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Harton Academy

Harton Academy in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Harton Academy is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Harton Academy, formerly Harton Technology College or Harton Comprehensive School, is a mixed secondary and sixth form academy located in South Shields, South Tyneside, England. In March 2022, Ofsted rated Harton Academy’s overall effectiveness as ‘requires improvement’. This was over ‘issues in record-keeping’. The leadership and management was rated as ‘requires improvement’. The quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and 6th form provision were rated as ‘good’. In February 2024, Ofsted rated Harton Academy’s overall effectiveness as 'good'. The personal development and 6th form provision were rated as 'outstanding'. The quality of education, behaviour and attitudes and leadership and management were rated as 'good'.

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History

Harton was rated as 'outstanding' by Ofsted in 2006 and 2013, received 3 Government Achievement awards, featured in the 'top 50 most improved specialist schools' in the UK and identified as one of twelve outstanding schools serving disadvantaged communities. In 2010, £25,000,000 worth of construction was completed on a new 6th form block and the refurbishment of the 1936 block. In 2015, the swimming pool was redeveloped at the cost of £400,000. In 2011, the DfE awarded Harton with Teaching School status, allowing the academy to lead training and professional development of staff. In 2017, Harton Technology College was granted multi-academy status by the DfE and is now known as Harton…

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Coordinates
54.9757, -1.4074
Address
Lisle Road
Established
1885
Official site
harton-tc.co.uk

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Where is Harton Academy?
Harton Academy is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9757°, -1.4074°.
When was Harton Academy built?
Harton Academy dates to 1885.