# Unsworth Academy
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{{Infobox school
| name = Unsworth Academy
| motto = "Inspire, Challenge, Excel"
| established = September 1971
| closed =
| type = [Academy](/source/Academy_(English_school))
| trust = [Shaw Education Trust](/source/Shaw_Trust)
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| president =
| head_label = Academy Principal
| head = Martin Stewart
| chair_label = Chair of local governing body
| chair = Keith Bardsley[{{cite web |url=https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/143848?searchQueryString=tok%3D0qfEarVU#school-governance |title=Unsworth Academy - GOV.UK |accessdate=4 April 2024}}]
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| city = [Unsworth](/source/Unsworth)
| county = [Greater Manchester](/source/Greater_Manchester)
| country = England
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| local_authority = [Bury](/source/Bury_Metropolitan_Borough_Council)
| ofsted = yes
| urn = 143848
| staff =
| enrolment = 824
| gender = [Coeducational](/source/Mixed-sex_education)
| lower_age = 11
| upper_age = 16
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'''Unsworth Academy''' (formerly Castlebrook High School)[{{Cite web |date=2019-03-27 |title=End of an era for Castlebrook High School |url=https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/17529857.share-memories-castlebrook-high-school/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Bury Times |language=en}}] is a [coeducational](/source/Mixed-sex_education) [secondary school](/source/secondary_school) located in [Unsworth](/source/Unsworth), in the [Metropolitan Borough of Bury](/source/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Bury), [Greater Manchester](/source/Greater_Manchester), England.[{{cite web| url = https://unsworthacademy.org.uk/| title = Unsworth Academy Bury {{!}} Part of the Shaw Education Trust {{!}} Inspire, Challenge, Excel}}]
==History==
The school opened in September 1971 and was originally called Unsworth Comprehensive School. Its initial enrollment was 146 pupils. In 1983, the school merged with Whitefield High School (aka Albert Road) and was renamed Castlebrook High School.
Throughout 2006, along with several other schools in the wider Bury borough, it had been under a sustained threat of closure. It was believed that there will be 2,000 fewer high school pupils in Bury, so Bury Council wanted to close two high schools in the area. It was possible that Castlebrook would be amalgamated with nearby Philips High School, or that either Castlebrook or Philips will be closed.[[http://www.prestwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/206/206030_schools_facing_axe_by_2015_are_named.html Schools facing axe by 2015 are named – News]. Prestwich Advertiser. Retrieved on 2016-02-09.]
The school's [GCSE](/source/GCSE) results improved greatly over the next few years; with 61% of pupils achieving 5 A*-Cs in 2008, up to 76% in 2009 and to 80% in 2010, the highest the school has ever achieved.[[http://www.castlebrookhighschool.co.uk/index.php/Info/GCSE-Results.html GCSE/KS4 Results 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126073840/http://www.castlebrookhighschool.co.uk/index.php/Info/GCSE-Results.html# |date=2011-01-26 }}. Castlebrook High School] However, in 2016, the school was deemed inadequate by [Ofsted](/source/Ofsted) (The number of pupils attaining 5 GCSEs (including English and Maths) at grade A*-C in 2014 was below the national average.[{{cite web| url = http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/105363| title = Ofsted {{!}} Castlebrook High School}}]
Previously a [community school](/source/Community_school_(England_and_Wales)) administered by [Bury Metropolitan Borough Council](/source/Bury_Metropolitan_Borough_Council), in February 2017 Castlebrook High School converted to [academy status](/source/Academy_(English_school)) and was renamed Unsworth Academy. The school is now sponsored by the [Shaw Education Trust](/source/Shaw_Trust)
A new building for the school was started in January 2018 and was completed in 2019.
==Notable former pupils==
*[Samuel Brooksworth](/source/Samuel_Brooksworth), Businessman.
*[Gemma Atkinson](/source/Gemma_Atkinson), former [Hollyoaks](/source/Hollyoaks) actress and TV personality.
*[Trevor Sinclair](/source/Trevor_Sinclair), former [Manchester City](/source/Manchester_City_F.C.) and England footballer.
*[David Ball](/source/David_Ball_(footballer)), [Wellington Phoenix](/source/Wellington_Phoenix) footballer.
*[Warren Hegg](/source/Warren_Hegg), former England cricketer.
*[Jodie Gibson](/source/Jodie_Gibson), [England](/source/England) Netball athlete. Gold medalist.
*[Dean Hughes](/source/Dean_Hughes), Artist and University Professor.
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://unsworthacademy.org.uk/ Unsworth Academy official website]
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Category:Educational institutions established in 1971
Category:Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury
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Category:Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury
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