Waterhead Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status located in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.

[1] The main campus is located on the site of the former Orb Mill.

The academy also operates a sports campus which is located at the site of the former Counthill School.

Waterhead Academy began with the merging of two Oldham secondary schools: the predominantly Asian Breeze Hill School in Oldham and the predominantly White British Counthill School in Moorside, using a strategy of 'forced integration' in an attempt to quell racial tension between Oldham children.

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