Breeze Hill School

Breeze Hill School was a mixed-sex (Comprehensive school|comprehensive]] secondary school for 11- to 16-year-olds in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It was a specialist Humanities College, and served over 750 students. Bernard Phillips was the last headteacher of Breeze Hill School before it merged with neighbouring Counthill School to form the Waterhead Academy. Since the school lay in the heart of Oldham's Pakistani Asian community, the students were predominantly Asian.

Breeze Hill School
Address
Roxbury Avenue

Salem
Oldham
,
Greater Manchester
,
OL4 5JE

England
Coordinates53.5348°N 2.0824°W / 53.5348; -2.0824
Information
TypeCommunity school
MottoLanguage for Life
Established1960
Closed2010 (now Waterhead Academy
Local authorityOldham
Department for Education URN105731 Tables
OfstedReports
GenderMixed
Age11 to 16

Campus

The Breeze Hill School campus contained two main teaching blocks. The Year 7 Base was for new arrivals, and was created to ease the transition between primary and secondary school. The main teaching block served students from Year 8 onwards.[1] Breeze Hill had intensive playing fields and an Astro-turf pitch, used for various sports both by students from the school and by the local community.

History

In May 2001, a racially motivated attack outside Breeze Hill School began a series of events that escalated into a five-day period of rioting known as the Oldham Riots.[2][3]

On 31 August 2010, Breeze Hill School and Counthill School merged to become the Waterhead Academy. The campus was renamed Roxbury Campus until the academy moved to a third location in November 2012.[4]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Inspection Report" (PDF). Ofsted. 2004. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-01. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  2. Ian Herbert (2001-05-28). "In Oldham's 'no go' zone, all it took was a scuffle to set off a terrible night of rioting". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  3. "Oldham's tarnished name". BBC News. 2001-05-28. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  4. http://menmedia.co.uk/oldhamadvertiser/news/s/1593240_its-first-class-doors-open-at-waterhead-academy


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