Gillbrook Academy (formerly ''Gillbrook College'') was a mixed

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and

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. It merged with neighbouring

Eston Park Academy Eston Park Academy (formerly ''Eston Park School'') was a mixed academy and sixth form in Teesville, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. It merged with neighbouring Gillbrook Academy in September 2014 and now forms part of a new single Hil ...

in September 2014 and now forms part of a new single

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Location

The academy was to the south of Eston Sports Academy on Normanby Road just off the trunk road ( A1085) intersection, in the Anglican parish of Christ Church, with both

, whose playing fields were adjoined, and

Redcar & Cleveland Redcar and Cleveland is a borough with unitary authority status in North Yorkshire, England. Its main settlements are Redcar, South Bank, Eston, Brotton, Guisborough, the Greater Eston part of Middlesbrough, Loftus, Saltburn and Skelton. T ...

Council Town Hall nearby.

Gillbrook

Its students came from Normanby and Teesville, neighbouring towns and villages, and nearby

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with the latter taking a sizeable part in the school enrolment, which before closure was around 1250, including 400 in the

History

Grammar school

It opened in September 1955 as Eston Grammar School in Teesville with 650 boys and girls. The school motto was ''Sapera Aude'' (dare to know).

Comprehensive

It became known as Gillbrook School in 1973, then Gillbrook Technology College, then Gilbrook College. Between 1994 and 2006, it was a

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, and in 2009, it became an

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Notable former pupils

Gillbrook School

* Martin Daniels and his brother Gary, sons of

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Eston Grammar School

* Professor

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, art historian, and curator at the

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, New York from 1975 to 2008 * Professor Keith Gull CBE, FRS, professor of

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since 2004 at

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, and principal since 2009 of

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* Professor

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FBA, professor of economics since 1985 at the

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References

External links

Evening Gazette , Thousands to help schools in Redcar and Cleveland

BBC News , Work starts on sixth form centres

Evening Gazette , Meeting held on controversial school plans
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