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Tanfield School
Tanfield School in England North East, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
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Tanfield School 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
Tanfield School is a coeducational secondary school in Stanley, County Durham, England, by the border to Tanfield Lea. The school is part of the Eden Learning Trust and is a specialist science and engineering college.
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Background
History
Tanfield Lea Higher Elementary School and Pupil Teaching Centre was opened in October 1912. Some of the first pupils had transferred from the old Pupil Teacher Centre. However, most of the new intake were twelve years old. Mr. Hardy, the first headmaster, recorded in the school log that: "The Pupil Teacher and Preparatory pupils attending the Tanfield Lea P.T. Centre (53 in number) and their teachers Mr. Stringer, Mr. Crabb, Miss Clough came to the school and 174 pupils were admitted by examination from 329 candidates". The object of the school, as stated in the 1914 prospectus, was to: "provide education, between the ages of 12 and 15 years, for children who, having previously attended an…
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- Coordinates
- 54.8770, -1.7070
- Address
- Good Street
- Established
- 1912
- Official site
- www.tanfieldschool.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7682583 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Tanfield School (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tanfield School?
- Tanfield School is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.8770°, -1.7070°.
- When was Tanfield School built?
- Tanfield School dates to 1912.