Bedlington Academy
| Bedlington Academy | |
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| Address | |
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Palace Road , , NE22 7DS England | |
| Coordinates | 55°07′55″N 1°36′25″W / 55.132°N 1.607°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Academy |
| Established | 1926 |
| Local authority | Northumberland |
| Department for Education URN | 122360 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Executive Head | Ms T Spoors |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 19 |
| Enrollment | 859 |
| Former pupils | Old Bedlingtonians |
| Website | http://www.bchs.uk.net |
Bedlington Academy (formerly Bedlingtonshire Community High School) is a secondary school and sixth form located in Bedlington, Northumberland in the North East of England.
History
It was founded in 1926 as Bedlington Secondary School for the areas of Bedlingtonshire, Ashington and Newbiggin, being built next to Bedlington railway station. Subsequently it became Bedlington Grammar School, before turning comprehensive in 1974. It gained Maths and Computing College status in 2009. During April 2015 building work started on the new modern building. The old school shut its doors on the 26th July 2016 to allow the demolition to commence. The new building opened, officially for students, on the 6th September 2016. The school was converted to an academy, as part of the North East Learning Trust in early 2018.
Admissions
The school is situated in Bedlington Station, just west of the junction of the A189 and A1147, and near the A189 bridge over the River Blyth. All secondary schools in Northumberland have a sixth form.
Admissions are in Years 7 and 9 - Year 7 students come from the five feeder primary schools, Bedlington Station Primary School, Stead Lane Primary School, Mowbray Primary School, Ringway Primary School, and Stakeford Primary School; whilst Year 9 students come from the three tier system from Meadowdale Academy.
Notable former pupils
Bedlington Grammar School
- Sir Bobby Charlton CBE[2]
- Prof Graham Charlton, Professor of Conservative Dentistry at the University of Edinburgh from 1978–91 [citation needed]
- Sir John Hall, who built the MetroCentre[3]
- Mike Murray, Ambassador to Eritrea from 2002-6 [citation needed]
- Kenneth Sillito (https://web.archive.org/web/20090101131836/http://www.asmf.org/html/kenneth-sillito.htm) [citation needed]
References
- ^ "Jayne's the host with the most". Evening Chronicle. 2008-10-17. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
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- ^ "Sir John Hall's zeal is opening up the North-east frontier - Sport - The Independent". The Independent. London. 1995-11-01.