Astley Community High School is a

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

upper school Upper schools in the UK are usually schools within secondary education. Outside England, the term normally refers to a section of a larger school. England The three-tier model Upper schools are a type of secondary school found in a minority of ...

(styled ''high school'') and

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located in

Seaton Delaval Seaton Delaval is a village in Northumberland, England, with a population of 4,371. The largest of the five villages in Seaton Valley, it is the site of Seaton Delaval Hall, completed by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1727. In 2010 the armed robbery of ...

in the English county of

Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land ...

. It is a community school administered by Northumberland County Council, and admits pupils from

Seaton Valley Seaton Valley is a civil parish at the south eastern corner of Northumberland, consisting of four villages lying between Cramlington, Blyth, Northumberland, Blyth and Whitley Bay. The largest village is Seaton Delaval, while Seaton Sluice is on ...

, particularly those graduating from Whytrig and Seaton Sluice Middle Schools. In 2022 plans were approved to relocate the school to a new campus within Seaton Delaval. The new campus will be shared with Whytrig Middle School. Astley Community High School offers

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and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs. The school also offers the

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programme.

References

External links

Astley Community High School official website
Upper schools in Northumberland Community schools in Northumberland {{Northumberland-school-stub