Breeze Hill School

Breeze Hill School

Motto	Language for Life
Established	1960
Closed	2010 (now Waterhead Academy
Type	Community school
Location	Roxbury Avenue Salem Oldham Greater Manchester OL4 5JE England
Local authority	Oldham
DfE URN	105731 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Ages	11–16

Breeze Hill School was a mixed-gender 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.

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. 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.

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.

Notable alumni

• John Lees (musician), founder of English rock band Barclay James Harvest

External links

• Breeze Hill School website
• Waterhead Academy website