Easington Colliery Girls' Modern School (Co. Durham)

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Easington Colliery Girls' Modern School (Co. Durham)
Whickham Street, Durham, County Durham, SR8 3AY

Badge as depicted in Bunty #1 (18 Jan 1958)

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The school comprised boys and girls schools on the same site. The first mixed class was in 1958.

Easington Colliery School, Seaside Lane, Easington, Durham : Historic Buildings Report 20.98 MB:

https://historicengland.org.uk/research/results/reports/87-2006

The schools were subsequently demolished and a new primary school built on the site.

The boys and girls secondary schools merged with Murton Secondary Modern School in 1978 to become Easington Comprehensive School. The school was later renamed Easington Community School, and then Easington Community Science College in January 2007 after became a specialist science college in 2012. The school is now an academy school known as Easington Academy housed at a nearby site.

Also see here for a short film about the school:
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19547253.county-durham-film-former-easington-colliery-primary/