History
The original school was opened by Councillor Peter Lee JP on Saturday 22 March 1930. The school was named The A.J Dawson Secondary School after the Director of Education who was well known in the area as he often visited schools. In subsequent years and reflecting changes to educational policy the school has been known as A.J Dawson Grammar School, Wellfield A. J Dawson Grammar School, Wellfield Comprehensive School, Wellfield Community School and now simply Wellfield School. [2]
Wellfield Comprehensive School started as an amalgamation of three schools, Wellfield Grammar School (previously AJ Dawson), Wingate Secondary Modern School and Wheatley Hill Secondary Modern School. Then Yoden Hall School closed in the 1980s and pupils and staff from this school also joined Wellfield. [2]
Wellfield has been judged as a “Good”school by Ofsted in 2014 and 2018. [2]
Previously a community school administered by Durham County Council, [3] in June 2023 Wellfield School converted to academy status. [4] The school is now part of New College Durham Academies Trust. [5]
Wingate Secondary School Headteachers
| Mr W A Moyes | 1963 | 1973 |
| Mr D Haigh | 1973 | 1980 |
A J Dawson Grammar School Headteachers
| Mr J Ingram, BSC | 1930 | 1946 |
| Mr G A Carr, MC, MA | 1946 | 1959 |
| Mr S Stewart, MA | 1959 | 1971 |
| Mr T H Dennis, BSC | 1972 | 1980 |
Wheatley Hill Secondary School Headteachers
| Mr A Harris, MBE | 1953 | 1975 |
| Mr E Ward | 1975 | 1978 |
| Mr G Adams | 1978 | 1980 |
Wellfield School Headteachers
| Mr T H Dennis, BSC | 1980 | 1985 |
| Mr G B McHugh | 1985 | 1989 |
| Dr J Jordan, BEd, PhD | 1990 | 2000 |
| Mrs J F Elliott, BA, NPQH | 2000 | 2011 |
| Mrs L Rodham, MA, NPQH | 2012 | 2021 |
| Mr G Potts (Acting) | 2021 | 2022 |
| Ms S Hammond | 2022 | 2023 |
| Mrs L Colquhoun | Current | |
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