Established 1959 Headteacher Ms Joy Clarke DfE URN 141248 Tables Number of students 1,507 Gender Mixed-sex education | Type Academy DfE number 353/4027 Phone +44 161 624 9939 Founded 1959 | |
Location Chadderton Hall Road
Chadderton
Greater Manchester
OL9 0BN
England Address Chadderton Hall Rd, Chadderton, Oldham OL9 0BN, UK Motto Driven to be outstanding in all that we do. Similar The Blue Coat School, The Radclyffe School, Failsworth School, Newman RC College, Oldham Hulme Grammar Profiles | ||
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North Chadderton School is a mixed gender secondary school and sixth form, located in Chadderton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
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Admissions
The range of academic years correspond to ages from 11 to 18. The school is exceeding the designed capacity. It is situated on the B6195, not far from the A627(M) close to Chadderton Fold and opposite the St Matthew's church near Chadderton Hall Park.
History
North Chadderton County Secondary School was a secondary modern school, which was split into girls' and boys' sections. South Chadderton County Secondary School, another secondary modern, was on Butterworth Lane.
Grammar school
Chadderton Grammar School on Broadway, a mixed school, was officially opened in October 1930 by David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford. It was for 300 pupils from Chadderton, Failsworth, Royton,Crompton and Lees. Extensions to the school were opened in September 1935. By 1950 it had 700 boys and girls, 800 by 1954, and 900 by 1958. In 1957 it was decided to split the school into two single sex schools. In 1959, the boys left for the new grammar school, and the girls stayed at the old site. Parents protested about the move. Chadderton Grammar School for Boys was on Chadderton Hall Road, and concentrated more on science and maths. It had around 600 boys.
Comprehensive
In 1974, the school's administration moved from the Lancashire Education Committee to Oldham MBC, and secondary schools were re-organised in September 1975 and the school became a comprehensive mixed school. The lower school on Broadway of the North Chadderton secondary modern school was merged with the school.
North Chadderton underwent a transformation in 2012-13 by constructing a new school on the same site. This brought both lower school and upper school sites together.
Academy
North Chadderton School converted to academy status on 1 September 2014 and is now independent of local authority control. However the school continues to coordinate with Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council for admissions.
Curriculum
Students follow the UK National Curriculum. Key Stage 4 (GCSE) examinations are taken during Years 9, 10 and 11. Most students leaving the Sixth Form go on to study at universities within the nb. Some students gain places at other universities in the European Union. A wide range of subjects is offered, including IT, psychology and chemistry.
Sixth form
North Chadderton has its own sixth form 6th form with the majority of pupils former students at the compulsory level (years 7-11). Current attendance is around 150 pupils within both years.