Fyndoune Community College

Fyndoune Community College is a coeducational secondary school located in Sacriston, County Durham, England. Previous names have included Sacriston Secondary Modern School and Fyndoune Comprehensive School.

Fyndoune Community College
Address
Findon Hill

Sacriston
,
County Durham
,
DH7 6LU

 England
Coordinates54°48′51″N 1°37′24″W
Information
TypeCommunity school
Local authorityDurham
Department for Education URN114289 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMrs Alison Jobbing
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 16
Websitehttp://www.thedurhamfederation.co.uk/

Fyndoune Community College is a community school under the control of Durham County Council. It also has specialist status as a Humanities College[1] and has additional facilities for the specialism, including a school farm.[2]

Fyndoune Community College offers GCSEs, BTECs and OCR Nationals as programmes of study for pupils.

The school is part of the Durham Federation which also includes Durham Community Business College, and used to include Durham Studio Sixth Form.[3] However both schools are currently in special measures due to an inadequate rating from Ofsted,[4] and Durham Studio Sixth Form was closed in 2014.[5]

In 2015, Anne Lakey (Chief Executive of the Durham Federation) was jailed for eight years after being found guilty of 13 counts of indecent assault after sexual allegations concerning two schoolboys in 1980s.[6]

In April 2017, Mrs Alison Jobling was officially appointed as Headteacher of the Durham Federation.

References
  1. "Humanities with a Rural Dimension". The Durham Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. "Fyndoune's Learning Outside the Classroom". The Durham Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. "The Durham Federation". The Durham Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  4. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/durham-federation-principal-moves-reassure-8085197
  5. http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11589568.Crisis_descends_as_acclaimed_school_put_into_special_measures/
  6. Association, Press (24 June 2015). "Acclaimed teacher Anne Lakey jailed for eight years for underage sex". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 July 2017.


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