North Chadderton School is a mixed gender

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and sixth form, located in

Chadderton Chadderton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irk and Rochdale Canal. It is located in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Oldham, south of Rochdale and north-east of Manchester. Hi ...

, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, 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

A627(M) The A627(M) is a motorway that runs between Chadderton and Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. It is long and connects these two towns to the M62. It opened in 1972. Route Heading north, the road starts as a two-lane dual carriageway on ...

close to Chadderton Fold and opposite St Matthew'
Church
near

Chadderton Hall Park Chadderton Hall Park is a park in Chadderton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Its roots stretch back to the 13th century being the land on which Chadderton Hall once stood. It contains a large field area with a ...

History

North Chadderton County Secondary School was a secondary modern school, 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 David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford. It was for 300 pupils from

, Failsworth, Royton, Crompton 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 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council for admissions.

Curriculum

Pupils follow the UK National Curriculum. Key Stage 4 (GCSE) examinations are taken during Years 9, 10 and 11.

Sixth form

North Chadderton has its own sixth form

6th form In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepare for A-lev ...

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 * Matthew Dunster, 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 * Kelvin Fletcher, actor in '' Emmerdale'' *

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, footballer who made over 650 appearances in the

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, actress and musician. * Matthew Gilks, footballer who played in the Premier League for

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* 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
Cain ready and able for wedded bliss
''ManchesterEveningNews.co.uk'', 4 February 2003. *

Danny Philliskirk Daniel Philliskirk (born 10 April 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club AFC Fylde. Born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, he began his career as a junior with Oldham Athletic before moving to Chelsea. Having ...

, former Oldham Athletic footballer *

Mark Robins Mark Gordon Robins (born 22 December 1969) is an English football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Coventry City in the EFL Championship. As a player, he was a striker and is best known for his time in the Premier League ...

, FA Cup and UEFA Super Cup winning footballer. Has also managed several

clubs * Nicola Stephenson, actress who has appeared in TV soaps such as Brookside and Emmerdale *

Stuart Wolfenden Stuart Wolfenden (born 7 February 1970) is an English actor. He has played three different roles in Coronation Street, first as paper boy Craig Russell, then as Mark Casey and later as Greig Hodge. More recently he joined the cast of Hollyoaks a ...

, actor

North Chadderton County Secondary School

Woolly Wolstenholme Barclay James Harvest are an English progressive rock band. They were founded in Oldham, in September 1966 by bassist/vocalist Les Holroyd (b. 1948), guitarist/vocalist John Lees (b. 1947), drummer/percussionist Mel Pritchard (1948–2004), a ...

, member of Barclay James Harvest rock band

Chadderton Grammar School for Boys

* Peter Ballard, Archdeacon of Lancaster from 2006–10 *

Les Chapman Leslie Chapman (born 27 September 1948), commonly known as Les and sometimes as Chappy, is an English former football player and manager. As a player, he made 747 appearances in the Football League in a career that spanned 22 seasons, playing ...

, former footballer and manager *

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, Conservative MP since 2010 for Finchley and Golders Green

References

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