Kaskenmoor School
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Kaskenmoor School is a mixed gender comprehensive secondary school
for 11 - 16 year old children in the Hollinwood area of Oldham
in Greater Manchester
, England
.
The school has approximately 750 pupils in its attendance. Opened in the mid 1960s and in 2005 Park Dean, Marland Fold and Hill Top Special schools joined the Kaskenmoor campus founding the new special needs school New Bridge
. Kaskenmoor's motto is "Building a Community of Learners". The current head teacher is Mr John Alder. The school is currently bidding to become a performing arts
college. Because the school was built on marshlands of Oldham
there are four separate buildings in the campus.
Although the school has struggled in recent years to provide a satisfactory level of education and teaching, there have been great strides to improve the schools performance - particularly in 2006.
Kaskenmoor has been earmarked by the council as a possible Academy School which could see the school closed and merged with other high schools in Oldham
.
Secondary school
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for 11 - 16 year old children in the Hollinwood area of Oldham
Oldham
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...
in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
, England
England
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.
The school has approximately 750 pupils in its attendance. Opened in the mid 1960s and in 2005 Park Dean, Marland Fold and Hill Top Special schools joined the Kaskenmoor campus founding the new special needs school New Bridge
New Bridge
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. Kaskenmoor's motto is "Building a Community of Learners". The current head teacher is Mr John Alder. The school is currently bidding to become a performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
college. Because the school was built on marshlands of Oldham
Oldham
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...
there are four separate buildings in the campus.
Although the school has struggled in recent years to provide a satisfactory level of education and teaching, there have been great strides to improve the schools performance - particularly in 2006.
Kaskenmoor has been earmarked by the council as a possible Academy School which could see the school closed and merged with other high schools in Oldham
Oldham
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...
.