Fyndoune Community College
Fyndoune Community College is a co-educational secondary school located in Sacriston, County Durham, England. Previous names have included Sacriston Secondary Modern School and Fyndoune Comprehensive School. The school is linked with Durham Community Business College in Ushaw Moor to form the Durham Federation.
| Fyndoune Community College | |
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| Address | |
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Findon Hill , , DH7 6LU England | |
| Coordinates | 54°48′51″N 1°37′24″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Community school |
| Local authority | Durham |
| Department for Education URN | 114289 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Mrs Alison Jobbing |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Website | http://www.thedurhamfederation.co.uk/ |
The school educates pupils from Sacriston and surrounding villages, including Ushaw Moor, Lanchester, Esh Winning, Witton Gilbert, Langley Park and other areas North of Durham.
Fyndoune Community College is a community school under the control of Durham County Council. It also has specialist status as a Humanities College[1] and has additional facilities for the specialism, including a school farm.[2] In 2018 Fyndoune Community College and Durham Community Business College federated to become one provision - the Durham Federation. The majority of students are educated at Durham Community Business College in Ushaw Moor. Fyndoune Community College in Sacriston offers a bespoke nurture provision as well as alternative education and vocational courses. Though the two school sites are collectively branded as the Durham Federation, they are legally still separate and retain their individual names.
Fyndoune Community College offers GCSEs, BTECs and OCR Nationals as programmes of study for pupils.
History
The Durham Federation used to include Durham Studio Sixth Form.[3] However Durham Studio Sixth Form was closed in 2014.[4]
In 2015, Anne Lakey, headteacher of the school, was jailed for eight years after being found guilty of 13 counts of indecent assault after sexual allegations concerning two schoolboys in 1980s.[5]
References
- "Humanities with a Rural Dimension". The Durham Federation. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- "Fyndoune's Learning Outside the Classroom". The Durham Federation. Archived from the original on 2 August 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- "The Durham Federation". The Durham Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- "Crisis descends as acclaimed school put into special measures". The Northern Echo.
- Association, Press (24 June 2015). "Acclaimed teacher Anne Lakey jailed for eight years for underage sex". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 July 2017.