Falinge Park High School is an 11–16 mixed comprehensive school in

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area of the

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in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom.Falinge Park High School
EduBase. The school has been recognised as an

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and has gained the

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, as well as

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Gold,

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Gold and the

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.2010 Ofsted Report
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inspection it was found to be "a good school where pupils rise to the high expectations of the headteacher and staff".

History

The school was founded as Rochdale Municipal High School for Girls in 1935. In 1953 it became Rochdale Grammar School for Girls, with an intake of 350 and in the 1970s it became a 13- to 18-year-old mixed sex school called Greenhill Upper School.EAL Report on FPHS
issen.org.uk Over the years the schools capacity has increased to 1,200 through a number of additional buildings. 31 August 1988 it was renamed to Falinge Park Upper School as a result of an amalgamation with another school.Greenhill Upper School
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Edubase The school was renamed again to the school's current name, Falinge Park High School 31 August 1990 due to a borough reorganisation and the intake changed to the current 11–16 age range.

Location

The school is located in the Shawclough area of Rochdale, bordering Falinge. It is named after the nearby Falinge Park and is situated just across the road from the park itself. The majority of pupils come from the Shawclough, Falinge and

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areas of Rochdale, though some pupils travel from areas such as Syke and

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. The town centre is approximately 10 minutes walk from the main gate to the school, which makes it ideal for the pupils and staff who have to travel via public transport.

School rebuild

Starting August 2012 the school is being rebuilt with the construction of a new three-storey building on the site, and a refurbishment of the existing sports hall and gym. The existing specialist ICT accommodation and dance studio will be retained. The rebuild project is due to be complete January 2014, the demolition of old buildings began April 2014 and was completed by June 2014. Pupils moved into the 'New Build' in January 2014. A new Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) block has been recently added.

Notable former pupils

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. He attended the school until 2004.

Greenhill School

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, and formerly

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, executive at the

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in Berlin

References

External links

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Official Facebook page
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