Alder Community High School

Infobox School
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name=Alder Community High School


caption=Alder Community High School badge
location=Mottram Old Road, Gee-Cross, Hyde, Tameside
SK14 5NJ
telephone=0161 368 5132
fax=0161 366 6383
email=[e-mail]
religion=Non-denominational
specialist=Maths and Computing
headteacher=Mr R. Wakefield BSc (Hons) NPQH
LEA=Tameside
ofsted=134283
gender=Mixed
students=About 800 pupils
website= [http://www.aldercommunityhighschool.org.uk/ School Website]
[http://vle.alder.tameside.sch.uk/login/index.php 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.

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.

tudent 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.

External links

* [http://www.aldercommunityhighschool.org.uk/ School Website]