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026 |
| Mr Paul Roach Confirmed same person Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2026 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Vicki Walmsley Former | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Peter Wright Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
| Ms Sandra Lucas Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2022 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Caroline Wakefield Former | Local Governor | Appointed by foundation/Trust | since 2021 · term ended 2025 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record