North Gosforth Academy is a
co-educational
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secondary school
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located in
Seaton Burn,
Tyne and Wear
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The county is ...
, England. It has a
specialism in
business and enterprise. In 2018 it became a member of
Gosforth Federated Academies.
North Gosforth Academy offers
GCSEs
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,
BTECs and
Cambridge Nationals
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as programmes of study for pupils.
History
In 2017 it was announced that Seaton Burn College was to be sponsored by
Gosforth Academy
Gosforth Academy (formerly Gosforth High School) is an English secondary school in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. As well as having a sixth form department it is a specialist Language College. Many of its mainstream students come from three la ...
.
Until 1 January 2018 the school was known as Seaton Burn College and was a
foundation school
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Foundation schools ...
administered by
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
North Tyneside Council, or North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local gove ...
.
Notable staff
*
John Graham, cricketer
Notable former pupils
*
Robson Green
Robson Golightly Green (born 18 December 1964) is an English actor, singer-songwriter and television presenter.
His first major TV role was as hospital porter Jimmy Powell in BBC drama series '' Casualty'' in 1989. He then went on to portray F ...
, actor
*
Andy Sinton
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As a player, he was a left midfielder who notably played in the Premier League for Queens ...
, former England International Football player
References
External links
North Gosforth Academy official website
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Secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
Academies in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside