Welcome to Rainhill High School
A message from the headteacher
I am delighted to welcome you to our School Website. Rainhill High School is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive with 1550 Students, including more than 250 in the Sixth Form. Our School Mission Statement is Reach for the Sky @ Rainhill High. Words chosen by the Students that I believe, epitomise our ambitions.Read full introduction →
Ofqual Guidance on Summer Exams
Posted: April 2020
The Coronavirus Outbreak has left a many feeling anxious and confused over the situation regarding summer examinations. We have sent the letter below out to Parents and Students and...
Information regarding the closure of educational settings from the Government:
Posted: March 2020
Please see below, information from the Government regarding the closure of educational settings. We will keep you updated of any further releases and will inform you immediately of when...
School Closure Information
Posted: March 2020
As you may already be aware, The Prime Minister has announced this evening that education providers, including schools, will close until further notice after this Friday, 20th March 2020...
Parents Evening Cancelled
Posted: March 2020
Dear Y9 parent, In light of the government advise on corona virus we will be postponing the Y9 parents evening scheduled for 2.4.20 and the ‘Money Matters Day’ on...
Coronavirus Update
Posted: March 2020
Coronavirus Update
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Incident
Posted: March 2020
Dear Parents and Carers, As you may already be aware, there has been an incident at school this afternoon.
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Issue with Halton Transport
Posted: January 2020
Halton Transport have ceased to operate bus services. Merseytravel has secured emergency provision and school services previously operated by Halton Transport on behalf of the Liverpool City Region Combined...
Proposed Change of Bus Route
Posted: December 2019
We have had requests regarding a change to the 708 am bus service and we need to establish if there is sufficient demand to enquire about a change of bus route.
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Great prizes to be won in St Helens Libraries’ giveaway for teens
Posted: November 2019
Young people who are aged 11-18 years old are encouraged to either borrow a library book or download an eBook, eComic or eMagazine from St Helens Libraries between now...
Borneo 2021
Posted: September 2019
We are extremely excited to be giving our Year 9, 10, 11 and 12 students the opportunity to travel to Borneo with Camps International during the summer of 2021.
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Year 9 Fundraisers
Posted: September 2019
Our Year 9 Student Council, led by Arabella Reed, worked really hard prior to our last half term, baking cakes to sell in our Bake Sale and organising a...
100% Attendance
Posted: September 2019
Congratulations to Bethany Cope and Jack Coxhill, Year 11 Rainhill High School, who achieved 100% throughout their time at Rainhill, not one day off! Not only that, they did...
Year 11 Prom
Posted: July 2019
Year 11, we are so proud of you all. What a fabulous night, the dance floor was bouncing!
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Rainhill goes Eco Friendly
Posted: July 2019
Joe Brabin (Y12) writes we are the only source of plastic. It doesn’t spontaneously appear out of thin air or form as a natural by-product of some other process.
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Athletics Championships
Posted: July 2019
This weekend, two Rainhill students have the honour of competing for Merseyside in
the English Schools’ Athletics Championships.
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YEAR 10 ENTERPRISE DAY
Posted: July 2019
On Wednesday 10th July, Year 10 pupils were off timetable for the day to focus on Post16 choices after school.
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LFC Success
Posted: July 2019
It may only be July but LFC’s preparations for the 2019/20 season are well underway and last week they took on Tranmere at Prenton Park in their first pre-season friendly.
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YEAR 7 HEALTH DAY
Posted: July 2019
Year 7 pupils had a fantastic day covering all aspects of Health and Safety.
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YEAR 9 MONEY MANAGEMENT DAY
Posted: July 2019
On Monday 8th July, we had visitors from Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland. They worked with students on all aspects of money management from needs and wants...
Sports Day 2019
Posted: July 2019
On Thursday 4th of July, we were blessed with great weather and the question everyone was wondering was if any house could claw back the commanding lead that Rocket...
Outstanding Achievement in Art
Posted: July 2019
Grace Johnston (9A)
Congratulations this week goes out to Grace Johnston (9A) who was announced as the 2019 DOT.ART competition overall runner up.
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Geography Field Trip
Posted: July 2019
On Monday 24th, Wednesday 26th and Friday 28th June, Year 10 geographers enjoyed three days out of school on their fieldwork trip to Southport and Ainsdale.
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Rainhill Choir Visit
Posted: July 2019
On Friday 28th June, the Rainhill Choir toured 3 residential care homes within our local community to entertain the residents.
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Fundraising Student
Posted: June 2019
Well done to Neve Rooney who is participating in a number of fundraising events for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust to help make a difference to their research.
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Mini Sagas
Posted: June 2019
Congratulations to Lucy Strettle, Mia Follis, James Maddox, Katie Eddleston, Thomas Chamberlain and Emilia Ramsden from Year 9.
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The History Boys
Posted: May 2019
It’s been 25 years since Rainhill High School's Year 8 side last made a Merseyside Cup Final – but they more than made up for lost time as they...
All change at the top
Posted: May 2019
Rainhill is a popular school. Our students come mainly from the Rainhill and Nutgrove parts of St Helens, but about 30% come from Knowsley, Widnes or Warrington homes. We...
End of an era
Posted: May 2019
Monday 29th April is my last day at Rainhill and I finish my career in teaching. I cannot imagine a better job to have had. To be responsible for...
Napels Trip
Posted: May 2019
At 5:00am, thirty students and three staff set of to Naples, (the third largest settlement in Italy) with the aim to see one of the most famous volcanoes and...
