North Chadderton School is a mixed gender secondary school and

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, located in

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, in the

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, England.

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

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close to Chadderton Fold and opposite St Matthew'
Church
near

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History

North Chadderton County Secondary School was a

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, which was split into girls' and boys' sections. South Chadderton County Secondary School, another secondary modern, was on ''Butterworth Lane'' in

Grammar school

Chadderton Grammar School on Broadway, a mixed school, was officially opened in October 1930 by

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. It was for 300 pupils from

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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

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for admissions.

Curriculum

Pupils follow the UK

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(GCSE) examinations are taken during Years 9, 10 and 11.

Sixth form

North Chadderton has its own sixth form 6th form with the majority of pupils former pupils at the compulsory level (years 7-11). Current attendance is around 150 pupils within both years.

Notable alumni

* William Ash, actor *

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, actor, theatre director and playwright *

Karen Elson Karen Jill Elson (born 15 January 1979) is an English model and singer-songwriter. Early life and education Elson was born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, and attended North Chadderton School as a child. She has a fraternal twin sister, filmma ...

, supermodel and singer-songwriter * Keith Etherington, District Judge *

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, actor in ''

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'' * Mike Flynn, footballer who made over 650 appearances in the English Football League, Football League * Keeley Forsyth, actress and musician. * Matthew Gilks, footballer who played in the Premier League for Blackpool F.C., Blackpool * Iestyn Harris, rugby league player and coach who now works as a TV pundit * Jo Hartley, actress * Jeff Hordley, then known as Jeff Percy, actor in Emmerdale as Cain DingleDonohue, Simon
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''ManchesterEveningNews.co.uk'', 4 February 2003. * Danny Philliskirk, former Oldham Athletic F.C., Oldham Athletic footballer * Mark Robins, FA Cup and UEFA Super Cup winning footballer. Has also managed several English Football League, Football League clubs * Nicola Stephenson, actress who has appeared in TV soaps such as Brookside (television programme), Brookside and

* Stuart Wolfenden, actor

North Chadderton County Secondary School

* Woolly Wolstenholme, member of Barclay James Harvest rock band

Chadderton Grammar School for Boys

* Peter Ballard, Archdeacon of Lancaster from 2006–10 * Les Chapman, former footballer and manager * Mike Freer, Conservative MP since 2010 for Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency), Finchley and Golders Green

References

External links

History of the site

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