There was a fire on Tuesday 11 October 1983, in the early morning, at the Brookvale school.

[3] 100 firemen, 15 fire engines, from as far as Crewe and Nantwich, attended.

It destroyed 20 classrooms including science labs, and cost £2m.

Though it is no longer a community school directly administered by Halton Borough Council, Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy continues to coordinate with Halton Borough Council for admissions.

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