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Laurus Ryecroft is an 11–18 mixed secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Droylsden, Tameside, Greater Manchester. It operates as part of The Laurus Trust.

History
Littlemoss High School merged with Droylsden High School, Mathematics and Computing College for Girls to become Droylsden Academy in 2009, and the site of Littlemoss High School was demolished. A new school was revealed to be built on this site and the name for the school is Laurus Ryecroft, which opened its doors in September 2018 in Cryer Street to help tackle the urgent need for secondary places. Laurus Ryecroft launched with a starter group of 154 students at the start of the academic year. The school will eventually also have a sixth form of 300 students. Headteacher Martin Vevers said the school would follow the ‘unashamedly academic’ ethos of all Laurus Trust schools and help students to open the door to the future of their choice.

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council sent a recent surge in birth rates and the need for new secondary school places is growing year on year. The council needs to create 458 school places over the next five years to meet demand. Laurus Ryecroft is the latest addition to The Laurus Trust schools. The Laurus Trust has also opened Laurus Cheadle Hulme and Cheadle Hulme Primary School in Cheadle Hulme and will open a high school, Didsbury High School, in West Didsbury in September 2019. The headteacher of Laurus Ryecroft said the school would follow the ethos of Cheadle Hulme High School, also run by the Laurus Trust, in Cheadle Hulme. Laurus Ryecroft is one of 53 new free schools opening across the United Kingdom in September 2018. The New Schools Network is a charity which supports free schools, including Laurus Ryecroft.