The Ridings School The Ridings School The Ridings was a secondary school for ages 11–18 in Ovenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, overseen by the Calderdale local authority. It was created in 1995 when two local secondary modern schools merged. The school is relatively small for its type; as of 2007 it had 537 students, of whom 28 were in the sixth form. Before it became the Ridings school, it was known as The Ovenden High School (which closed on 31 December 1994). The headteacher, Anna White was rewarded with a CBE in 1999 for improving the school after it had been labelled "Britain's
Dave Ridings of ex-Hilton Park teammates. Dave Ridings David "Dave" Ridings (born 27 February 1970) is an English retired footballer who played in the Football League for Halifax Town, Lincoln City and Crewe Alexandra. On 24 August 1996 he joined Leigh RMI just an hour before the transfer deadline, enabling him to make his debut for the club, as a substitute, in the 3-1 Northern Premier League Division One home defeat to Droylsden later that afternoon. In 2002, he turned down the offer of a new 12-month contract with Leigh to join Stalybridge Celtic, linking up with former Leigh assistant manager David