Counthill School formerly a high-achieving Grammar School, was a mixed gender secondary school for 11 – 16 year olds in the Moorside area of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. The School closed at the end of July 2010 as part of the New Oldham Academies Project, merging with Breezehill School to form Waterhead Academy.
The school had approximately 900 pupils on roll, and opened in September 1951. Although sometimes mistakenly thought to be the highest secondary school above sea level in the country, it sits between 280 and 285 metres, which is lower than others such as Buxton Community School at 320 metres. Its motto was Animo Atque Fide.
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.
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