Ridgewood Community High School in Burnley partially closed due to excessive staff absence
By Emma Downey
Published 1st Oct 2024, 10:10 GMT
Updated 1st Oct 2024, 10:11 GMT
A special education school in Burnley is partly closed today due to excessive staff absence.
Ridgewood Community High School at Eastern Avenue is partly closed for year 12, 13 and 14 in the morning and afternoon.
The secondary school which has 186 students from age 11 to 19 and a student-teacher ratio of 9:1 blamed excessive staff absence for the partial closure.
It cited a high number of staff reported absent, alongside current vacancies, leading to insufficient trained staff to pupil ratios.
This school, which has a tagline of ‘Inspire today achieve tomorrow’, was rated as Good by a recent Ofsted inspection.