Roseberry College

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Roseberry College and Sixth Form
Location
Roseberry College
Newfield
,
County Durham
,
DH2 1NW

England
Coordinates 54°52′02″N1°37′19″W / 54.867184°N 1.62197°W / 54.867184; -1.62197
Information
Type Community school
MottoAim High, Achieve Excellence
Established1963 (1963)
Closed2014
Department for Education URN 114287 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Gender Coeducational
Age11to 18
HousesRavensworth, Lumley, Finchale
Website https://web.archive.org/web/20140516191141/http://www.roseberrycollege.co.uk/

Roseberry College and Sixth Form was a state-funded secondary school and sixth form in County Durham, England, founded in 1963 and closed in 2014. The final college Principal was Ann Bowen, who is also a geography textbook author [1] for the examination board AQA.

Contents

The school was housed on a very large single site with capacity for almost 1000 pupils in the Pelton, County Durham / Newfield, Chester-le-Street / Ouston, County Durham areas.

History

The school opened as Pelton Roseberry Secondary Modern in 1963. [2]

In the mid-1970s, there were several fires at the school, mentioned in Up The Rhubarb Tree, an e-book by former pupil Joseph Crawford. On 5 September 1975 a £250,000 fire was caused by 15 year old boy. [3]

Roseberry College achieved Sports College status in c. 2003. The PE department enjoyed some of the best facilities in the Local Authority with a gym, sports hall, enclosed and flood-lit AGS pitch (Artificial Grass Surface), full-sized climbing wall, athletics track, tennis, netball and outdoor basketball courts as well as approximately 20 hectares of sports fields making it one of the largest school sites in County Durham.

In March 2010, the school was named as one of the "most improved specialist schools" by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust. [4] [5] It narrowly lost out on the "Most Improved in the North East Region" prize to nearby Oxclose Community School.

In December 2010, Roseberry received confirmation from the BBC that it was a winning school for the BBC/British Council's Olympic Schools search. [6] As part of being a winning school, it was twinned with Colégio Certo in Piaui, in the North-East of Brazil, which was the high school of Sarah Menezes. The two colleges worked collaboratively on activities and projects with all year groups in the lead up to the 2012 London Olympic games.

In June 2011, Roseberry won the RBS Personal Finance Education Awards for Schools. [7] The College won "The Best all-round approach to Personal Finance Education" against UK-wide competition.

In September 2013, Durham County Council started a consultation period on falling rolls; student numbers declined to under 200 pupils by early 2014 because of uncertainty over the college's future, and the council voted in February 2014 to close the school. The closure took effect from 31 August 2014. [8] Demolition of the school buildings began in late 2015.

Notable former pupils

Pelton Secondary Modern School

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References

  1. ↑ "Ann Bowen: Books, Biogs, Audiobooks, Discussions". Amazon.com. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Pelton Fell Colliery". Chester-le-Street Heritage Group. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Newcastle Evening Chronicle Tuesday 10 February 1976, page 1
  4. ↑ "Celebration of the most improved specialist schools and academies" (Press release). Specialist Schools and Academies Trust. 23 March 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Most Improved Specialist Schools and Academies" (PDF) (list). Specialist Schools and Academies Trust. 23 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "BBC and British Council announce winners of Olympic Dreams School Search 2012". British Council . 8 December 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Bethan Oakes, Bethan Wray, Jessica Wright and Laura Lawson, Roseberry Sports and Community College, Durham". Personal Finance Education Awards Information. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Councillors vote to close Roseberry College and Sixth Form due to falling pupil numbers". The Northern Echo. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
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