Billingham Campus School and Arts College

Billingham Campus School
Closed 2009
Type Comprehensive
Location Marsh House Avenue
Billingham
North Yorkshire
TS23 3HB
England
Coordinates: 54°36′56″N 1°16′54″W / 54.61546°N 1.28168°W / 54.61546; -1.28168
Local authority Stockton-on-Tees
Students 850
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–18

Billingham Campus School and Arts College was a co-educational comprehensive secondary school and Specialist Arts College,[1] located on Marsh House Avenue in the town of Billingham, England.

History

It used to be known as Bede Hall Grammar School. There were also three secondary modern schools on the site  Faraday, Davy and Stephenson.

In September 1972, Bede Hall Grammar became comprehensive although the remaining four grammar years remained so. The school was renamed Brunner. Davy and Faraday merged into one school named Furness. Stephenson closed and became Bede College the pupils transferring to Furness or the newly opened Northfield school.

The science block suffered an arson attack on 1 October 2002. The £1.2 million Stockton City Learning Centre opened on 23 January 2003.[2]

In 2009, Billingham Campus was closed and merged with Northfield School, another secondary school in Billingham. The Billingham Campus was called Northfield Sports College Marsh House site, but subsequently closed in 2013 when operations transferred to Northfield's Thames Road base.

Alumni

Bede Hall Grammar School

References

  1. "Billingham Campus School". Retrieved 20 September 2007.
  2. opened. Northern Echo. 23 January 2003.

External links

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