Tanfield School

Tanfield School is a coeducational secondary school in Stanley, County Durham, England, by the border to Tanfield Lea.[1]

Tanfield School
Address
Good Street

Stanley
,
County Durham
,
DH9 8AY

England
Information
TypeAcademy
Established1912
Local authorityDurham County Council
TrustEden Learning Trust
Department for Education URN147894 Tables
OfstedReports
HeadteacherMr Steven Clough
GenderCoeducational
Age11 to 16
Colour(s)Black, yellow and gold
Websitehttps://www.tanfieldschool.co.uk/

History

Tanfield Lea Higher Elementary School and Pupil Teaching Centre was opened in October 1912.[2] Some of the first pupils had transferred from the old Pupil Teacher Centre. However, most of the new intake were twelve years old.[3]

Mr. Hardy, the first headmaster, recorded in the school log that: "The Pupil Teacher and Preparatory pupils attending the Tanfield Lea P.T. Centre (53 in number) and their teachers Mr. Stringer, Mr. Crabb, Miss Clough came to the school and 174 pupils were admitted by examination from 329 candidates".[4] The object of the school, as stated in the 1914 prospectus, was to: "provide education, between the ages of 12 and 15 years, for children who, having previously attended an ordinary public elementary school, give sufficient promise of being able to take up an extended curriculum of such a character as is here provided, and whose parents intend them to remain until they are at least 15 years of age. The previous education of the pupils will be continued and widened and a practical training in special subjects added. The education given is indeed intended to afford, in an essentially practical manner, an intelligent preparation for the duties which will be undertaken when school days are over".[5]

Grammar school

In 1919, the school was re-christened Alderman Wood School and took on grammar school status two years later.[6] In 1945 its name was changed to Stanley Grammar School.[7]

Comprehensive

In 1977, Tanfield Comprehensive was formed by the amalgamation of the existing school with Shield Row Secondary School. The school then had about 1,300 pupils and 76 teachers.[8]

1986 saw another change with the phasing out of the Sixth Form and the opening of the Tertiary College at Consett.[9]

11 May 1998 was 'The Great Fire of Tanfield' which led to the demolition of the Tower Block (the 1960s four-storey building used to house all the English, Maths and Science teaching areas).[10] In November 2000, Ofsted inspectors commented, "The school has had to cope with very difficult working conditions following a major fire in May 1998, which resulted in the loss of 24 classrooms, school offices, resources, equipment and pupils' coursework".[11]

Academy

Previously a community school administered by Durham County Council, in May 2020 Tanfield School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Eden Learning Trust.

Notable former pupils

Stanley Grammar School

Elliot Dickman. U23 coach. Sunderland A.F.C.

Tanfield School

References
  1. https://www.tanfieldschool.co.uk/
  2. Wearmouth, Rachel (25 June 2013). "Tanfield School celebrating 100 years of learning". The Journal. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. "School History". Tanfield School. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  4. "School History". Tanfield School. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  5. "Prospectus 1914". Tanfield Association. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  6. "Alderman Wood". Tanfield Association. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  7. "Head Teachers". Tanfield Association. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  8. "Head Teachers". Tanfield Association. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  9. "School History". Tanfield School. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  10. "Head Teachers". Tanfield Association. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  11. "Inspection Report: Tanfield School" (PDF). Ofsted. 2000. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  12. John Caine (2015). "Newsletter, issue 32, "A Life Changing Moment"" (PDF). Tanfield Association. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  13. "Newsletter, vol 1, issue 4, "Fenwick Lawson"" (PDF). Tanfield Association. 2002. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  14. "Newsletter, issue 13, "Colin Milburn"" (PDF). Tanfield Association. 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  15. "Ken Musgrave" (PDF). Durham Chemistry History and Alumni Wiki. 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  16. Richard D Chambers (2000). Banks, R E (ed.). Fluorine Chemistry at the Millennium: Fascinated by Fluorine. pp. 124. For WKRM [Ken Musgrave] it was a return to the North East of England, the region of his birth and schooldays – at Stanley Grammar School
  17. Chambers, Richard (2011). "Newsletter, issue 22" (PDF). Tanfield Association. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  18. "Newsletter, issue 16" (PDF). Tanfield Association. 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  19. Amy Bilton (2014). "Newsletter, issue 29, "Yvonne Ridley"" (PDF). Tanfield Association. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  20. "Newsletter, issue 32, "Carly Telford"" (PDF). Tanfield Association. 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  21. "Past Players (TUV)". Durham County Schools' FA. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
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