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Roseberry College
Roseberry College in England North East, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Roseberry 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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From the Wikipedia article
Roseberry College and Sixth Form was a state-funded secondary school and sixth form in County Durham, England, founded in 1963 and closed in 2014. The final college Principal was Ann Bowen, who is also a geography textbook author for the examination board AQA. The school was housed on a very large single site with capacity for almost 1000 pupils in the Pelton, County Durham / Newfield, Chester-le-Street / Ouston, County Durham areas.
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Background
History
The school opened as Pelton Roseberry Secondary Modern in 1963. In the mid-1970s, there were several fires at the school, mentioned in Up The Rhubarb Tree, an e-book by former pupil Joseph Crawford. On 5 September 1975 a £250,000 fire was caused by 15 year old boy. Roseberry College achieved Sports College status in c. 2003. The PE department enjoyed some of the best facilities in the Local Authority with a gym, sports hall, enclosed and flood-lit AGS pitch (Artificial Grass Surface), full-sized climbing wall, athletics track, tennis, netball and outdoor basketball courts as well as approximately 20 hectares of sports fields making it one of the largest school sites in County Durham. In…
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- Coordinates
- 54.8672, -1.6220
- Address
- | city = Newfield
- Established
- 1963
- Official site
- web.archive.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q7368075 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Roseberry College (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Roseberry College?
- Roseberry College is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8672°, -1.6220°.
- When was Roseberry College built?
- Roseberry College dates to 1963.