George Stephenson High School

George Stephenson High School is a large secondary school in Killingworth, North Tyneside. This is located in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

George Stephenson High School
Address
Southgate

Killingworth
,
Tyne and Wear
,
NE12 6SA

England
Coordinates55°01′59″N 1°34′02″W
Information
TypeFoundation school
Established1953
Local authorityNorth Tyneside
Department for Education URN108639 Tables
HeadteacherMr I D Wilkinson (2009- present)
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 18
Enrolment1200
Former nameGeorge Stephenson Grammar School
Websitehttp://www.gshs.org.uk

History

Grammar school

It was called the George Stephenson Grammar School in 1953, at which time it was built on Benton Lane (the Great Lime Road) in West Moor.[1] (George Stephenson lived nearby in a cottage when he worked at Killingworth Colliery.) The current school site in Killingworth is a replacement that opened in 1970, and was originally known as Killingworth High School, a comprehensive, but eventually took the George Stephenson name from the old school. The old school no longer exists as it was demolished in 2004.

The headmaster since the opening of the old school in 1953 was Tom W. King, BA. He became headmaster of the new school and finally retired around the end of the 1981-1982 school year. When he died in 2004 at the age of 94, a plaque reading "Here, from 1956 to 2004, stood a Place of Learning" was placed on the wall of the West Moor Residents Association Community Centre, which now stands on the site of the old grammar school.

Each year group in the grammar school had 3 streams, L, G, and F. The L stream studied 3 years of Latin, 2 of German, and 5 of French. The G stream took German and French.

The popularity of the grammar school was such that it had expanded over the years from about 350 pupils (the capacity of the original main building) to about 600 (by the addition of prefabricated classrooms at the rear of the school).

Until 1970 the school had regular morning assemblies for all pupils. The school hymn was "Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer". The school motto was Praesis Ut Prosis, "Lead in order to serve."

Comprehensive

It became a comprehensive school in 1970 with the move from the West Moor site to the Killingworth site.

Alumni

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See also

References
  1. "Memories of a fine artist and loving family man". The Northumberland Gazette. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

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