Heywood Community High School

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Heywood Community High School
Heywood CoA.svg
Address
Heywood Community High School
Sutherland Road

Darnhill, Heywood
,
Greater Manchester
,
OL10 3PL

United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°35′16″N2°15′08″W / 53.5879°N 2.2523°W / 53.5879; -2.2523
Information
Type High School
Community School
Established1966
(as Sutherland High School)
Closed31 August 2010
Local authority Rochdale
Department for Education URN 105835 Tables
ChairMrs V Purslow
HeadteacherMr David Yates
Gender Mixed-sex
Age11to 16
Enrolment216 (at the time of closure)
Former nameSutherland High School
Websitewww.hchs.co.uk

Heywood Community High School was a secondary school in the Heywood district of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. The school closed 30 June 2010 to students [1] but officially closed on 31 August 2010. [2]

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History

The school opened in 1966 as Sutherland High School. [3] [4] The school was renamed to Heywood Community High School 31 August 1990.

In 2006 when the position of Headteacher was appointed to David Yates the school's performance improved dramatically, from 10% A*-C GCSE grade to 71% in 2010, the year of the school's closure. [5] This made the school one of the best in the Rochdale borough [5] and in the top 20 most improved schools in the country. [6] [7]

The school officially closed on 31 August 2010, [2] as a result of the British Government's Building Schools for the Future strategy. [1] [8] The school stopped accepting new students in 2008 in order to phase out the majority of students in preparation for the closure in 2010. When the school closed the majority of remaining students were transferred to neighbouring Siddal Moor Sports College [9] and the remainder to Holy Family College. [1] In the school's last Ofsted report it was found to be outstanding in many areas. [10] The former school building was demolished in late 2010.

In the media

Notable alumni

Sutherland High School

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  2. 1 2 EduBase - HCHS [ permanent dead link ] edubase.gov.uk.
  3. ↑ Link4Life Darnhill Archived 2 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Link4Life.
  4. ↑ Sutherland High School [ permanent dead link ] Edubase.
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  6. ↑ Results boost for HCHS Rochdale News Online.
  7. ↑ "Reward scheme pays off at school". Heywood Advertiser. M.E.N. Media. 22 January 2009. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  8. ↑ Rochdale BSF Consultation Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine rohdale.gov.uk
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  12. ↑ Deliberate fire at HCHS Rochdale News Online.
  13. ↑ Second school fire in 2 days Rochdale News Online.
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