Longbenton High School is a smaller than average Secondary School located in
Benton,
North Tyneside, England. Operating under the two-tier system in
North Tyneside, the school takes students from age 11-18. The school building also includes a very small Sixth Form, joint with
George Stephenson High School
George Stephenson High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Killingworth, North Tyneside, England.
History Grammar school
It was called the George Stephenson Grammar School in 1953, at which time it was built on Benton Lane ( ...
. The joint sixth form used to be in partnership with
Seaton Burn College and branded as the Northwest Cluster. However now is simply known as 'NE12 Sixth Form', as both campusses fall under the NE12
Postcode
A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal a ...
. This change was not advertised at all by the school, both internally or externally.
History
The school was originally built in, and opened officially for the new year in September 1953. It was originally named after
Thomas Addison
Thomas J Addison (April 179329 June 1860) was an English physician, chef, and scientist. He is traditionally regarded as one of the "great men" of Guy's Hospital in London.
Among other pathologies, he discovered Addison's disease (a degenerati ...
and the girls and boys were kept separate. What was the East Block was the girls' side, and what was West Block was the boys' side. The old HMT block was the girls' canteen. At some point, likely in the 1960s, the school was turned into a mixed college and became known as Longbenton School.
The school became known as Longbenton Community College some time ago, when the management reached out into the community and started adult teaching classes, often outside of school hours.
In the winter of 2014, construction company
Galliford Try began work on the new £14m school, in the middle of the existing site. This involved the demolition of the
City Learning Centre
A City Learning Centre is a facility in the United Kingdom which provides ICT-based learning opportunities for the pupils at the host school, for pupils at a network of surrounding schools and for the wider community. The centre aims to enhance ...
, Sports Hall, Library and Sixth Form Building. The new building was funded by the
Education Funding Agency, and was constructed very similarly to other new builds in the area, such as
Bedlingtonshire Community High School.
The new building opened
to students on Thursday, 8 September 2016, which marked a fresh start for Longbenton with the new brand of Longbenton High School. The old West Block, East Block, HMT, Canteen and DT block were all demolished following the opening of Longbenton High School.
File:College Gates - geograph.org.uk - 69484.jpg, LCC Gates - City Learning Centre - Front of New School
File:Longbenton Community College West 2006.jpg, LCC West Block - Now a Playing Field
File:Longbenton Community College East 2006.jpg, LCC East Block and HMT - Now Mostly Disused / Path to Benton Dene Primary School
File:Longbenton Community College HMT block 2006.jpg, LCC HMT Block
File:Longbenton Community College, Community Learning Centre 2006.jpg, LCC - CLC Close Up. - Now Front of New School
Alumni
Notable ex-pupils include rugby union player
Sarah Hunter
Sarah Alice Hunter, (born 19 September 1985) is an English rugby union player. She has represented since the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup and currently captains the team. At the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup Hunter received her 138th internati ...
MBE and England footballer
Peter Beardsley
Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE (born 18 January 1961) is an English football coach and former footballer who played as a forward or midfielder between 1979 and 1999.
In 1987, he set a record transfer fee in the English game and represented his coun ...
MBE.
References
External links
Longbenton Community College Homepage
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Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
Foundation schools in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside