Easington Academy

Easington Academy
Type Academy
Headteacher Miss Toni Spoors
Deputy Headteachers Jane Martin & Yvonne Weston
Assistant Headteachers Paul Cook & Michael O'Carroll
Location Stockton Road
Durham
County Durham
SR8 3AY
England
Gender Co-Educational
Ages 11–16
Houses 5; Brenkley, Dryden, Porter, Seymour, Wallace,
Colours Black      & Red     
Website www.easingtoncsc.durham.sch.uk

Easington Academy is a secondary school with academy status located in the village of Easington, County Durham, England.

The school was first created as Easington Comprehensive school in 1978, as a result of a merger between Easington Secondary Modern School and Murton Secondary Modern School. The school was later renamed Easington Community School, and then Easington Community Science College in January 2007 after becoming a specialist science college.[1]

The school has become an academy school, and is now known as Easington Academy.

House system

The school's house names are based on the family surnames most affected in the 1951 Easington Colliery pit disaster; points are allocated in school assemblies, performances, etc.

  • Brenkley     
  • Dryden     
  • Porter     
  • Seymour     
  • Wallace     

Notable former pupils

The schools alumni include such people as former Blue Peter host Matt Baker, and such professional footballers as Newcastle goalkeeper Steve Harper,[2] Paul Kitson,[3] Chris Brass, Paul Smith, John Hutton, Richard Ord,[2] Stuart Brightwell, and Adam Johnson.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Easington secondary school achieves title of Easington Community Science College". The Local Channel. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
  2. 1 2 Hartlepool fanzine, p36, article by Alan White, a former teacher at Easington
  3. ↑ "Boyd shooting for the stars". The Northern Echo. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2007.
  4. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35711213

Coordinates: 54°46′55″N 1°21′18″W / 54.781876°N 1.354896°W / 54.781876; -1.354896 (Easington Community Science College)

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