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Land Based Studies, now in its second year. It is an alternative pathway for Year 9 and upwards students and teaches them the rudiments of gardening and at the end of Year 11 they gain a BTEC Level 3 Certificate in Land Based Studies. From Year 9 the students’ learn to use common garden tools, 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 the academic year 2016-2017. A wonderful evening was enhanced further by an outstanding speech by former student turned entrepreneur, Andrew Blinkhorn, who inspired read more…

Some of the Year 9 Triple Science pupils were invited to go on a day trip to Manchester University’s Chemistry department to learn about biopolymers. During this day they made plasmid DNA bracelets, isolated the DNA of a strawberry, were shown how polycaprolactone can be thermally moulded, made nylon and finished off the day making read more…

On Thursday 22nd June we went to The Peoples History Museum and looked around the interactive exhibitions, which were about peoples’ protests. There was a main exhibition about the LGBT+ movement. It was very thought provoking to see the struggles they went through to achieve equality.

Teacher Shortlisted for National Award This publication regularly announces the achievements of students. This time, we have some very special news to share with you about a member of staff’s success. Mr Mathew Lynch, a long serving and highly experienced member of the English Faculty, has just been nominated for The Times Educational Supplement’s Schools’ read more…

The Year 10 and 11 Enterprise teams went to the Trafford Centre on Friday 10th February to promote and sell their products, Birdhouses and Feeders for Year 10 and “It’s Fun to Cook” for Year 11. Both groups were a credit to the school and were engaged with the task throughout the day. Congratulations must read more…

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…