Egglescliffe School
| Established | 1962 |
|---|---|
| Type | Community school |
| Headteacher | S. White |
| Location |
Urlay Nook Road Eaglescliffe County Durham TS16 0LA England Coordinates: 54°30′59″N 1°21′38″W / 54.516450°N 1.360525°W |
| Local authority | |
| DfE number | 808/4008 |
| DfE URN | 111727 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1,459 (with 300 in the sixth form) |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Navy, black, and white |
| Website | egglescliffe |
Egglescliffe School is a large mixed comprehensive school and sixth form in Eaglescliffe, , County Durham for students aged 11 to 18. Egglescliffe School is planning on turning into an academy, as was told to parents on 1st February, 2016.
Beginning as a small rural secondary school of 200 pupils in 1962, Egglescliffe became a comprehensive in the 1970s, gradually growing to its current size of over 1400 pupils, including sixth formers. There have been five headteachers since it opened: Mr. Frank Davison, Mr. Alan Basset, Mr. David Oliver, Mrs. Angela Darnell and Mr. Simon White.
A specialist theatre was built to host the many Drama and Theatre productions throughout the school year. It is also home to Egglescliffe Youth Theatre, launched in its present form in September 1986, now one of the longest-running Theatre groups in the country. It holds weekly sessions and yearly summer productions.
In 1999, Egglescliffe was awarded Specialist Status and designated an Arts College specialising in music and drama, since then refurbishment of the music block has transformed the interior structure of the department. Its Music Department has a longstanding reputation for performance work.
From 1999 until his death on 25 June 2010, it was under the direction of Mr. Anthony Gears, joined by a team of six, teaching Drama and Theatre, he was succeeded as Director of Performing Arts by Mrs. Harmony Gibson, his daughter.
Head of the Music Department for 32 years was Mr. Keith Hewson, who retired in 2008. Over those years his Orchestras, Brass Bands, Choirs, Jazz Ensembles and Chamber Groups appeared at the Music for Youth National Festival over 80 times winning many outstanding performance awards and appearing at the Royal Albert Hall School proms on 19 occasions. For over 10 years Mr. Hewson was a member of the governments Music and Dance Scheme Panel and the Specialist Schools Music Expert Panel. In 2002 he was voted Classic FM Music Teacher of the Year. In April 2008, following the award of High Performing Specialist Status the school was designated a second specialism as a Science College. In 2010, Mrs. Darnell, was awarded an OBE for "services to education". In 2012, Head of Music, Mr Matthew Haworth, was awarded the Secondary Music Teacher of the Year by Classic FM.
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