Watergrove is a place where everyone in our community, regardless of age, can thrive and learn.
Encompassing nursery, primary and secondary schools, Watergrove constantly invests in staff development and school improvement, with equal benefit to the individual and the institution.
The success of our community comes from our lived values.
Providing more, as one community,
to enable life in all its fullness.
Learners come first and we are all responsible for the quality of their experience and well-being.
Everyone belongs and everyone is included.
We are part-centralised and co-create quality through collaboration, whilst maintaining schools’ individual identities.
We currently have nine schools, six primary and three secondary, each bringing their own special qualities and expertise to share. Explore our schools below:
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Keep up to date with everything going on at the Watergrove Trust. Read about our incredible staff, students and all the exciting events that go on within our schools.
Meet our brand new FPHS #rochdale Creative Health Advocates (a.k.a. Creative Health Champions)! Say hello to our five Year 8s who will receive full training this Friday alongside other schools as part of our larger commitment to developing a wider Rochdale Creative Health Advocates community across the borough and who will join us on a two year journey of promoting wellbeing and cultural engagement within FPHS and beyond.
Each student wrote an successful application for the position and is now looking forward to getting started this week! We are excited to see the impact this student leadership group will make with other students across the years.
A huge well done!
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Our Year 3 pupils stepped into the kitchen this week for an exciting, hands on Design and Technology (DT) food workshop run by Sean from the amazing team at Open Kitchen
Working in small cooking stations, the children took on the role of real chefs as they prepared their very own fresh Summer Rolls. Take a look at our young chefs as they:
🌱 Discovered Food Origins & Seasonality: Learning about different plant parts, from root veggies like carrots to fresh mint, and why eating seasonal, locally grown food helps our planet.
🔪 Mastered Knife Safety: Practicing essential physical chef techniques, including the "Claw" and "Bridge" grips, to safely slice and grate ingredients.
🌯 Hydrated & Assembled: Dipping rice paper in warm water, then carefully folding, tucking, and rolling their fresh summer rolls.
😋 Taste Tested & Evaluated: Sharing feedback on flavour profiles, textures, and how to tweak their recipes next time!
We were so impressed by their focus, brilliant teamwork, and culinary skills.
🌏 A huge thank you to Open Kitchen! A fabulous company which was founded by experienced chefs from fine dining, bakery, and hospitality backgrounds. The team are on a mission to tackle food waste across the Northwest. By intercepting surplus food, supporting local pantries, and running food education workshops, they are showing pupils how zero waste cooking can be both delicious and impactful to help our environment.
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Rochdale Training are offering Study Programme's for 16-18 year olds.
Not sure what to do after school? The 8-week Study Programme is designed for 16–18-year-olds who want to build confidence, gain valuable skills and boost their CV while exploring their next steps.
Read more and sign up here bit.ly/4j6iTjy
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Rochdale Training are offering Study Programme's for 16-18 year olds.
Not sure what to do after school? The 8-week Study Programme is designed for 16–18-year-olds who want to build confidence, gain valuable skills and boost their CV while exploring their next steps.
Read more and sign up here bit.ly/4j6iTjy
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🌺As we begin to celebrate our school value of ‘Respect’, we turn our attention to Remembrance Day this week. Remembrance is always an important moment in our school calendar. Before half-term, children worked with other classes to create poppies for display in Rochdale. On Wednesday, we will gather at our Balderstone Cenotaph, the school playground and at Rochdale Cenotaph to remember.
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A huge WELL DONE to all the amazing children and families at St James!
Together, you raised a fantastic £223 for the charity Three Amigos, in support of Cancer Research UK! Every single penny raised helps fund life saving research and makes a real difference in the fight against cancer.
Thank you so much to everyone who donated, took part in 'Pink Day', and supported this wonderful cause. Your generosity and community spirit is truly inspiring and we can't thank you enough!
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We are very excited to announce that the National Theatre will be bringing their national tour of The #bacchae to Wardle Academy on the 19th November!
The production is based on the original Bacchae directed by Indhu Rubasingham at the Olivier Theatre which premiered in 2025. This will be an incredible experience for our Drama students.
Click here for more information bit.ly/4ipM0OD
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