Whitley Bay High School


Whitley Bay High School is a mixed upper school and sixth form located in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, England.
WWW whitleybayhighschool.org

Admissions

The school has 1600 pupils; more than 600 are in the sixth form. In 2006, the school was awarded Specialist College Status in Science & Humanities.
It is situated next to Monkseaton Drive, towards the north of Monkseaton. There is a subway for access under the main road. It is in the parish of St Peter, Monkseaton.

History

Grammar school

The school was originally built as a grammar school in 1963, and was originally known as Whitley Bay and Monkseaton Grammar School. The buildings were officially opened on 7 December 1963, by Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth. It was formerly housed in what is now the Marden Bridge Middle School. The original buildings on site were A Block, B Block and C Block.

Comprehensive

In 1973, it became a high school.

Buildings

The school has since been rebuilt and all except D-Block and a portion of C-Block have been replaced. It had four main buildings, with several other outlying blocks around them. They were:A-Block: English, Modern Foreign Languages, Science, the school gym, canteen, main hall and various offices.B-Block: Mathematics, Geography, Philosophy and Ethics, ICT and an additional sports hall.C-Block: Childcare, Design and Technology, Media Studies, Food Technology, Healthcare, Science, learning support and Textiles.D-Block : Art, Drama, Music, Science, the School Library, a music recording studio and a drama studio.E-Block : Art and Textiles.

Former pupils