George Pindar School is a

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...

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in Eastfield,

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, England. It was previously named George Pindar Community Sports College (GPCSC), but during 2012 the school reverted to its original name.

History

The school was founded in 1900. In June 2019 the school was taken over by Hope Learning Academy and is now registered as an

academy An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy ...

Notable alumni

Mikey North Michael "Mikey" North (born 27 September 1986) is an English actor best known for his role as Gary Windass in the ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'' since 2008. Early life North was born in the Cayton area of Scarborough and began acting a ...

, (actor) * Danny Price, (cruiserweight boxer) * Darren Wood, (footballer)

References

External links

School web site

GOV.UK information

Ofsted reports
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