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The school was formerly called Royton and Crompton School. In this incarnation it was judged Inadequate by Ofsted in 2017. [1] The school became an academy as part of E-ACT in 2018. [2] As of 2019, the headteacher is Andrea Atkinson. [2]
E-ACT is a multi-academy trust responsible for 38 academies in England. [5] Over 93% are now rated as “Good” or better by Ofsted. As an academy trust, it is an exempt charity regulated by the Department for Education .
The Oldham Academy North (TOAN) is a mixed gender secondary school with academy status for 11- to 16-year-olds located in the Royton area of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The academy is sponsored by E-ACT. The school relocated to a new campus in Royton in 2013. It is also the home to Shaw Millionaires Ball Hockey Club.
Royton has eight primary schools and two secondary schools, E-Act Royton and Crompton Academy and Our Lady's RC High School. E-Act Royton and Crompton Academy is a coeducational, secondary comprehensive school for 11- to 16-year-olds. It has Science College status and was constructed in 1968. [75]
John Lees – Royton-born inventor who made a substantial improvement to machinery for carding cotton in 1772 [45] Joseph Lees (1748–1824) – regional dialect poet from Glodwick; wrote Jone o Grinfilt [46] [47] Ralf Little (born 1980) – television actor, best known for his roles in The Royle Family and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of ...
Crompton House was donated in 1926 by Mary Crompton and her cousin, Anne Ormerod, on the understanding it would become a school with a strong Christian ethos. [ citation needed ] The then Dean of Manchester , Dr. Hewlett Johnson, declared open the new Higher Grade Church School to be known as Crompton House School on 29 September and the first ...
It was for 300 pupils from Chadderton, Failsworth, Royton, Crompton and Lees. Extensions to the school were opened in September 1935. By 1950 it had 700 boys and girls, 800 by 1954 and 900 by 1958. In 1957 it was decided to split the school into two single sex schools.
In 2018, the CEO of the Cranmer Education Trust, Julie Hollis, applied to the Department for Education for a new secondary school in Oldham. [6] [7] The name of the proposed school, the Brian Clarke Academy, was revealed in November 2020, [8] together with the school crest, motto, and launch of the school's website.