Heywood Community High School was a secondary school in the Heywood district of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. The school closed 30 June 2010 to students but officially closed on 31 August 2010.EduBase - HCHS
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History

The school opened in 1966 as Sutherland High School.Link4Life Darnhill
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Edubase. The school was renamed to Heywood Community High School 31 August 1990. In 2006 when the position of Headteacher was appointed to David Yates the school's performance improved dramatically. from 10% A*-C

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grade to 71% in 2010, the year of the school's closure. This made the school one of the best in the Rochdale borough and in the top 20 most improved schools in the country.Results boost for HCHS
Rochdale News Online. The school officially closed on 31 August 2010, as a result of the British Government's

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strategy.Rochdale BSF Consultation
rohdale.gov.uk The school stopped accepting new students in 2008 in order to phase out the majority of students in preparation for the closure in 2010. When the school closed the majority of remaining students were transferred to neighbouring

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and the remainder to Holy Family College. In the school's last

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report it was found to be outstanding in many areas.2009 HM Ofsted Report
ofsted.gov.uk The former school building was demolished in late 2010.

In the media

* 27 September 2003 the school had a large fire in the technology department. The school was open as usual after the fire. * 10 August 2010 Arsonists deliberately set fire to the former school building. Two days later another fire was started in the building. Heywood councillor Jacqui Beswick reported the site has been left unsecured.Deliberate fire at HCHS
Rochdale News Online.Second school fire in 2 days
Rochdale News Online. * 26 August 2010 the school announced record

exam results for the last year of the school. 71% of students achieved A*-C grades. This was above the national average of 69.1% that year.

Notable alumni

* Elliott Tittensor, an actor best known for his role of

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in the Channel 4 show '' Shameless'', is a former student of Heywood Community High School. He left the school in 2006. * Luke Tittensor is an actor best known for playing Daz Eden in the

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soap '' Emmerdale''. He is the twin brother of Elliott Tittensor.Luke Tittensor
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Sutherland High School

* Mike Hill, Labour MP since 2017 for

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* Lisa Stansfield

Gallery

File:Sutherland High School (geograph 2409718).jpg, Outside Sutherland High School in 1977 File:Sutherland High School (geograph 2409689).jpg, Aerial view of Sutherland High School in 1977 File:HCHS_Drive.jpg, The drive of Heywood Community High School File:HCHS Reception.jpg, The reception area, displaying HCHS on the tower File:Heywood Community School (2010) (geograph 2409766).jpg, The school whilst being demolished

References

{{Schools in Rochdale Educational institutions established in 1966 1966 establishments in England Educational institutions disestablished in 2010 2010 disestablishments in England School buildings in the United Kingdom destroyed by arson Heywood, Greater Manchester