Littlemoss High School

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Littlemoss High School for Boys
Type	Comprehensive school
Headmaster	M McLoughlin
Specialism	Business and Enterprise
Location	Cryer Street Droylsden Greater Manchester M43 7LF
LEA	Tameside
Ofsted number	106262
Staff	55
Students	554
Gender	Boys
Ages	11 to 16
Website	Official site

Littlemoss High School for Boys is a comprehensive school located in Droylsden, Tameside, England. It educates around 550 boys.^[1]. The school has been awarded specialist Business and Enterprise College status.

1 Academic standards
2 Incidents
3 Awards and mentions
4 Notable teachers
5 Notable alumni
6 Notes
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Academic standards

The school was under special measures from March 1998 until July 2002.^[2]

After their March 2004 inspection Ofsted reported that "This is a good, effective school that has been very successful in improving the areas of weakness identified in the previous report. Very good leadership, together with the significant improvements in teaching and learning and in pupils’ behaviour, has improved standards overall, although standards are still below average." They rated the school Good, point three on a seven point scale.^[3]

[edit] Incidents

A pupil at the school set a bus ablaze in September 2003.^[4]

[edit] Awards and mentions

Schools Achievement Award and Sportsmark in 2002.^[5]
Mentioned in Parliament as a member of the Peacemaker Consultation Programme.^[5]
In 1997 Christopher Taylor won the Inter-Form Cross Country title in spectacular fashion by beating rival and favourite Craig Ward who came a distant second.

[edit] Notable teachers

Sarah Joynes was awarded a distinction in the North West Guardian Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School in 2007.^[6]

[edit] Notable alumni

Howard Donald of Take That attended Littlemoss High School between 1979 and 1984.^[7]
Carl Murphy who received a Royal Humane Society Testimonial in December 2004 for saving a man's life at sea.^[8]