North Chadderton School
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| North Chadderton School | |
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| Location | Chadderton and Royton |
| LEA | Metropolitan Borough of Oldham |
| Region | Greater Manchester |
| Founded | Circa 1900 |
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| Type | Secondary School |
| Category | Comprehensive |
| Reference | 105737 |
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| Age range | 11–18 |
| Gender | Mixed |
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North Chadderton School is a mixed gender comprehensive school and sixth form for 11 - 18 year olds, located in Chadderton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
It has recently been given the status as a Business and Enterprise College, and has several signs placed around the site to this effect. The school is a split-site school. Years 7 to 8 are based in the Broadway Building. Years 9 to 11 are based in the Upper School Building, located on Chadderton Hall Road. Years 12 and 13 are based in the 6th Form centre close to the Upper building.
The range of academic years correspond to ages from 11 to 18. Students follow the UK National Curriculum. Key Stage 3 examinations are taken at the end of Year 9. Key Stage 4 (GCSE) examinations are taken during Years 10 and 11. The school has a strong Sixth Form. Most students leaving the Sixth Form go on to study at Universities within the UK. Some students gain places at other Universities in the European Union. A wide range of subjects is offered, including IT, Psychology and chemistry.
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[edit] Facilities
North Chadderton is a split school site and both buildings have been extended recently to cater for increasing pupil numbers. Each building has a Library and Resource Centre, with multi-media facilities, as well as specialist information technology rooms and science laboratories. There is Internet access throughout the school and students and staff have access to high technology facilities, such as interactive whiteboards.
P.E. facilities in Upper School include a sports hall, gymnasium and fitness room. The school has very advanced music, technology and art facilities. Modern canteen areas provide for healthy eating.
“Spiritual, moral and cultural development is a major strength of the school. There is a strong pastoral system which is well-structured, consistent in its dealings with pupils and has a coherent approach. Consequently, pupils feel secure in the school and have trust in their teachers.”
[edit] Sixth form
North Chadderton has its own sixth form with the majority of pupils former students at the compulsory level (yr7-11). There are a number of subjects available at AS-Level and A-level to study at North Chadderton. These include:
Government and Politics
Travel and Tourism
J Davies Beauty Treatment, References to good plastic surgeons
[edit] Young Enterprise
A group of sixth form students also take part in the young enterprise scheme. Young Enterprise is a charity scheme in the United Kingdom involving students typically in their late teens, which allows them to start and run their own business usually for the period of one academic year.
[edit] Notable Former Puplis
Some of North Chadderton's notable former pupils include:
- Jeff Hordley - Cain Dingle in the popular ITV Soap 'Emmerdale'
- Nicola Stephenson - former Brookside Actress
- Kelvin Fletcher - Actor in the popular ITV soap 'Emmerdale'
- Tyrone Mears - Premiership football player
- Karen Elson - Supermodel
- Matthew Gilks - Professional football player
- Iestyn Harris - Professional rugby football player
- David Jones - Lead guitarist with popular band Nine Black Alps
[edit] External links
Recent website developments
- School main page
- The School's online learning environment
- Blue Jewel- The business set up by a group of the sixth form students
Our established websites. The school has an established history of online learning, and the following websites, developed at North Chadderton School, are still active. Indeed, the websites are under constant development. New websites for students and teachers have been developed for new curriculum developments. Credit for these developments over the last 12 years is to be given to Dr. Martyn Overy.
