Woodhey High School

Woodhey High School
Address
Bolton Road West Ramsbottom , Bury , BL0 9QZ England
Information
Type	Community school
Motto	Work hard, play hard, achieve success
Established	1979
Local authority	Bury
Department for Education URN	105361 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Mr Brian Roadnight
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 16
Enrollment	999 pupils
Houses	Ashton, Calrows, Grant, Hoyle, Kay, Peel & Braidley
Colour(s)	Maroon and Gold
Website	http://www.woodhey.bury.sch.uk/

Woodhey High School is a secondary school in Ramsbottom, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester. Woodhey High School was built by Bury LEA (Local Education Authority) in 1979 to replace the Peel Brow Secondary Modern school. The school has just undergone a referbishment with new facilities.

Location

Woodhey High School is located near towns such as Bury, Bolton, Ramsbottom and Tottington and the suburbs of Brandlesholme, Greenmount and Edenfield and Rawtenstall. The address is: Woodhey High School, Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9QZ. The school has had major building work and renovation work that inincludeds several new classrooms and facilities around the school such as a recording studio.

Education

Secondary education is provided at Woodhey High School for 11- to 16-year-olds (Years 7 to 11). Many subjects are available to study at Woodhey including: Art, English Literature, English Language, Maths, (Double Award) Science (including biology, chemistry and physics), History, Geography, Music, Information Technology, Business Studies, Electronics, French and Spanish.

Notable former pupils

• Antony Cotton, actor who plays Sean Tully in Coronation Street
• Tom Kennedy, footballer currently playing for Barnsley
• Kelvin Lomax, footballer, most recently played for Hyde United
• Kieran Trippier, footballer currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur and brother of Kelvin Lomax
• Nat Taylor (footballer), currently playing for Accrington Stanley

External links

• Woodhey High School official website