Counthill School

Counthill Grammar School was planned in the 1930s but construction was delayed by World War II and it opened in September 1951. In 1966 it accepted its first comprehensive school intake. Problems with the school were later identified and in November 2004 it was placed in special measures. A year later it was rated as satisfactory, but Oldham Borough Council decided to reshape secondary schooling under the UK government's Building Schools for the Future project. Counthill, along with four other failing schools at the time (Breeze Hill, Kaskenmoor, Grange, South Chadderton) were earmarked for closure to form two new Academies. It closed at the end of July 2010 as part of the New Oldham…