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The Crompton House Brass Band, Junior Orchestra, Training Band, Swing Band and Senior Orchestra performed a wonderful selection of music, to a hall full of guests on Tuesday 5th April. Well done to all the students and staff who rehearsed so hard on the run up to the concert. We look forward to inviting families […]

The annual CHS Iceland trip was back for 2022! Y12 Geography student, Imogen Hirst recaps on the highlights in her Iceland blog: Iceland – Land of Fire, Ice, Water (and Storms!) We were all so excited to board our flight from Manchester on 21st February, to spend five days in Iceland – a once in

Crompton House certainly put the ‘fun’ into fundraising this year for #RedNoseDay2022! Students didn’t need asking twice if they would like to ‘sponge the teacher’ and over £300 was raised for Comic Relief!  Roving reporter Courtney Latif in Y10 wrote this article about the day: At Crompton House we organised a sponge throwing contest at

Talented young athlete Oonagh McManus competed in the Pentathlon GB British Schools Modern Biathlon in Bath on Sunday 20th March and was delighted to bring the national bronze medal home to Oldham. Oonagh, a Year 7 student, was proud to represent Crompton House in the prestigious national run/swim competition, which saw her go head-to-head against 80 other promising

On 22nd March, Year 9 were visited by Tie It Up Theatre, who performed ‘I Love You, Mum – I Promise I Won’t Die’, a play by Mark Wheeller. Through the the words of his family and friends, the play tells the true story of Dan, a popular 16-year-old schoolboy from South London, who attended

March has been a bumper month of footballing achievements at Crompton House. Y9B won 2-1 to lift the winners’ trophy in the finals of the Oldham Plate, Y7A were crowned champions of the Oldham Cup and Y7B were the winners of the Oldham Schools Football Tournament. Other notable footballing achievements this month include: Y10 Boys

Today sees the launch of the Crompton House #WriteaSmile postcard project, one of a variety of activities happening in school to raise awareness of Children’s Mental Health Week (7th – 11th February 2022). The #WriteaSmile project encourages students to think about what makes them feel happy, a funny memory, poem or joke – write it

Green fingered students in Year 7 and 8 have been busy planting a variety of different trees in the woodland surrounding Crompton House, as part of The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee on Sunday 6th February. The QGC is a unique tree planting initiative which invites people from across the

The library at Crompton House came alive with excitement on Wednesday 2nd February as Year 7 welcomed award-winning children’s author Tom Palmer. A hugely popular name in the world of children’s fiction, Tom has written of over 50 acclaimed books, with both sporting and historical themes. Yet students were surprised to learn of Tom’s reluctance