Rawlett Community Sports College is a high school

High school

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 located on the outskirts of Tamworth

Tamworth

Tamworth is a town and local government district in Staffordshire, England, located north-east of Birmingham city centre and north-west of London. The town takes its name from the River Tame, which flows through the town, as does the River Anker...

, a small market town in Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...

, England

England

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. It was previously known as Rawlett High School. This is a specialist school

Specialist school

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 that is a Sports College

Sports College

Sports Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, PE, sports and dance. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Sports...

. Rawlett educates around 1,250 students aged 11–16. The Headteacher

Head teacher

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 is Tim Bassett. The catchment includes Tamworth, Fazeley

Fazeley

Fazeley is a small town and civil parish in the District of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. Fazeley is located on the outskirts of Tamworth and the civil parish of Fazeley also includes Mile Oak and Bonehill....

, Mile Oak, Elford

Elford

Elford is a village and civil parish in Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England. It is situated on the east bank of the River Tame, about east of the City of Lichfield and 5 miles north of Tamworth.-Origins:...

, Hopwas

Hopwas

Hopwas is a village in Staffordshire, England. It lies just over west of Tamworth and east of Lichfield. It is situated where the A51 road crosses both the River Tame and the Coventry Canal...

, Riverside, Coton Green

Coton Green

Coton Green is a small housing estate north of Tamworth. Originally built from around 1970 the development contains a mix of private and council owned houses....

, and Gillway

Gillway

Gillway is a council estate in Tamworth, United Kingdom built in the 1950s. It is a small suburb consisting of brick and concrete houses and two storey flats. It has a local school called Flaxhill and a pub called the Tam 'o' Shanter. It also has shops opposite the pub, and is near the Leyfields...

.

Facilities

The school operates the Rawlett IT Academy, which offers Microsoft Office 2003 Specialist courses and exams. As it is a Sports College it has many sports facilities such as a four court sports hall, sprung wooden gymnasium, dance studio, meeting rooms, changing rooms, three floodlit county standard tennis courts, floodlit county standard netball court, floodlit synthetic pitch, and playing fields.

Connexions Card launch

Education secretary

Secretary of State for Education and Skills

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 Estelle Morris

Estelle Morris

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 chose Rawlett to launch the Connexions Card

Connexions Card

The Connexions Card was a smart card for 16-19 year olds in England for rewarding students who turned up to lessons, work-based training and other activities with points that could be redeemed for discounts on consumer goods listed on the Connexions website, bus journeys or suitable goods in local...

, on 14 June 2002. The card was a national initiative to encourage all 16-19 year olds to continue in education and training.