Gateshead Grammar School was a school in

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, that operated from 1883 to 1967.

History

The private school Gateshead High School For Boys opened in 1883 at the junction of Durham Road and Prince Consort Road. It was purchased by Gateshead School Board in 1894 and became a coeducational "Higher Grade School" called Gateshead Secondary School. Publicly owned Higher Grade Schools were a new breed of school, similar to the privately owned Grammar Schools but putting much more emphasis on science and art. It was renamed Gateshead Grammar School after

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, still coeducational, but it became boys only in 1956. The school was on the former A1.

Comprehensive

It was rebuilt on the same site in 1963, and in 1968 it became Saltwell Senior High School - a coeducational comprehensive school which lasted until the 1990s when it was closed and mostly demolished, and the youngsters were transferred to

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at Dunston.

Headmasters

Past headmasters included Mr. John Bidgood, Mr. W. Walton, Mr. G.L.R. Brown and Dr. Caffrey.

Teachers

Former teachers include: * Prof John Tuck, Professor of Education from 1974 to 1976 at

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(taught English from 1936 to 1938)

Traditions

Its motto "Toil No Soil" was unusually in English (not Latin, Greek or French) and was taken from a quote of the Greek Poet

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Notable alumni

* Prof H. T. Dickinson, Richard Lodge Professor of British History at the

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* Muriel Forbes CBE, chairman from 1960 to 1961 of

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* David Forrest CBE, Secretary from 1983 to 1992 of the Charity Commission for England and Wales * Kathleen Gales, medical statistician *

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* Prof Bruce Pattison, Professor of Education from 1948 to 1976 at the

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* Dame Muriel Stewart, President from 1964 to 1965 of the

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References

External links

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Former building at iSee Gateshead
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