Heworth Grange Comprehensive School

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Heworth Grange Comprehensive School
Type Community comprehensive school
Headteacher Mr Brian Harrison Huddart[1]
Chair David Napier[1]
Specialism Arts College
Location High Lanes
Felling, Gateshead
Tyne and Wear
NE10 0PT
England
LEA Gateshead[1]
Ofsted number 108407
Students 1510[1]
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11 to 18
Website http://www.heworthgrange.org.uk/
Coordinates: 54°56′52″N 1°33′08″W / 54.94784, -1.55225

Heworth Grange Comprehensive School is a comprehensive high school in the Gateshead area of Tyne and Wear, England. It educates over 1,500 students, aged 11-18, including a sixth form. The school has specialist status as an Arts College, attained in 2005.[2] The Headteacher is Brian Huddart.

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[edit] Development

This school was the first in the North East to be awarded funds under the Building Schools for the Future scheme, in February 2004.[3]

There were proposals to merge this school with Thomas Hepburn Secondary School in Felling.[4] however such plans were curbed in the early stages.

[edit] IT facilities

Heworth Grange has a modern computer suite, called the Heworth Grange City Learning Centre (CLC). Notably, this is used by three other secondary schools and is used by all the primary schools in the area.[5]

[edit] Popularity

Most schools in the North East have falling roles. By contrast, this school has such a high reputation that it is consistently over-subscribed year on year.[6]

[edit] School fatality

School fatalities in the United Kingdom are extremely rare. In December 1998, 16-year-old Darren Carruthers died of brain damage following a playground fight. A 15-year-old was eventually acquitted of his manslaughter at Newcastle Crown Court.[7][8]

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