Woodhey High School

Not to be confused with Woodheys Primary School in Trafford.

Woodhey High School
Motto	Work hard, play hard, achieve success
Established	1979
Type	Community school
Headteacher	Mr Brian Roadnight
Location	Bolton Road West Ramsbottom Bury BL0 9QZ England
Local authority	Bury
DfE URN	105361 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Students	999 pupils
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Houses	Ashton, Calrows, Grant, Hoyle, Kay, Peel & Braidley
Colours	Maroon and Gold
Website	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

Schools in Bury Borough

Secondary schools	Broad Oak High School Bury Church of England High School Castlebrook High School Derby High School Elton High School Manchester Mesivta School Parrenthorn High School Philips High School Prestwich Arts College St Gabriel's RC High School St Monica's High School Tottington High School Woodhey High School

Independent schools	Bury Grammar School Bury Grammar School (Girls) Darul Uloom Bury

FE & sixth form colleges	Bury College Holy Cross College

Coordinates: 53°38′04″N 2°19′49″W / 53.6345°N 2.3303°W / 53.6345; -2.3303

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