North Durham Academy is a

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

with academy status based in

Stanley Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film * ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy * ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short * ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series) ...

County Durham County Durham, officially simply Durham, is a ceremonial county in North East England.UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne an ...

, England. The school was formed in September 2011, when ''Greencroft Business and Enterprise Community School'' (also known as Greencroft Comprehensive School and just Greencroft School) and ''Stanley School of Technology'' (former South Stanley Comprehensive School) formally merged.

Tanfield School Tanfield School is a coeducational secondary school in Stanley, County Durham, England, by the border to Tanfield Lea. The school is part of the Eden Learning Trust and is a specialist science and engineering college. History Tanfield Lea ...

opted not to take part in the merger and remains a separate entity. It opened its new £30 million campus in September 2013, but was not officially opened until March 2014 by the Duke of York, KG. In 2013 and 2015, Ofsted inspectors rated the academy as 'requires improvement'.

Notable alumni

Liam Dixon Liam Dixon (born 26 April 1993) is an English former first-class cricketer. Dixon was born at Durham and educated in the city at the Stanley College of Technology. From there he attended the College of St Hild and St Bede at Durham Universit ...

(born 1993), cricketer

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* Secondary schools in County Durham Academies in County Durham Stanley, County Durham {{CountyDurham-school-stub