Failsworth School

Failsworth School
Motto	going for gold
Type	Foundation school
Headteacher	John Meagher
Location	Brierley Avenue Failsworth, Oldham Greater Manchester M35 9HA England Coordinates: 53°30′27″N 2°08′48″W / 53.507630°N 2.146633°W / 53.507630; -2.146633
Local authority	Oldham
DfE URN	105735 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	~1,465
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11–16
Colours	Maroon Gold
Website	www.failsworthlg.co.uk

Failsworth School is a mixed gender secondary school admitting children between 11–16-year of age. The school is located in Failsworth, within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester.^[1]

School

Failsworth is a fully inclusive, popular and oversubscribed school in Failsworth, Greater Manchester. The school is housed in a state of the art learning environment that was opened in February 2008.

For the last five years the school has had record breaking exam results and this has placed Failsworth School in the top one hundred most improved schools in the country.

The new school was opened on 25 February 2008, 22 months after the building commenced and at a cost of £28 million. In June 2008, the Lower School was put up for sale to the highest bidder, with all offers having to be submitted by 1 August 2008. The old School buildings have been demolished and it is unknown what the old Lower School site will become.

Since the "New School Building" was opened in 2008 the school has continued to progress.

David Johnson Headteacher retired in December 2009 after 19 years of headship .Mr John Meagher took over as headteacher in January 2010. Mr Meagher was previously Deputy Headteacher at Walkden school Salford.His mission at Failsworth is to lead the school to even greater success and he sees the school's number one aim as "preparing tomorrow's citizens today" .

In June 2010 Ofsted visited this school. They stated that Failsworth is "a good school with some outstanding features". You can read the full report on the school website and on the Oftsed website.

Notable former pupils

Nathan Eccleston^[2] – Footballer, Blackpool F.C.
James Mudriczki – Singer, Puressence^[3]
Tony Szuminski – Musician, Puressence^[4]
Darren Wharton – Musician
Sharon Mosoph – Murdered victim of notorious serial killer, Trevor Hardy, known as the 'Beast of Manchester'.^[5]
Ronnie Wallwork Footballer Ex-Manchester United Football Player
James Tarkowski – Current Brentford Fc Player
Bradley Seal - British Speedway Rider

References

Schools in Oldham

Secondary schools	Blessed John Henry Newman RC College The Blue Coat School Crompton House CE School Failsworth School The GM The Hathershaw College North Chadderton School Oasis Academy Oldham Oldham Academy North The Radclyffe School Royton and Crompton School Saddleworth School Waterhead Academy

Independent schools	Hulme Grammar School

Special schools	Kingsland School

FE & sixth form colleges	Oldham College Oldham Sixth Form College

Defunct schools	Breeze Hill School Counthill School Kaskenmoor School Our Lady's RC High School South Chadderton School St Augustine of Canterbury RC High School

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