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Bedlington Academy

Secondary school in Northumberland, England

Field	Value
name	Bedlington Academy
image	Bedlingtonshire Community High School Badge.JPG
coordinates
established	1926
type	Academy
trust	North East Learning Trust
head_label	Executive headteacher
head	Toni Spoors
r_head_label	Headteacher
r_head	Joanna Lamb
address	Palace Road
city	Bedlington
county	Northumberland
country	England
postcode	NE22 7DS
local_authority	Northumberland
ofsted	yes
urn	144977
enrolment	859
gender	Coeducational
lower_age	11
upper_age	19
alumni	Old Bedlingtonians
website

Bedlington Academy (formerly Bedlingtonshire Community High School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form in Bedlington in the English county of Northumberland.

History

It was founded in 1926 as Bedlington Secondary School for the areas of Bedlingtonshire, Ashington and Newbiggin, being built next to Bedlington railway station. Subsequently, it became Bedlington Grammar School, before turning comprehensive in 1974. It gained Maths and Computing College status in 2009. During April 2015 building work started on the new modern building. The old school shut its doors on 26 July 2016 to allow the demolition to commence. The new building opened, officially for students, on 6 September 2016. The school was converted to an academy, as part of the North East Learning Trust in early 2018.

Admissions

The school is in Palace Road, just west of the junction of the A189 and A1147, and near the A189 bridge over the River Blyth. All secondary schools in Northumberland have a sixth form.

Admissions are in Years 7 and 9 - Year 7 students come from the five feeder primary schools, Bedlington Station Primary School, Stead Lane Primary School, Mowbray Primary School, Ringway Primary School, and Stakeford Primary School; whilst Year 9 students come from the three tier system from Meadowdale Academy.

Notable former pupils

Jayne Middlemiss.{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100620185021/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6783/is_2008_Oct_17/ai_n30910044/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2010-06-20
Kyle Cameron

Bedlington Grammar School

Sir Bobby Charlton CBE
Sir John Hall, who built the MetroCentre
Catherine Ann Lilburn, chairperson of the Woman Against Pit Closures (WAPC) in 1984 during the miner's strike

References

(2016-01-29). "Newcastle United {{!}} Teams {{!}} Profiles {{!}} Academy {{!}} Academy Player Profile {{!}} Kyle Cameron".
"Player of the Month: Cameron".
(1997-10-12). "Football: Great days of a good knight - Sport - The Independent". The Independent.
(1995-11-01). "Sir John Hall's zeal is opening up the North-east frontier - Sport - The Independent". The Independent.

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