The Hathershaw College of Technology and Sport is a coeducational, comprehensive secondary school for 11 - 16 year olds in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
In 2007, OFSTED rated the school as "good".
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The school began as 'Hathershaw Technical High School', and in 1966 it became a co-educational comprehensive school. Later, In 1981 Oldham's first joint school/community sports hall was built here. In 1992, under further reorganisation, it became an 11-16 establishment. In December 1999 it was recognised by the Government as one of the 50 most improved secondary schools in the country. Then, in September 2000 the school became an Technology College. In May 2003 the school became members of the Specialist Schools Trust "Value Added" club for significantly improving examination results between Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 4. In November 2004, the school received over £1 million in lottery funding to improve its sports facilities. In March 2005 the school became the first dual-specialism school in England, specialising in sport as well as technology. In October 2005, the school opened a new £350,000 netball complex.
In 2009, the College achieved its best ever GCSE results with Maths and English with 74% of students gaining 5 A*-C and 41% gaining 5 A*-C grades with Engish and Maths. This confirmed the OFSTED grade of "good" achieved in November 2007.
November 2010, the school was re-visited by OFSTED and given the label; 'good with outstanding features'.
One of the previous Headteachers was Mr David Ashley who left to become Headteacher at Parrs Wood Technology College Currently, the Headteacher is Mrs Carol Cawkwell.
The Deputy Headteachers are Mr D. McEntee and Mr M. Giles
The Assistant Headteachers are Mrs H. May, Miss S. Wescott Mr A. Travis and Miss L. Phillips
In 2001 Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien visited the school.[1]
In November 2006 former Manchester United and Spurs player Garth Crooks visited the school.[2]
In 2010 the Member of Parliament and former Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls visited the school shortly before the United Kingdom general election, 2010.