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The school uniform was modernised in line with the 1960s fashion. The school blazer was collar-less in charcoal with a green ribbon trim, and straw boaters were introduced, but short-lived. Summer dresses were no longer old fashioned gingham shirt-waisters, but a bold design, in two tone green, shift
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By 2007, Kaskenmoor had gone from having a 25-percent ethnic minority population among pupils, to having a 93-percent white population. This was attributed to several factors, including a recent intake of white children from Manchester, as well as the reluctance of families to send their children to
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The school had approximately 750 pupils in attendance. When it opened in the mid-1960s, Kaskenmoor was an amalgamation of Greenhill Grammar School and Hollinwood Secondary Modern School, and was called Kaskenmoor Comprehensive School. The top three classes were grammar school classes and the bottom
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three were secondary modern classes, each for the most part keeping their own teachers. The headmaster Mr. Edwin Grey, and the teachers from the grammar school continued to wear their gowns at morning assembly and some in class too.
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reported that the Kaskenmoor School had a "surprisingly progressive style of management" that combined "proven methods with something more participatory and responsive".
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The school had a state of the art craft block which included ceramics, art, metalwork and woodwork. The new building was featured on a BBC TV documentary.
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In 2015, Hollinwood Academy, a school operated by the New Bridge Multi Academy Trust, opened on the former Kaskenmoor School site.
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In 2005 Park Dean, Marland Fold and Hill Top Special schools joined the Kaskenmoor campus founding the new special needs school
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This Greater Manchester school or sixth form college related article is a
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a school where they would be part of a tiny minority.
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Defunct schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
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