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Staff and students of Oulder Hill Community School have been recognised by the National Citizen Service programme powered by The Challenge. The school have been presented with a National Citizen Service Champion School Award for their fantastic work with the programme in the last academic year. Oulder Hill were one of only four schools in read more…

Our annual Celebration Evening was once again a night to remember. During the course of the evening, over 250 awards were handed out to Students for their exceptional effort and performance during 2015-2016. A wonderful evening was enhanced further by an excellent speech by former Student turned entrepreneur, Hassan Iqbal, who inspired Students with his read more…

On the 29th September a few students from Oulder Hill Community School along with three members of staff embarked on a trip to the World War One Battlefields in the Ypres Salient in Belgium. While on the trip we visited many different cemeteries both German and Commonwealth, which enhanced our knowledge of World War One. read more…

On Monday 27th June a group of 40 Year 7 students were given the opportunity to take a trip to the Royal Armouries in Leeds for the day. Upon arrival we were separated into two groups, each partaking in a historical activity. One of the activities was musket and pike handling, where we learned of read more…

Well, what a proud day for Oulder Hill! I travelled to London to watch three former students, Michael Moore, Louis Taylor and Ibrahim Alam receive their Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award Certificates at Buckingham Palace. They were among over 2000 Gold Award Holders receiving their Award at a very special Diamond Anniversary Presentation Ceremony. Once read more…

After being cooped up for 27 hours travelling to Austria by coach, Oulder Hill students launched onto the slopes of Zell Am See-Kaprun, skiing the Austrian Alps just 40 miles south of Salzburg. The snow for skiing this year was good, the PGL rep Ed mentioned that the clear skies, cool wind and clear visibility read more…

Just before the Christmas holidays we hosted our fourth annual Community Christmas Lunch. The event was once again a wonderful success, bringing Christmas cheer to all at Oulder Hill. Students and staff nominated family and friends to attend along with residents from local care homes, Half Acre House, Meavy View, Oakland’s and Ashbourne House. In read more…

Grease was most definitely the word as Staff, Students and Guests were treated to two incredible performances. In what is being labelled our best ever production, the staff and students involved did themselves and our school proud. From start to finish the quality of the acting, dancing, singing and musical accompaniments was of the highest read more…

Welcome to the Autumn newsletter and a particular welcome to all our new readers! I hope you will it a great read and useful for keeping you up to date with the fast-moving pace of events at Oulder Hill. We have had a very successful return after pleasing examination results including 82% C+ in Year read more…

The annual Not Strictly Eurovision competition took place in our very own Gracie Fields Theatre on Thursday 11th June. On the night, four hundred pupils from 11 primary schools took part in the competition, performing a song in a foreign language for a packed audience of over 600 people. It was a difficult task for read more…