The new school moved on to its current campus in 2012, an area where the large majority of residents are white. Many of its pupils are drawn from monocultural primary schools; its intake is 33% white British pupils and 46% of south Asian heritage. How to improve the school results: not extra maths but music, loads of it Read moreErin, 15, a white pupil, moved to Oldham four years ago from Canada. The girls live in different parts of the town and, had it not been for their school, they would not have mixed. He says: “The Waterhead Academy has shown that it is possible to create a mixed school in a very segregated environment – and that parents also support change when they are fully involved.

Source: The Guardian May 21, 2019 06:01 UTC