Balderstone Technology College

It was situated near the junction of Queensway (A664) and Oldham Road (A671) between Balderstone and Kirkholt. It was in the parish of St Mary, Balderstone.[http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/sites/saint-mary-church Saint Mary Church, Balderstone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100908033045/http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/sites/saint-mary-church |date=8 September 2010 }}. Retrieved 1 August 2010.[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/542693 Parish Church of St Mary, Balderstone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129173216/http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/542693 |date=29 November 2018 }}. Retrieved 1 August 2010.

The school was once called Rochdale Grammar School for Boys, formerly known as Rochdale Municipal High School for Boys on Church Lane. It was administered by Rochdale Education Committee, and moved to Queen Victoria Street in 1953 at a cost of £180,000. A grammar school had been founded in 1565 in Rochdale by Matthew Parker, then Archbishop of Canterbury. There was also Rochdale Grammar School for Girls on Falinge Road, becoming Falinge Park High School.{{Cite web|url=http://www.link4life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=c.showPage&pageID=342|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718192738/http://www.link4life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=c.showPage&pageID=342|archivedate=2011-07-18|title=Education in Rochdale. Early Education. Rochdale Grammar School.|date=18 July 2011|website=link4life.org}}

It became a comprehensive in 1969 – the Balderstone High School, then Balderstone Community School in 1972 for boys and girls aged 14–18. In 1992 it became a high school for boys and girls aged 11–16. In 1999 it gained Technology College status.

The school closed on 31 August 2010 as a result of the Building Schools for the Future program. The school merged with Springhill High School and formed a new school called Kingsway Park High School. The building was used to host Kingsway Park High School until 2012 when a new building was built on the former Springhill High School site, Turfhill Road.[http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/education_and_learning/schools_and_colleges/list_of_schools/secondary_schools/kingsway_park_high_school.aspx Details of the new school (Kingsway Park HS)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927025717/http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/education_and_learning/schools_and_colleges/list_of_schools/secondary_schools/kingsway_park_high_school.aspx |date=27 September 2011 }} Retrieved 20 May 2011

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