Newhouse Academy is a

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located in Heywood,

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, England.

History

Siddal Moor School opened in September 1968. It was formed from Heywood Grammar School and the Bamford Road and Hornby Street

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s. It was originally to be the new site of the

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. The former site of the grammar school on ''Hind Hill Street'' became the Hind Hill Centre. It was demolished in 2006 and is now th
Phoenix Centre
As part of the specialist schools programmes, Siddal Moor School was awarded

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status and was renamed Siddal Moor Sports College. The school was allocated money for the refurbishment and rebuild. The project included a new building at the front for teaching and administration with the rest of the school being refurbished. The project was finished in 2011. Previously a community school administered by Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, in April 2020 Siddal Moor Sports College converted to academy status and was renamed Newhouse Academy. The school is now sponsored by the Hollingworth Learning Trust.

Notable former pupils

Siddal Moor Sports College

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, actor. * Ryan Tunnicliffe, footballer

Siddal Moor School

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, singer and actress * David Martin Makin, co-founder of

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* Tennant, event organiser/producer of

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and other Universe raves in the 1990s

Heywood Grammar School

* John Abrahams, former captain of Lancashire Cricket Club * George Bellairs (Harold Blundell), author * Charles Booth CMG LVO, Ambassador to Burma from 1978–82 and High Commissioner from 1982-85 to Malta * Pamela Bowdenbr>

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, and former President of the Incorporated Society of Musicians *

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, striker for

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in the 1970s *

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OBE AFC, Station Commander from 1990-92 of

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, and Chief of Defence Logistics from 2002–04 * Lister Tonge,

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since 2012 * Wilfred Turner CMG CVO, High Commissioner to Botswana from 1977–81 *

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CBE, the last Chief Executive from 1990-96 of the

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, and President from 1999-2002 of the CILT

References

External links

Siddal Moor Sports College

Heywood Grammar School

EduBase

News items

Demolished former school

Teacher dies in plane crash in July 2004

Council signs Building Schools for the Future contract
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