Offerton School was a state comprehensive secondary school located north of the

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near the

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in Offerton, a suburb of

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. The school catered for pupils aged 11 to 16 and was maintained by the

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.Metropolitan Borough of Stockport: Offerton School
/ref> Due to a forced closure issued by the government, the school ceased to function in 2012. The school was originally known as Offerton Secondary School for Girls, Curzon Road, which was the first school to be built on the 50 acre campus in 1955, built by Stockport Corporation. it has 600 Girls. The second school to built in 1960 was Goyt Bank Technical High School for Girls. It was a two-form entry

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technical school, with girls moving there from the former Greek Street High School for Girls in Stockport. The third and final school to be built on the campus in 1964 was Stockport Technical High School for Boys. Stockport Technical High School (a boys'

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) moved from Pendlebury Hall on Lancashire Hill to The Fairway at Offerton. It had 400 boys. It became Goyt Bank School in September 1972 when Offerton Secondary School for Girls, Goyt Bank High School for Girls and Stockport Technical High School for Boys merged on the Offerton Campus. It had 1500 Girls and Boys. In 1983 Goyt Bank merged with Dialstone Lane, and was renamed Offerton High School. Later it became Offerton School. Today, part of the former school site now houses

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, a special school that was relocated from Brinnington.

Goyt Bank High School for Girls

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Stockport Technical High school

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Goyt Bank High School for Girls

Stockport Technical High school

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