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Tytherington School is an academy in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. As of December 2016, the school has approximately 1,030 pupils, with ages ranging from 11–18. Like many schools in Cheshire, it is an 11-to-18 establishment, meaning it includes a Sixth Form.HistoryThe school traces its history back to an independent girls' school founded in the 1860s, but it was founded on its current site in the early 1950s, and became a mixed-sex school in the 1970s.The school is split both horizontally and vertically into year groups, (year 7 through to year 13), and houses. The houses are named Oak, Ash and Elm, in recognition of the traditional royal hunting woodlands in the Macclesfield area. The school also has a Sixth Form, Tytherington Sixth Form College.Completely rebuilt in 1957, the school has been extended over the years including a £1 million Sports Hall sponsored by the National Lottery and spacious multi-discipline Technology block. The modern Learning Resource Centre (comprising library and ICT suite) and Sixth Form Centre benefit from recent renovations. These improvements were part of a £3.1 million capital building programme that included a new 10 classroom block that was completed in summer 2012. This complements a new Art Block built in 2006.A construction project was undertaken during the 2011-12 academic year to build a new block for the school, as well as to carry out renovations to existing blocks. The project was paid for by a £3 million investment in the school by Cheshire East Council. Classroom renovations in the Learning Resource Centre were completed in April 2012, and the new block opened at the start of the 2012-13 academic year.