Friday 30th September was a very important day in the life of the school this year. Traditionally held on the Friday nearest to 1st October, the services were held at Oldham Parish Church, with grateful thanks to Reverend Derek Palmer, as Manchester Cathedral, our venue for the past few quinquennial services, has work being carried out on the […]
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As part of our commemorations of our Founders Day, two pupils, Beth and Tom, went round the school being photographed with classes from every year group of the school. Their uniforms were based on the first picture of Crompton House pupils taken in 1926, and were created by Mrs Harvey, our Learning Zone Manager. Beth
Niamh Henshaw gives her review of the Watersports holiday – 22nd – 30th August 2016. This summer the annual Crompton House PGL Watersports Trip was held again and in due course, we all arrived at school one Monday morning anticipating the week or so ahead of sun, sea and sand. We hauled our suitcases containing
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Crompton House School played host to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge on Tuesday 13th September 2016. Around 50 Year 13 students attended from the neighbouring schools of Blue Coat, Oldham Hulme Grammar and Oldham Sixth Form College. Students were given an overview of the Oxbridge application process and given useful tips for their personal
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The Real Schools Guide, compiled by the Trinity Mirror Newspaper Company. has just been published by the Manchester Evening News and Crompton House has been named the top secondary school in Oldham. The unique rating system takes into account a range of different indicators to evaluate a school’s performance. The system tracks achievement, attendance, teaching,
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Crompton House Church of England School Press Statement GCSE Results 2016 Mr Karl Newell, Headteacher says: “I am very pleased to congratulate our Year 11 students for their excellent GCSE results. This year the proportion of pupils achieving 5 A* to C grades including English and Maths is 76%, higher than last August’s results. Over a
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At the start of the summer holiday three students, Stephen Oldfield, Rachel Milligan and Josh Carr (Yr 10) went on a materials science course at the University of Manchester. Rachel has written about the first two days and Stephen about days three and four. The picture is of their group with Alan Turing, outside
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Crompton House Church of England School A Level Press Release Aug 2016 99% Overall pass rate for all A Levels (better than 2015) 50% of the A Level grades were A*, A or B (up by 8% on 2015) 8 pupils achieved at least 3 grade A passes or better. (see below) 25 of the
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A Year 10 student gives an overview of the fieldtrip. Due to sheer numbers (112), the trip operated as two trips with the other coach completing the fieldtrip the opposite way around. Day 1 – Monday 11th July 2016 On Monday morning we set off for Swanage, Dorset, the coach journey was a long one but
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