Education
See also: List of schools in RochdaleThe Free School of Milnrow was founded in 1726. From 1739 until his death in 1786 the schoolmaster was the caricaturist John Collier. Newhey Council School was constructed in 1911. Milnrow St James School evolved into the modern primary school, Milnrow Parish Church of England Primary. It is a denominational school with the Church of England, linked with Milnrow's Anglican parish church, St James's. There are further primary schools, in central Milnrow named Moorhouse County Primary and Crossgates County Primary, and at Newhey named Newhey Community Primary, all of which are non-denominational. Hollingworth Business and Enterprise College (formerly Hollingworth High) is a secondary school in Milnrow. It is a co-educational school of non-denominational religion, and was given Business and Enterprise College status under the Specialist School Programme. Other learning facilities in Milnrow include a 1907-built Carnegie library.
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