Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School is a

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and

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based in Dunston,

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, Tyne and Wear, England. It was opened in 1990 on the site of Dunston Comprehensive School, combining the existing Saltwell Senior High, Dunston Comprehensive and Hillhead Junior High schools. The school's name came from Kings Meadow Island in the

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, which was dredged away in the nineteenth century to allow large ships up the river. The school has been awarded specialist

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status. The school serves the communities of Dunston,

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, Bensham, Lobley Hill,

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and Swalwell. Kingsmeadow won the

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School Achievement Award in 2001, 2002 and 2003 and contains the Life Long Learning Centre (LLLC). In 2007, Kingsmeadow began construction of a new school building. The

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visited on 20 March 2009 to officially open the new school building. In 2009 the Speaker of the House of Commons,

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visited the school. In March 2010 the school was inspected by Ofsted and deemed "good with outstanding features". In April 2015 the school was inspected by OFSTED and deemed "good" but "requires improvement". Key Stage 4 performance in 2015 saw 32% of students achieving 5+ A*-C GCSEs; significantly below the Gateshead local authority average of 58.1% and the national average of 53.8%.

References

Sources

R-Kings Meadows
* http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/951473/urn/108410.pdf

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* {{authority control Secondary schools in Gateshead Educational institutions established in 1990 1990 establishments in England Community schools in Gateshead