Castlebrook High School

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Castlebrook High School
Details
Location	Unsworth
LEA	Metropolitan Borough of Bury
Region	Greater Manchester
Founded	1971
Ofsted
Type	Secondary School
Category	High School
Reference	105363
Students
Total	c. 900
Age range	11–16
Gender	Mixed
Other
Motto
Website

Castlebrook High School is a comprehensive school located in Unsworth, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England.

1 History
2 Intake and catchment
3 Possible closure
4 Notable alumni
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

The school originally opened in September 1971 and was originally called Unsworth Comprehensive School. Its initial enrollment was 146 pupils. In 1981, the school merged with Whitefield High School (aka Albert Road) and was renamed Castlebrook HighSchool.^[1]

[edit] Intake and catchment

It has a wide ranging catchment area with some pupils travelling from central Manchester or neighbouring Prestwich and Crumpsall. Some even come from as far as Bolton. However the majority of the school's intake is from the surrounding residential area which is a mixture of private owned post-war semi-detached housing and some local authority housing. The intake is very mixed, as with most comprehensives, some pupils are from very low socio-economic backgrounds whilst other are relatively middle-class. In recent years the school has been underperforming in the league tables although it is still highly regarded amongst many of the local residents.

[edit] Possible closure

Throughout 2006, along with several other schools in the wider Bury borough, it had been under a sustained threat of closure. It is believed that there will be 2,000 fewer high school students in Bury by 2015, so Bury Council wanted to close two high schools in the area. It was possible that Castlebrook would amalgamate with nearby Philips High School, or that either Castlebrook or Philips will be closed.^[2]

As of 2004, 952 pupils attend the school.^[3]

[edit] Notable alumni

The actress Gemma Atkinson attended the school before landing her role in Hollyoaks. Also Trevor Sinclair attended Castlebrook, who was part of England's world cup squad in Japan/Korea 2002. Alex Hargreaves guitarist/songwriter with The Rascals.