Kingsway Park High School is an 11–16 KPHS - Dept of Education
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that opened in September 2010.Kingsway Park High School
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edubase.gov.uk The school is located in the Kingsway area of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in

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. The school has approximately 1318 students on roll, with at least 14 countries represented across this number.

History

The school was established as a result of an amalgamation of

Balderstone Technology College Balderstone Technology College was a school in the Balderstone district of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. Location It is situated near the junction of Queensway (A664) and Oldham Road (A671) between Balde ...

and Springhill High School under the

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program.Balderstone Technology College
Rochdale.gov.uk The schools trust, Kingsway Learning Trust Limited was established in May 2010 by partner school

Middleton Technology School Middleton Technology School is a coeducational secondary school in the Middleton area of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. Since 1995 the school has specialised in technology, vocational education and Raising ...

along with

Rochdale Sixth Form College Rochdale Sixth Form College is a Sixth Form College opened in September 2010. The Sixth Form College campus is situated next to Hopwood Hall College in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, forming an educational quarter in the town. Rochdale i ...

and the Rochdale local authority. Previously a

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administered by Rochdale Borough Council and Kingsway Learning Trust, in February 2022 Kingsway Park High School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Altus Education Partnership.

School performance

In the most recent

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Inspection (September 2013), Kingsway Park High School was awarded "good" in all criteria with Inspectors noting continued improvements in Exam Results along with attendance and other key performance criteria. It is also good to mention that there was a short inspection from Ofsted in July 2017, however no changes were made to the previous ranking.

New school building

Under the

program and opening in September 2013, the school receive a new £13 million building built on the former Springhill High School site on Turf Hill Road.

References

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