Stokesley 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 ...

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and

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located in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1959''The Buildings of England Yorkshire The North Riding'', N. Pevsner, Penguin Books, 1966 as

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but became a comprehensive in the 1970s. The school converted to academy status in April 2015, however it continues to coordinate with North Yorkshire County Council for admissions, and has an intake of pupils from

Stokesley Stokesley is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It lies within the Historic counties of England, historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, on the River Leven, North Yorkshire, River Leven. An Wards and ...

Great Ayton Great Ayton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The River Leven (a tributary of the River Tees) flows through the village, which lies just north of the North York Moors. According to the 2021 Census, the parish has a popu ...

Hutton Rudby Hutton Rudby is a village and civil parish situated west of the market town of Stokesley in North Yorkshire, England. At the 2011 census, the village's parish and built-up area subdivision had a population of 1,572 while its main population (i ...

and the surrounding villages. Stokesley School offers

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, BTECs

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courses as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of

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Notable former pupils

* Joe Bennett, footballer *

Tom Chadwick Thomas Robert Chadwick (born 21 October 1991) is an English people, English former first-class cricketer. Chadwick was born at Norwich in October 1991. He was educated in North Yorkshire at Stokesley School, before going up to Worcester Colleg ...

, cricketer * David Jones, sports broadcaster *

Maimie McCoy Mary McCoy, professionally known as Maimie McCoy (born April 21, 1979) is an English actress. She portrayed Milady de Winter in ''The Musketeers'' (2014–2016), and is the female lead in the ITV reboot series ''Van der Valk'' (2020–). Early ...

, actress *

Alistair McDowall Alistair McDowall (born 1987) is a British playwright. His work has been staged throughout the UK and internationally. Early life and education McDowall grew up in the village of Great Broughton in North Yorkshire. He attended Stokesley Scho ...

, playwright *

Alan Milburn Alan Milburn (born 27 January 1958) is a British politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington from 1992 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he served for five years in the Cabinet, first as Chief Secretary to the Treasury f ...

, politician *

Will Muir Will Muir (born 30 October 1995) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Bath in Premiership Rugby. He is nicknamed ''The Horse'' due to his long, powerful strides, which resemble a gallop as he sprints down the w ...

, rugby union player *

Pierce Phillips Pierce Phillips (born 6 October 1992) is an English rugby union player who last played for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship Rugby Union career After played for Leeds Tykes academy and stints with Darlington Mowden Park. Phil ...

, rugby union player *

Harry Harry may refer to: Television * ''Harry'' (American TV series), 1987 comedy series starring Alan Arkin * ''Harry'' (British TV series), 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons * ''Harry'' (New Zealand TV series), 2013 crime drama starring Oscar K ...

and

Charlie Tanfield Charles Tanfield (born 17 November 1996) is a British racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team and the Great Britain national track cycling team. He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris winning the silver medal in the Team pu ...

, cyclists

References

External links

Stokesley School official website
Secondary schools in North Yorkshire Educational institutions established in 1959 1959 establishments in England Academies in North Yorkshire Stokesley {{Yorkshire-school-stub