Alder Community High School
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| Alder Community High School | |
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| Mottram Old Road, Gee-Cross, Hyde, Tameside SK14 5NJ |
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| Religion | Non-denominational |
| Specialist | Maths and Computing |
| Headteacher | Mr R. Wakefield BSc (Hons) NPQH |
| Students | About 800 pupils |
| LEA | Tameside |
| Ofsted number | 134283 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Homepage | School Website School VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) |
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Alder Community High School is a state funded high school in Gee Cross, Greater Manchester which has specialist status in Mathematics and Computing. The School was built under the Private Funding Initiative (PFI), a major government investment programme designed to bring Britain's secondary schools into the 21st Century. Alder was formerly Hattersley High School, but this received a name change and was demolished to make way for the new school in Gee Cross.
It has around 800 pupils.
[edit] Subjects
The school teaches a broad range of subjects ranging from the conventional to the more modern such as Citizenship.
List of Subjects - English - Science - Mathematics - Information Technology - Design and Technology (Graphics, Food Technology, Textiles and Resistant Materials) - Personal, Social and Health Education - Citizenship - Geography - History - French - Spanish - Music - Business and Communications - Art - Drama
The school is an Oracle Academy and as such runs the Oracle iPro course; a frestanding qualification which is equivalent to an A-Level and highly respected in the computing industry.
[edit] Student Council
The Student Council at Alder is one that is respected and listened to by the management. This can be seen through the council's annual budget of £2000.
How it Works
Each form group will elect two representatives that form a Year Council. Then two representatives from this Year Council will sit on the school-wide Student Council.
