Fyndoune Community College

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Fyndoune Community College
Address
Fyndoune Community College
Findon Hill

Sacriston
,
County Durham
,
DH7 6LU

England
Coordinates 54°48′51″N1°37′24″W / 54.8141°N 1.6233°W / 54.8141; -1.6233 Coordinates: 54°48′51″N1°37′24″W / 54.8141°N 1.6233°W / 54.8141; -1.6233
Information
Type Community school
Closed2021
Local authority Durham
Department for Education URN 114289 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Co-educational
Age11to 16
Website https://www.durhamfederation.net/

Fyndoune Community College was a co-educational secondary school located in Sacriston, County Durham, England. Previous names have included Sacriston Secondary Modern School and Fyndoune Comprehensive School. The school closed in April 2021.

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History

Fyndoune Community College educated pupils from Sacriston and surrounding villages, including Ushaw Moor, Lanchester, Esh Winning, Witton Gilbert, Langley Park and other areas North of Durham.

Fyndoune Community College was a community school under the control of Durham County Council. It also had specialist status as a Humanities College [1] and had additional facilities for the specialism, including a school farm and a nurture provision. [2] [3]

In September 2009 Fyndoune Community College and Durham Community Business College federated to become one provision - the Durham Federation. [3] The Durham Federation used to include Durham Studio Sixth Form. [4] However, Durham Studio Sixth Form was closed in 2014. [5]

In 2015, Anne Lakey, headteacher of the school, 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 Summer 2018, proposals where announced by Durham County Council to move the majority of students to the Ushaw Moor site and the Sacriston would only cater for vocational qualifications and students with additional needs. This was met by protests from parents, however the changes still went ahead in the new academic year (September 2018). [7]

In March 2020, a further proposal was announced to merge the two colleges into a single site, following a request by the Department for Education. This was as a result of both schools being rated inadequate by Ofsted in 2014 and being told to find an academy sponsor, which they had failed to do. Both schools where handed back to Durham County Council subject to being merged into a single site. [8]

Between 5 October & 15 November 2020 a consultation was carried out with Governor's, staff, parents and the wider community. 9 responses where received, with 5 supporting the schools merger and 4 against it. However, the council points out the responses against the merger failed to put forward education reasons to keep both schools open.

In a report dated 19 November 2020, the Corporate Director of Children and Young People’s Services used their delegate powers to approve the merger of the colleges sites into a single site - Durham Community Business College with a proposed closure date for the Sacriston site as 12 April 2021.

A further 4 week consultation period started on 26 November and no objections to the plans where received [9]

The closure went ahead on 11 April 2021, one day earlier than expected. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Humanities with a Rural Dimension". The Durham Federation. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Fyndoune's Learning Outside the Classroom". The Durham Federation. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Options for the future of the two schools that constitute the Durham Federation" (PDF). Durham County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "The Durham Federation". The Durham Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Crisis descends as acclaimed school put into special measures". The Northern Echo.
  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.
  7. ↑ "School community unites against proposed changes". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Consultation will be held over closure of school". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "Proposal to amalgamate Durham Community Business College and Fyndoune Community College into a single secondary school on the site of Durham Community Business College from 12 April 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 6 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ "Fyndoune Community College - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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