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Longbenton Community College

Longbenton Community College in England North East, United Kingdom.

War Memorial, St. Bartholomew's Churchyard, Station Road, Benton - geograph.org.uk - 6779106

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Longbenton Community College 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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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. The joint sixth form used to be in partnership with Seaton Burn College and branded as the Northwest Cluster. However now it is simply known as 'NE12 Sixth Form', as both campuses fall under the NE12 Postcode. This change was not advertised at all by the school, both internally or externally.

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History

The school was originally built in, and opened officially for the new year in September 1953. It was originally named after Thomas Addison 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. 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…

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Coordinates
55.0185, -1.5741
Address
Hailsham Avenue
Established
1953

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Where is Longbenton Community College?
Longbenton Community College is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0185°, -1.5741°.
When was Longbenton Community College built?
Longbenton Community College dates to 1953.