Ridgewood High School

Who should I contact?

Urgent enquiries

If you need to contact school urgently, or to report concerns about student safety and student behaviour in the community please telephone main reception on 01384 958981.

General enquiries

For general enquiries, please email info@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk or telephone main reception on 01384 958981.

Contacting Teaching staff

Please be aware that most staff are teachers and will not always be able to read emails during the normal school day. If you have queries about your child’s academic progress, homework or friendships, then your first point of contact should be their form tutor, using info@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk. We aim to respond to parental queries within 48 hours. If you do not receive a response, please re-send your original email or contact us on 01384 958981.

For support with Free School Meals

Please use support@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk for queries regarding Free School Meals.

Senior Leadership Team

• Headteacher - Mr J Cannon - C/O cteese@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

• Deputy Headteacher - Mrs H Baldry - hbaldry@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

• Assistant Headteacher - Mrs K Holder - kholder@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

• Assistant Headteacher - Mr C Ewing - cewing@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

Faculty Leadership Team

• English - Mrs H Wright - hwright@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

• Maths - Mrs K Powis - kpowis@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

• Science - Mr S Dunstan - sdunstan@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

• Global Studies - Mrs J Hill - jhill1@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

• Creative and Technical Studies - Mrs R Lawrence - rlawrence@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

• Performance Studies - Miss S Halford - shalford@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

Our Pastoral Team

• Head of Year 7 - Miss S Gower - sgower@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

• Head of Year 8 - Mrs J Truslove - jtruslove@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

• Head of Year 9 - Miss K Bastock - kbastock@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

• Head of Year 10 - Mrs D Shakespeare - dshakespeare@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

• Head of Year 11 - Mrs R Billingham - rbillingham@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

• Support and Guidance Officers: Miss M Bishop, Mrs E Harrison, Miss A Davies

• SENCO - Mrs J Durose - jdurose@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

• Designated Safeguarding Lead​, Looked After Children Lead - Mrs H Baldry - hbaldry@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk

If you require a paper copy of any of the information on our website, please email your request to info@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk.