Monkseaton High School
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Monkseaton Community High School is a mixed, comprehensive school situated in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, England for 13-18 year olds (although there is currently one 12 year old among its year nine students). There are 925 students on roll, 219 of whom are in the sixth form. The school is a specialist language college and has initiated or led a number of local and national initiatives aimed at raising standards.
[edit] The Laura Spence Affair
In 2000, Monkseaton High School became a focus for the national media during the Laura Spence Affair. This was a major political argument about alleged elitism in Oxford University admissions procedures, centring around their decision to reject Monkseaton student Laura Spence's application to study medicine. Laura was subsequently offered a £65,000 scholarship to study at Harvard University in the US.
