Longbenton High School
Longbenton Community College is a large secondary school in Benton, North Tyneside. Operating under the three tier system in North Tyneside, the school takes students from age 11-18. It is a specialist technology college and has advanced ICT facilities.
Longbenton Community College is part of the North-West Cluster, which includes George Stephenson High School and Seaton Burn Community College.
History
The school was originally built in 1951, and opened officially for the new year in September 1953. It was originally named Thomas Addison and the girls and boys were kept separate. What is now East was the girls side and what is now West was the boys side. What is now the HMT block was the girls canteen. At some point, likely in the 1960's, the school was turned into a mixed college and became known as Longbenton High School. Some time ago the school decided to reach out into the community and started adult teaching classes, often outside of school hours. It then became known as Longbenton Community High School. Eventually that became Longbenton Community College.
Staff
- Principal - Mr J Cockburn
- Head of Lower School - Mrs. L. Skinner
- Assistant Head of Lower School - Mrs. V. Short
CLC
As the school is a technology college it was decided to place a City Learning Centre here in 2002. The building was officially opened in 2005. The main room is e-learning. There are also discovery, e-media, conference and finally the library, which is the only part used exclusively by the LBCC students.
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East Building
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The HMT Block
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West Building
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The Office -
The City Learning Center
