Stokesley School is a

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and

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located in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1959''The Buildings of England Yorkshire The North Riding'', N. Pevsner, Penguin Books, 1966 as

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but became a comprehensive in the 1970s. The school converted to academy status in April 2015, however it continues to coordinate with North Yorkshire County Council for admissions, and has an intake of pupils from

Stokesley Stokesley is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, formerly a part of the historic North Riding of Yorkshire. It lies on the River Leven. An electoral ward, of the same name, stretches north to ...

Great Ayton Great Ayton is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. The River Leven (a tributary of the River Tees) flows through the village, which lies just north of the North York Moors. Etymology Great Ayton's ...

Hutton Rudby Hutton Rudby is a village and civil parish situated west of the market town of Stokesley in the Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England. At the 2011 census, village's parish and built-up area subdivision had population of 1,572 while its ...

and the surrounding villages. Stokesley School offers

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, BTECs

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courses as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of

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Notable former pupils

* Joe Bennett, footballer * Tom Chadwick, cricketer * David Jones, sports broadcaster *

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, politician *

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, “BED” and “Out Out” by

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References

External links

Stokesley School official website
Secondary schools in North Yorkshire Educational institutions established in 1959 1959 establishments in England Academies in North Yorkshire Stokesley {{Yorkshire-school-stub