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Wellfield School

Wellfield School in England North East, United Kingdom.

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Wellfield 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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Wellfield School is a coeducational secondary school located in Wingate, County Durham, England.

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Background

History

The original school was opened by Councillor Peter Lee JP on Saturday 22 March 1930. The school was named The A.J Dawson Secondary School after the Director of Education who was well known in the area as he often visited schools. In subsequent years and reflecting changes to educational policy the school has been known as A.J Dawson Grammar School, Wellfield A. J Dawson Grammar School, Wellfield Comprehensive School, Wellfield Community School and now simply Wellfield School. Wellfield Comprehensive School started as an amalgamation of three schools, Wellfield Grammar School (previously AJ Dawson), Wingate Secondary Modern School and Wheatley Hill Secondary Modern School. Then Yoden Hall…

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Coordinates
54.7313, -1.3773
Address
North Road East
Established
1980

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Where is Wellfield School?
Wellfield School is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.7313°, -1.3773°.
When was Wellfield School built?
Wellfield School dates to 1980.