| Motto | Language for Life |
|---|---|
| Closed | July 2010 |
| Type | Community secondary school |
| Headteacher | Bernard Phillips |
| Specialism | Humanities College |
| Location | Roxbury Avenue, Salem Oldham Greater Manchester OL4 5JE England |
| DfE URN | 105731 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 774[1] |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Website | Breeze Hill School website |
Breeze Hill School was a mixed gender comprehensive secondary school for 11 - 16 year olds in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The school was a specialist Humanities College, and served over 750 students. The last Headteacher was Mr Bernard Phillips before it merged with neighbouring Counthill School to form the Waterhead Academy. The school lay in the heart of Oldham's Pakistani Asian community, and therefore the school was predominantly Asian student wise.
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The Breeze Hill School campus contained two main teaching blocks. The Year 7 Base was for new arrivals, and was created to ease the transition between primary and secondary school. The main teaching block served students from Year 8 onwards.[2] Breeze Hill had intensive playing fields and an Astro-turf pitch, where various sports were played by both students from the school and the local community.
In May 2001, a racially-motivated attack outside Breeze Hill School began a series of events that escalated into a five-day period of rioting known as the Oldham Riots.[3][4]
On the 31st August 2010, Breeze Hill School, along with Counthill School merged to become the Waterhead Academy. The campus has been renamed 'Roxbury Campus' until the academy moves to a third location, and the school will no longer be in use, expected 2012.[5]