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It’s never too late to return to learning.
Date Published 04/09/2018
Two Oldham students have been praised after passing their GCSE exams two years early.
Date Published 29/08/2018
As this Thursday's GCSE results day looms large teenagers are poised to finally find out if it was all worth it.
Date Published 21/08/2018
Oldham's Caleb Martindale has been selected to be part of the Rowing squad at the 2018 School Games – a national multi-sport event for the UK’s most talented school-age athletes.
Date Published 20/08/2018
Woodhouses Primary school turns 50 next month - and you're invited to the party!
Date Published 08/08/2018
When A level results come out on August 16, more than three-quarters of students who want to go to university are likely to get into their first choice.
Date Published 07/08/2018
As University College Oldham prepares to take in its next cohort, we feel now is the ideal time to look at the best student money-saving solutions for 2018.
Date Published 30/07/2018
St Joseph's RC Junior School in Shaw raised a phenomenal £7,000 for their nominated charities during the 2017/18 academic year.
Date Published 27/07/2018
Bradley Taylor, a business student at Hopwood Hall College, went one better than just a ‘test drive’ when he turned his work experience placement into a full time job.
Date Published 23/07/2018
The North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) has pledge its support for CPR training to be added to the national curriculum after the Department of Education released new draft...
Date Published 20/07/2018
Roundthorn and Coppice Primary Academies (part of Focus Trust), have been awarded “Communication Friendly Status” for both Early Years and Primary.
Date Published 19/07/2018
Dozens of schoolchildren have literally pedal-powered their way to success in a ‘Clean Air Day’ awards event by generating green electricity with specially adapted bikes.
The Diane Modahl Sports Foundation welcomed the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to a community session at the National Squash and Regional Arena in Sportcity.
Date Published 18/07/2018
Dedicated pupil Amy Scull has done herself and her school – Buckstones Primary in Shaw – proud after completing a full seven years with a 100-per-cent attendance record.
Children from across the borough have been celebrating the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, which allowed some women and men over the age of 21 the right to...
Date Published 17/07/2018
All 29 Year Six pupils at St Joseph's primary school in Shaw have been rewarded with individual Blue Peter badges following their unstinting work for charities.
Date Published 13/07/2018
If you were an engineer what would you do?
Date Published 12/07/2018
The competition that turns the most vivid scene from a kid’s imagination into a sky-high reality is back and bigger than ever.
Date Published 11/07/2018
Two dance events, organised by Oldham Council’s Sports Development team, are celebrating the talents of dance students across the borough.
Date Published 10/07/2018
Elk Mill hosted schoolchildren from Oldham for an event designed to get them excited about reading in their spare time.
Teams from New Bridge School and St Paul’s Primary School both sealed Greater Manchester champion titles at the Summer School Games.
The children at a primary school in Oldham enjoyed classes with a difference today as 23 new classmates travelled over five-and-a-half thousand miles to join them for lessons.
Date Published 09/07/2018
Gail Stott has won the National Teaching Assistant of the Year award.
Children from more than 20 primary schools converged on the Council Chambers in the town centre to compete in the annual Oldham Spelling Bee competition.
The School and College graduation season is well under way in and around Oldham, and the Chronicle was invited to the Year Seven showpiece at Hathershaw College.
Date Published 06/07/2018
There are still places available in Oldham for young people aged 15-17 to take part in this year’s National Citizen Service (NCS) summer programme.
Date Published 05/07/2018
Oldham athletes will be among more than 2,000 young people will be taking part in the 2018 Greater Manchester Summer School Games competition this Friday (July 6).
Date Published 02/07/2018
One of Oldham’s most recognisable and popular landmarks – the clock tower at Werneth Primary School – has been restored to its former glory.
Date Published 29/06/2018
Hugely influential businessman Paul Walsh, former CEO of drinks giant Diageo and now Chairman of Compass Group, the market leader in contract catering, returned to his roots...
Hulme School’s talented cricket team triumphed in dramatic fashion at the Lancashire County Cup Finals day at Longridge CC.
Date Published 28/06/2018