Droylsden Academy is a

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Droylsden Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, east of Manchester and west of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, in the mid-19th cen ...

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. It opened in September 2009 on the site of the former Droylsden School, Mathematics and Computing College for Girls which it replaced. The former Littlemoss High School for Boys was also replaced by this school. The school buildings were completed in January 2012 and accommodates 1400 students. The School also housed a small number of sixth form students between the years of 2011 and 2013 under the name D6. This branch of the school was closed down in 2013 causing A-level students to relocate to other sixth form colleges, mainly to

Clarendon Sixth Form College Clarendon Sixth Form College is a sixth-form college on Camp Street in Ashton-under-Lyne, England, in the metropolitan borough of Tameside. In October 2015, the college relocated to a new building in Ashton town centre, from the previous site o ...

, formerly in Hyde. This school uses a slogan of PH2 (politeness hard-working and honesty.)

History

Former schools on this site, always known locally as ''Manor Road School'', have included: *''Droylsden High School for Girls'', a secondary modern school, 1951-2009 *''Droylsden School, Mathematics and Computing College for Girls'', c2000-2009

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