Droylsden Academy

Droylsden Academy

Type	Academy
Location	Manor Road Droylsden Greater Manchester M43 6QD England Coordinates: 53°28′57″N 2°09′33″W / 53.482636°N 2.159146°W / 53.482636; -2.159146
DfE number	357/6906
DfE URN	135864 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Website	droylsdenacademy.com

Droylsden Academy is a secondary school in Droylsden, Manchester. It opened in September 2009 on the site of the former Droylsden School, Mathematics and Computing College for Girls which it replaced. The former Littlemoss High School for Boys was also replaced by this school.^[1]

The school accommodates 1,400 students in state of the art buildings which were completed in January 2012.^[1]

History

Former schools on this site, always known locally as Manor Road School,^[2] have included:

Droylsden High School for Girls, a secondary modern school, 1951-?^[2]
Droylsden School, Mathematics and Computing College for Girls, c2000-2009^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Background and vision". About us. Droylsden Academy. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
1 2 "The 1950s". Tameside Advertiser. MEN Media. 9 October 2003. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Schools in Tameside

Secondary schools	Alder Community High School All Saints Catholic College Astley Sports College Audenshaw School Copley Academy Denton Community College Droylsden Academy Fairfield High School for Girls Hyde Community College Longdendale High School Mossley Hollins High School New Charter Academy St Damian's RC Science College St Thomas More RC College West Hill School

FE & sixth form colleges	Ashton Sixth Form College Hyde Clarendon Sixth Form College Tameside College

Defunct schools	Egerton Park Arts College Littlemoss High School

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, December 10, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.